Carisbrooke Castle Museum

21/05/2026

Carisbrooke Castle Museum Presents:
📣 Paul AT Wilson – Fragments of the Isle of Wight

Step into the strange, half-forgotten world of 19th-century island storytelling with Isle of Wight Miscellany by Ebenezer Hartnell, a curious collection of folklore, local history, and uncanny tales gathered from across the Island.

In this atmospheric evening talk, Paul AT Wilson explores the voices and stories Hartnell preserved: whispers of hauntings, fragments of rural life, and echoes of beliefs that once shaped the Isle of Wight’s identity. Through selected readings, these long-silent tales are brought back to life, including material never published and only recently rediscovered in Hartnell’s own handwriting.

The journey continues through handwritten notes, forgotten connections, and the mysterious figure of Abraham Elder, author of Tales and Legends of the Isle of Wight. Some mysteries are simply too intriguing to ignore.

Blending history, storytelling, and performance, this promises to be a fascinating evening exploring the Island’s hidden past, where truth and myth are never quite as far apart as they seem.

🗓️ Wednesday 27 May 2026
🕖 7:00 PM
📍 Carisbrooke Castle Museum
🎟️ Tickets: £10
👉 Book now: https://FragmentsOfTheIOW.eventbrite.co.uk

⚠️ Please note:
This is a separately ticketed event and free supporter entry does not apply.
⏰ Gates open from 6:45 PM to 6:55 PM

Talk starts promptly at 7:00 PM

All proceeds support the work of Carisbrooke Castle Museum

18/05/2026

📣 The Royal Children on the Isle of Wight by Mark Earp

Join us at Carisbrooke Castle Museum on Wednesday 3 June, 7:00 PM
🎟 Tickets: £7.50
Book now: https://RoyalChildrenCCM.eventbrite.co.uk

The presentation is a summary of the 9 Royal children's upbringing on the Isle of Wight. To some degree a period of stability before their continuing journey into adult life. Which would take them all into different Royal house holds across Europe.

🗓️ Date & Time: Wednesday, June 3, 2026 at 7 PM
📍 Location: Carisbrooke Castle Museum
🎟️ Tickets: £7.50 – Book now

⭐ Museum Supporters attend FREE
Support from just £3/month and get:
• Free entry to talks
• Exclusive events
• Help preserve local heritage
👉 Monthly: https://pay.gocardless.com/BRT0003V4GCFSCE
👉 Annual: https://pay.gocardless.com/BRT0003V4FGFQXW

⏰ Gates open: 6:45–6:55 PM, talk starts promptly at 7:00 PM
📍 Location: Carisbrooke Castle Museum

18/05/2026

Second Hand Isle of Wight History Books for Sale

We now sell second hand Isle of Wight History books at Carisbrooke Castle Museum!
Thanks to kind donations, we now have a fantastic selection of local interest books for sale in the lower gallery of the Museum.

Why not make a visit to the castle and browse our collection?

Want to declutter your bookshelves?

We accept donations of Isle of Wight History and local history books – please email [email protected] to arrange dropping off book donations.

All proceeds go towards the Museum.

15/05/2026

🎟️ Don't Miss Out!

Carisbrooke Castle Museum Presents:
📣 Paul AT Wilson – Fragments of the Isle of Wight

Step into the strange, half-forgotten world of 19th-century island storytelling with Isle of Wight Miscellany by Ebenezer Hartnell, a curious collection of folklore, local history, and uncanny tales gathered from across the Island.

In this atmospheric evening talk, Paul AT Wilson explores the voices and stories Hartnell preserved: whispers of hauntings, fragments of rural life, and echoes of beliefs that once shaped the Isle of Wight’s identity. Through selected readings, these long-silent tales are brought back to life, including material never published and only recently rediscovered in Hartnell’s own handwriting.

The journey continues through handwritten notes, forgotten connections, and the mysterious figure of Abraham Elder, author of Tales and Legends of the Isle of Wight. Some mysteries are simply too intriguing to ignore.

Blending history, storytelling, and performance, this promises to be a fascinating evening exploring the Island’s hidden past, where truth and myth are never quite as far apart as they seem.

🗓️ Wednesday 27 May 2026
🕖 7:00 PM
📍 Carisbrooke Castle Museum
🎟️ Tickets: £10
👉 Book now: https://FragmentsOfTheIOW.eventbrite.co.uk

⚠️ Please note:
This is a separately ticketed event and free supporter entry does not apply.

⏰ Gates open from 6:45 PM to 6:55 PM
Talk starts promptly at 7:00 PM

All proceeds support the work of Carisbrooke Castle Museum.

A curious and captivating collection of folklore, local history, and uncanny tales drawn from across the Isle of Wight.

11/05/2026

🎟️ Last chance to book - Don't Miss Out!
📣 Sandown Bay Defences Talk – Free for Museum Supporters

Hidden forts. Lost barracks. Coastal defence secrets.
Join us at Carisbrooke Castle Museum on Wednesday 13 May, 7:00 PM and uncover the military history of Culver Down and Sandown Bay.
🎟 Tickets: £7.50
Book now: https://CCM-Sandown.eventbrite.co.uk

Steve and Jo will lead you through the fascinating history of the Sandown Bay defences, revealing hidden stories and long-forgotten features of Culver Down’s military past. From the strategic position of the clifftop forts to the legacy of the barracks and batteries, the talk will provide fresh insight into the vital role this area played in coastal defence.

