Visit Us
What's On
Book Tickets
Learning
Account
Basket
What's on
From events including issues-focused free exhibitions and stimulating free workshops, join the discussions, gain valuable insights and enjoy a fun and memorable experience. We also have regular daily performances - click here to find out more.
Use our filter-by-type section to help choose from our events, creative workshops, and current exhibitions.
Want to be the first to hear about new events, workshops, and exhibitions? Sign up for our newsletter to get updates.
Exhibition:
Monday 31 March - Sunday 13 July
Asking For It
Asking for It is a powerful and award-winning photographic series by Jayne Jackson that challenges the persistent culture of victim-blaming in cases of sexual and gender-based violence. Using a…
Escape Room
Event:
Select dates in Spring and Summer 2025
Guilty?! - A National Justice…
An immersive, multiple-choice escape room from the National Justice Museum!
Make It Yours
Workshop:
Friday 13 June, 10am-12pm
Postcards of Positivity
Join artist Nicki Dennett for a hands-on creative workshop inspired by our current exhibition, Asking For It.
Workshop:
Saturday 14 June, 10:30am-3:15pm
Refugee Roots Takeover
This Refugee Week, the National Justice Museum is hosting a whole-day museum takeover with Refugee Roots.
Event:
Friday 20 June, 5.30pm
Asking For It Celebratory…
We invite you to join us to celebrate our latest exhibition, Asking For It. Asking for It is a powerful and award-winning photographic series by Jayne Jackson that challenges the persistent culture…
Make It Yours
Workshop:
Friday 27 June, 10am-12pm
Standing in the Present and…
Inspired by the powerful sculpture Standing in This Place, this workshop invites participants to explore themes of identity, legacy, and social justice.
Make It Yours
Workshop:
Friday 4 July, 10am-12pm
Words of Support: Writing in…
This creative writing workshop will use our current exhibition – and the letters of support sent to Mrs Beatrice Pace after her trial for the murder of her abusive husband in 1927 – to explore issues…
Make It Yours
Workshop:
Friday 11 July, 10am-12pm
Senses of Resistance –…
Words, sounds, taste, and smell come together in this powerful sensory workshop.
Make It Yours
Workshop:
Friday 18 July, 10am-12pm
Drawing the Unseen with…
This engaging workshop invites participants to explore drawing as a mindful practice, enhancing focus, reducing stress, and fostering a deeper connection to the world around them.
Crime Club
Crime talk
Event:
Thursday 24 July 2025, 6pm
Crime Club: The Madness of…
The 1790s were one of the most turbulent eras in Nottingham's history, when riots and rebellions ran rampant in the streets. But what were the main crimes?
Make It Yours
Workshop:
Friday 25 July, 10am-12pm
Shapes of Justice: Exploring…
Explore negative space and abstract pattern in this hands-on creative workshop, inspired by the upcoming 30 Objects Representing Justice exhibition at the National Justice Museum.
Cocktails and Crime
Murder Mystery
Event:
Saturday 23rd August 2025, 7pm
Cocktails and Crime: Nearest…
Aunt Agatha’s nearest and dearest have gathered at the Shire Hall to hear the reading of her will. Each one is hoping for a slice of the wealthy widow's vast estate, but who will inherit the fortune?
Historical talk
Heritage Open Day
Event:
Sunday 14 September, 10.30am, 12pm, and 2pm
Architecture Tour - Heritage…
Join one of our expert interpreters for a 45-minute tour of the National Justice Museum and its unique architectural features.
Historical talk
Heritage Open Day
Event:
Sunday 21 September, 10.30am, 11.30am, 2pm and 3pm
Historical Trial Re-enactment…
For Heritage Open Day, we’re delighted to open one of our rarely seen spaces to the public – our beautiful Civil Courtroom – for a family friendly mock trial.
Christmas
Murder Mystery
Event:
Thursday 27 November - Saturday 20 December 2025, 6pm
Oh Come All Ye Dreadful: A…
Step into the Dark Underworld of 1930s Nottingham: A Murder Mystery You Won’t Forget!
