10am to 4pm

The course

Until very recent times sugar was a luxury and the taste of honey was the sweetest flavour our ancestors would experience. The day will involve investigating the importance of honey through the ages and a recreation of historic recipes for food and medicine from prehistoric times onwards.

The tutor

Lesley Parker has a BA (Hons) in history and has taught history and been involved in museum education in Sussex for the last 15 years. She currently works at the Weald & Downland Open Air Museum interpreting the social history of the buildings for museum visitors. Food is one of her life-long passions.

Participant information

Equipment: to follow.
Please wear appropriate clothing as we will be using real fires (long trousers from natural materials and no open toe shoes).

Fee

£60 per person, including tuition, teas and coffees.
The Museum café will be open for lunch-time snacks or alternatively participants can bring their own packed lunch.

The Museum

The Weald & Downland Open Air Museum has over 45 historic building exhibits.  It is also home to the award winning and innovative Downland Gridshell, which houses a conservation workshop and artefact store, and is also used for many practical courses.  The Museum runs a full programme of courses in historic building conservation and traditional rural trades and crafts, along with MSc programmes in Building Conservation and Timber Building Conservation validated by Bournemouth University. Please telephone for further details.

To book, download a form here. Alternatively, fill in the booking request below.

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This is an initial booking request form, and does not guarantee a place on the course. The Adult Learning Team will check the availability of the course, and reply to you as soon as possible - usually within one working day.