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Here are all our planned exhibitions.

  • England at Leisure

    Spectators watching football at Victoria Park, London. AL0299_001 Spectators watching football at Victoria Park, London 1961 ©English Heritage.NMR 

    3 April 2010 - 6 June 2010

    Bradford Industrial Museum, Moorside Mills, Moorside Road, Eccleshill, Bradford, BD2 3HP

    17 July 2010 – 26 September 2010 

    Saffron Walden Museum, Museum Street, Saffron Walden, Essex, CB10 1JL

    10 July 2010 – 12 September 2010

    Reading Museum, Reading Museum Service, The Town Hall, Blagrave Street, Reading, Berkshire, RG1 1QH

    This exhibition, using images from the recent publication 'Leisure', offers a glimpse into the world of leisure from Victorian times up to the mid 20th century showing children and adults taking a break from their working lives to enjoy themselves.

  • Changing Landscapes

    Rudland Rigg Spoil Heaps, North Yorkshire These spoil heaps on open moorland are the remains of an 18th-century colliery. 

    3 July 2010 - 8 September 2010

    Snibston, Ashby Road, Coalville, Leicestershire, LE67 3LN

    Coal formed the backbone of Britain's Industrial Revolution.  At the height of the industry's prosperity in 1913 2,600 pits employed 1.1 million men.  By nationalisation in 1947 this figure dropped to around 1,000 and in 1992 just 50 pits remained.  Now there are only four deep mines left in operation.  This collaborative exhibition between the NMR and the National Coal Mining Museum for England offers case studies of coal mines from six English regions showing colleries as working sites and new photographs to show th changes since the industry's demise.

  • Historic Views of London

    St Paul's Cathedral St Paul's dominates the skyline above the river Thames 7 January 2010 - 18 April 2010

    Harrow Museum, Headstone Manor, Pinner View, Harrow, HA2 6PX

    This exhibition is based on English Heritage’s 2008 publication Historic Views of London: Photographs from the collection of B E C Howarth-Loomes, written by the historian Ann Saunders. Howarth-Loomes was an important collector of photographic equipment and early photographs, and whose relationship with the National Monuments Record resulted in the copying of numerous selected images to add to the NMR’s holding. Over 200 of these photographs, which date from 1852 to 1915, feature in the book covering a diversity of subjects, including landmark buildings, the International Exhibition of 1862 and Londoners going about their daily business. The exhibition comprises 50 photographs carefully selected from the book to illustrate the capital as seen by photographers in the past and to celebrate the endeavours of an avid collector.  

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