We're working on plans for a complete redevelopment of Lancaster City Museum and the King's Own Royal Regiment Museum. Help shape the future by telling us what you'd like to see!

Join us for a public drop-in session about our initial Redevelopment proposals:

Friday 15 May  -  11am to 1pm  -  Lancaster City Museum

• meet the Architects and Exhibition Designers.
• see our initial thoughts on what we might do.
• let us know what you think.

Can't make it in person? Tell us your thoughts online! Even if you don't have strong opinions on the proposals, taking part will help us get the funding we need to make this ambitious project possible.

• Redevelopment Consultation online survey.

A FREE interactive workshop exploring the sensory past. How has touch shaped the way people understood the world across history? Join historians from Lancaster University and University of the Arts London for an interactive afternoon exploring the histories of touch through short talks, sensory activities and hands-on encounters with historical objects.

Wednesday 27 May  -  2pm to 4pm  -  Lancaster City Museum

• Free to attend.
• Suitable for all ages.
• Tea, coffee and soft drinks will be provided for attendees.

Book your FREE ticket now:  Eventbrite  |  Histories of Touch Hands-on Workshop Tickets

This free workshop suitable for all ages brings together historians and museum collections to examine how touch has informed medicine, travel, spirituality, disability, and everyday experience across history. Through a series of short talks, you will be introduced to fascinating stories including touch and surgery, Victorian spiritualism, tactile learning for blind people, and the sensory experiences of travel.

The workshop will feature two interactive activities:

• A demonstration of Henry Moyes’s eighteenth-century tactile device, designed to help blind people perform mathematical calculations.
• A sensory ‘black box’ challenge using objects from the museum’s handling collection. Participants will explore hidden objects through touch alone before sketching what they believe they have encountered.

Short talks will be by:

• Michael Brown: Touch and Nineteenth Century Surgery
• Helen Victoria Murray: Victorian Spiritualism
• Alexander Wragge-Morley: Henry Moyes and James Gough
• Ross Cameron: Touch and Travel

This workshop offers a unique opportunity to think about the past through touch.

Saturday 27 June  -  1pm to 4pm  -  Lancaster City Museum

The Friends of Lancaster City Museum Trading Card Game (TCG) Convention is a chance for players to meet, trade and play some of the world’s most popular card games.

• Whether you're an experienced player or simply curious to learn, you're welcome to come along and join the fun.
• Games featured include Magic: The Gathering, Pokémon, Yu-Gi-Oh! and One Piece, plus FOLCM's own Bonds of Time game.
• Tables will be available for casual play throughout the afternoon, so you can play as many games as you like during the session.
• Trading cards will also be available to purchase during the event.

£3 per player

Location:  Lancaster City Museum, in the Education Room - entrance on New Street at the back of the museum, opposite the Journey Social cafe.

No need to book - just drop in!

Did you know that thousands of archaeological objects are discovered by ordinary people every year? 

Have you found something while metal detecting, beach-combing, mudlarking, or just gardening or walking the dog? The Portable Antiquities Scheme can help to identify and record your finds. 

Finds Liaison Officers will be visiting Lancaster City Museum several times in 2026:

• Friday 13 March
• Friday 12 June
• Friday 11 September
• Friday 11 December

Book your appointment now:  Eventbrite  |  Lancashire & Cumbria Finds Liaison Days

Or find out more about meeting with a Finds Liaison Officer on the PAS website.

England’s largest festival of history and culture takes place every September!

Hundreds of venues across the country organise special events or offer free admission. Our museums have taken part in various ways over the years. The theme for 2026 is Everyday Lives, so you can expect our little Cottage Museum to be the star of the show this autumn.

Heritage Open Days will return 11-20 September 2026.

Find out more on the Heritage Open Days website.