IN PERSON

2021 Festival Of Archaeology

17 July to 1 August

a National

w festival.archaeologyuk.org

The theme for the talks, exhibitions and in-person and online events in this year’s Festival of Archaeology is ‘Exploring local places’. Note that some of the events take place outside of the festival dates – for example the Festival of Leicestershire and Rutland Archaeology runs from 3 July until 1 August. Prices vary.

Daring Detectives & Dastardly Deeds

Ongoing

a National Emergency Services

Museum, Sheffield t 0114 2491 999

w visitnesm.org.uk/daring

detectives

This hands-on exhibition about 19th-century crime and punishment includes material from the private collection of Chief Inspector Donald Sutherland Swanson, who investigated Jack the Ripper. Adult tickets £8.

Death Marches: Evidence And Memory

Until 27 August

a The Wiener Holocaust Library,

London

w wienerholocaustlibrary.org/ exhibition/death-marchesevidence-and-memory

This new exhibition examines the process of gathering forensic and other evidence of the Nazis’ death marches of concentrationcamp prisoners at the end of the Second World War. Free, advance booking required.

Hands On History

24 July

a International Bomber

Command Centre, Lincoln

w internationalbcc.co.uk/aboutibcc/news/events/hands-onhistory-2 t 01522 514755

Discover the essential role that Bomber Command played in the Second World War through objects that they used. Free.