
Welcome to our first Monthly Roundup of 2025! It may have been a quiet (and very cold) start to the year, but there’s lots to look forward to in 2025 at The Devil’s Porridge Museum.
To start we would like to wish everyone a Happy New Year!
Below is a snowy photo of Sir James (taken in a previous year). Luckily, we’ve not this much snow at The Devil’s Porridge Museum to start 2025.
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Monday 6th January 2025
It was exiting to re-open today after a short break for the festive season! If you fancy visiting us this year, why not take a look at our opening hours and prices by clicking here>
Did you know that today also the day were World War Two factory ICI Powfoot, employed it’s first 10 employees. Be sure to look out for information about ICI Powfoot
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Thursday 16th January 2025
We were delighted to welcome our first group of the year to The Devil’s Porridge Museum. A huge thank you to them for joining us!
As always you can read more about group visits here>
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There’s lots more exciting events to come this year!
- The Devil’s Porridge Museum’s Crafted in Conflict exhibition all about trench art will be at The Devil’s Porridge Museum until 28th February 2025. Read more about our current exhibition here>
- Our Cordite Club are returning on Monday 20th January 2025. You can read more about Cordite Club by clicking here>
- The Devil’s Porridge Museum’s Youth Council will be holding it’s first meeting on Tuesday 21st January 2025.
- Burns Supper will be held on 24th January 2025 at The Devil’s Porridge Museum this year. Enjoy a three course meal with haggis, Highland dancing and more! Read more about Burn’s Night 2025 by clicking here>
- We are proud to have partnered with Rail Sidings Limited to offer a new Shunt Locomotive Driver Experience Day starting every Thursday from 6th February 2025. It’s perfect for railway enthusiasts! Learn more about our Shunt Locomotive Driver Experience Day by clicking here>
- Our weekly Arts and Crafts club for young people will be returning in February 2025.
- We’re still offering young people the opportunity to get involved in our Museum Mentorship Programme. This programme will help young people gain hands on experience with support and guidance from an experienced mentor. Learn more about our Museum Mentorship Programme by clicking here>
- 2025 will see the return of many of our popular events and plenty of new ones too! Why not follow us on Facebook to keep up to date with what will be happening at The Devil’s Porridge Museum. Find The Devil’s Porridge Museum on Facebook here>
And that’s the end of our first Monthly Roundup of 2025! We’ll see you next time and in the meantime you can always catch up on last month’s Monthly Roundup by clicking here>