Band members playing for the Beating Retreat at the Birthday Celebrations, outside Shakespeare's BirthplaceAn actor in an open air performance of 'The Tempest', at Hall's CroftTwo costumed guides at a story telling eventVisitors enjoying the shade of a tree at the Great Gardens of New Place, prior to an open air theatre performanceA costumed guide demonstrates sheep shearing at Mary Arden's FarmThe fruit picking exhibition at Anne Hathaway's CottageClick on this logo to return to the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust home page

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What's On in February 2009

 

A costumed guide demonstrates the Tudor-style bread oven

Saturday 14 February: join to celebrate the launch of a new exhibition at Nash's House this February 14 - 'The Web of Life'. The exhibition mignles artefacts and themes associated with Shakespeare with objects from life in the 16th and 17th centuries from our collections. Normal opening hours and prices apply. Families icon

Half Term at Anne Hathaway's Cottage, Saturday 14 - Sunday 22 February: bring your Valentine to England's most romantic cottage, Anne Hathaway’s Cottagefor a ‘Marriage of True Minds’, and request a sonnet for your loved one from costumed readers…or perhaps even Shakespeare himself!Families icon

Half Term at Hall's Croft, Saturday 14 - Sunday 22 February: take a trip to see Dr Hall this half term for potions, special talks and activities on the theme of 'Diet, Disease and Death'. Children may also like to take part in an 'Angels and Gargoyles' trail around the house. Normal opening hours and prices apply. Families icon

Half Term at Mary Arden's Farm, Saturday 14 - Sunday 22 February: Head out to Mary Arden's Farm and make nosegays, find out about herb use and the garden in time for spring, and plant your own bean and watch it grow throughout the year. Or join in with pancake racing and Tudor games. Families icon

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