As part of the 2022 Heritage Open Days, our nation will celebrate the heritage of our nation.
In this year’s event, the Treasure House in Champney Road in Beverley is hosting special events on the theme of astounding inventions.
Visitors to the Treasure House Museum and East Riding Archives will be able to attend free Heritage Open Days tours led by conservators, archivists, and curators on Saturday, 10 September, at 10.30am and 2pm.
Tours will include some of the ‘amazing inventions’ from the Treasure House Museum and East Riding Archives collections.
With examples from the Archive, the Conservation Workshop will explore how the Industrial Revolution and technological innovations shaped the development of the book.
The Archive repository will be open to the public for a peek behind the scenes and to view original documents relating to historical inventions.
A selection of inventions with coastal connections will be displayed and discussed in the Museum. The duration of each tour is approximately one hour.
At the Treasure House, families can also take part in the children’s mystery inventions trail during Heritage Open Day.
The Museums’ receptionists on the first floor can give participants a trail sheet, asking them to guess what these strange inventions were for. A Children’s Trail will take place on Friday, September 9 from 9.30am to 5pm, and also Saturday, September 10 from 9am to 4pm.
During Heritage Open Days on Saturday, 10 September, the Treasure House will display patents, posters, handbills and plans from the Archives to illustrate amazing inventions from the region’s past.
Special Talks To Take Place As Part Of Heritage Open Days
On Saturday, 10 September, Beverley Civic Society will host a talk in the Education Room at the Treasure House as part of Heritage Open Days.
This amazing and life-changing invention will be discussed by Russell Thomas, an internationally acclaimed historian of gas.
Gas street lighting was installed in Beverly from the beginning, while some of the Georgian lampposts are still visible today.
There will be two talks, one at 11am and one at 2pm. It is necessary to make a reservation by calling East Riding Archives at (01482) 392792.
