Championing the history of Kingswood

Museum at Night – After Dark at the Grottoes

Sunday 25th October 2026
18:00-21:00

🎃🏮 MUSEUM AT NIGHT – LEGENDS & LANTERNS 🏮🎃

And this year… AFTER DARK AT THE GROTTOES! 👻

Fancy seeing Kingswood Heritage Museum after dark?

On Sunday 25 October, we’re opening the Museum in the evening for a special Halloween adventure – with history, legends, lanterns and a few surprises along the way!

🌙 6pm–9pm – drop in whenever you like

Explore the Museum after hours, with atmospheric lighting and fairy lights transforming our historic buildings and galleries.

👻 MEET CHARACTERS FROM OUR PAST Our historical characters will be waiting around the Museum to bring some of Kingswood’s stories to life. Who will you meet… and what might they have to tell you?

🕯️ LEGENDS & MYSTERIES Discover some of the strange, spooky and surprising stories hidden in our local history.

🏮 AND THEN… VENTURE INTO THE GROTTOES! For the first time, the grottoes will be open after dark for you to explore. William Champion’s mysterious 18th-century grottoes are atmospheric enough in daylight… but what will they be like when it’s dark? 👀

Are you brave enough to explore them?

🔦 Bring a torch!
🥾 Wear suitable footwear – the grottoes are uneven and can be slippery.

This is an adventure for the brave… although you don’t have to go into the grottoes if you’d rather stay safely in the Museum! 😉

👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Perfect for families, history lovers, Halloween fans and anyone who enjoys a little mystery.

📅 Sunday 25 October 2026

⏰ 6pm–9pm – drop in at a time that suits you

📍 Kingswood Heritage Museum, Tower Lane, Warmley, Bristol BS30 8XT

🎟️ Tickets: £8.50 adults | £3.50 children

🎟️ Tickets available through Eventbrite

Come and see the Museum as you’ve never seen it before… in the dark. 🌙

And if you dare… go deeper. 👻

🎃 MUSEUM AT NIGHT – LEGENDS & LANTERNS
History is closer than you think… sometimes it’s hiding in the dark.

Book your tickets

Museum at Night – After Dark at the Grottoes
Sunday 25th October 2026
18:00-21:00

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