What's on
Virtual Tour – The Roof
Join us on our usual Wednesday tour - this week we're travelling back through time to the roof restoration of 2016
Virtual Bookworms – April
Find out about Ancient Egyptians - coming soon
Picturing the Jabberwock
‘Jabberwocky’ is a nonsense poem by Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (1832-1898), better known as Lewis Carroll, a gifted Oxford mathematician and author of the classic children’s books, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland […]
Ponds in the Parlour: the invention of the seawater aquarium
Books in Isolation - our weekly blog featuring treasures of the collection
Stories of Spirited Children
Sometimes, though we try very hard, we don’t always behave how we would like to! Keep out of mischief with these stories about spirited children.
A General History of the Science and Practice of Music: a tragedy in two acts
Books in Isolation Blog
Virtual Tour – The Cottage
Take a virtual tour of the cottage which has been the live-in residence of Institution Librarians and Housekeepers for over 200 years
Anna Laetitia Barbauld’s Evenings at Home; or, The Juvenile Budget Opened
Parents all over the country are preparing for what could be many months of ‘home schooling’ – but it’s easier said than done. This little book – a two-hundred-year-old ‘domestic […]
Virtual Bookworms – March
Junior Members are invited to join us on Facebook to discover our early science collection, see a silly experiment and hear a scientific story read live from the Institution’s Library Saturday 21 March Broadcast at 10.30am and saved to watch anytime.
Read-a-long
Join our virtual Book Group and read-a-long with other members
Mystery trade cards – Our Region Revealed
Are you familiar with the businesses on these trade cards? Do they still exist? Who owned them?
Update on opening hours
Due to the current situation the DEI will remain closed until further notice.
In the meantime we are proud to be bringing much of our programme and events online to provide diversion, entertainment and activities while we are all shut away from the real world. Keep checking our website and social media for new content.