Chosen by staff and the communities they work with, 30 Objects Representing Justice invites you to explore what justice looks like through a powerful selection of artefacts from the National Justice…

To celebrate Black History Month, we are honoured to profile Professor Veronica Pickering MBS HAC in our Project Lab.

Retrace the steps of those who were locked away here, uncover eerie tales from staff and visitors alike, and learn of the many paranormal experiences reported within this historic building.

Join us for our new free monthly youth group for young people aged 11–17-year-olds. Explore the museum, participate in creative activities, meet new people and learn about the collection of objects…

Inspired by the Black cap as one of the objects in the collections at National Justice Museum, we would be focusing on headgears in different cultures. Through painting and drawing activities we will…

Explore new ways of writing poetry and prose, combining a queer lens with Oulipo-inspired literary constraints to produce surprising and electric results.

Come and explore the historic Police Station at the National Justice Museum as part of an immersive and interactive art experience: ‘Art Heist’.

In this workshop, you will focus on designing an emblem or badge as a focal point of the hat, which will be inspired by emblems and insignias in the collection. You will trim a small felt hat…

Head back to the 90s with our Valentine's murder mystery, where you are a guest at a new magazine launch party.

Join us over February half term for a programme of exciting creative workshops! The sessions will be led by artists, makers and writers.

Have a go at recording the old Cellar from the Sam Hancock pub in The City of Caves using archaeological methods. You can even take your plan home with you.

Create an adjustable badge or wearable object that tells the world something about you. Drawing on the history of badges as symbols of identity and achievement, and using found or recycled materials,…

Celebrate International Polar Bear Day with Bear with Clay, a creative workshop where you’ll handbuild your own polar bear sculpture while exploring the importance of protecting this vulnerable…

Step inside the historic walls of the National Justice Museum (formerly the Galleries of Justice) to uncover the hidden narratives of Victorian women caught in the cycle of crime and punishment.

Taking inspiration from female Surrealists, including Leonora Carrington, Dorothea Tanning, Claude Cahun, and the collage artist Hannah Höch, this workshop uses the museum’s 30 Objects Representing…

Victorian Britain produced many notorious criminals, but few captured the public imagination or troubled the police quite like Charlie Peace.

Join artist Xin Chen to create your own small clay Bellarmine jar, inspired by 17th-century finds from the museum site. Using coiling and decoration, participants will reimagine the bearded faces of…