Restore The Story CIC is a not-for-profit organisation dedicated to uncovering, celebrating, and sharing the rich and often untold histories of the Isle of Wight. Founded and run by professional historians, researchers, and seasoned storytellers Steve and Jo, we bring the past to life through immersive tours, creative projects, and engaging exhibitions.

🗓️ Date & Time: Wednesday, May 13, 2026 at 7 PM
📍 Location: Carisbrooke Castle Museum
🎟️ Tickets: £7.50 – Book now

⭐ Museum Supporters attend FREE
Support from just £3/month and get:
• Free entry to talks
• Exclusive events
• Help preserve local heritage
👉 Monthly: https://pay.gocardless.com/BRT0003V4GCFSCE
👉 Annual: https://pay.gocardless.com/BRT0003V4FGFQXW

⏰ Gates open: 6:45–6:55 PM, talk starts promptly at 7:00 PM
📍 Location: Carisbrooke Castle Museum

Explore Culver Down’s hidden military past, from clifftop forts to forgotten defences in Sandown Bay.

07/05/2026

Carisbrooke Castle Museum Presents:
📣 Paul AT Wilson – Fragments of the Isle of Wight

Step into the strange, half-forgotten world of 19th-century island storytelling with Isle of Wight Miscellany by Ebenezer Hartnell, a curious collection of folklore, local history, and uncanny tales gathered from across the Island.

In this atmospheric evening talk, Paul AT Wilson explores the voices and stories Hartnell preserved: whispers of hauntings, fragments of rural life, and echoes of beliefs that once shaped the Isle of Wight’s identity. Through selected readings, these long-silent tales are brought back to life, including material never published and only recently rediscovered in Hartnell’s own handwriting.

The journey continues through handwritten notes, forgotten connections, and the mysterious figure of Abraham Elder, author of Tales and Legends of the Isle of Wight. Some mysteries are simply too intriguing to ignore.

Blending history, storytelling, and performance, this promises to be a fascinating evening exploring the Island’s hidden past, where truth and myth are never quite as far apart as they seem.

🗓️ Wednesday 27 May 2026
🕖 7:00 PM
📍 Carisbrooke Castle Museum

🎟️ Tickets: £10
👉 Book now: https://FragmentsOfTheIOW.eventbrite.co.uk

⚠️ Please note:
This is a separately ticketed event and free supporter entry does not apply.

⏰ Gates open from 6:45 PM to 6:55 PM
Talk starts promptly at 7:00 PM

All proceeds support the work of Carisbrooke Castle Museum.

30/04/2026

We Need Your Help!

Two historic portraits at Carisbrooke Castle Museum are in need of urgent conservation.

The portraits of Princess Beatrice and Prince Henry are part of the story of our Museum’s founding and our heritage, but time and environment are taking their toll.

We are raising £2,500 to bring in a trained conservator to carefully restore and stabilise both works so they can be preserved for future generations.

Every donation, large or small, directly supports the treatment of these paintings.

If you can help, please donate or share this campaign.
Click the link below:
🔗 https://gofund.me/0d329f6d2

Thank you for supporting the care of our collection!

30/04/2026

Two historic portraits of Princess Beatrice and Prince Henry are in need of conservation.

We are raising £2,500 to help restore and protect them for future generations.

Please support if you can or share this campaign.

🔗 https://gofund.me/3005e4f7d

24/04/2026

📣 Sandown Bay Defences Talk – Free for Museum Supporters

Hidden forts. Lost barracks. Coastal defence secrets.

Join us at Carisbrooke Castle Museum on Wednesday 13 May, 7:00 PM and uncover the military history of Culver Down and Sandown Bay.

🎟 Tickets: £7.50
Book now: https://CCM-Sandown.eventbrite.co.uk

Steve and Jo will lead you through the fascinating history of the Sandown Bay defences, revealing hidden stories and long-forgotten features of Culver Down’s military past. From the strategic position of the clifftop forts to the legacy of the barracks and batteries, the talk will provide fresh insight into the vital role this area played in coastal defence.
Restore The Story CIC is a not-for-profit organisation dedicated to uncovering, celebrating, and sharing the rich and often untold histories of the Isle of Wight. Founded and run by professional historians, researchers, and seasoned storytellers Steve and Jo, we bring the past to life through immersive tours, creative projects, and engaging exhibitions.

🗓️ Date & Time: Wednesday, May 13, 2026 at 7 PM
📍 Location: Carisbrooke Castle Museum
🎟️ Tickets: £7.50 – Book now

⭐ Museum Supporters attend FREE
Support from just £3/month and get:
• Free entry to talks
• Exclusive events
• Help preserve local heritage

👉 Monthly: https://pay.gocardless.com/BRT0003V4GCFSCE

👉 Annual: https://pay.gocardless.com/BRT0003V4FGFQXW

⏰ Gates open: 6:45–6:55 PM, talk starts promptly at 7:00 PM
📍 Location: Carisbrooke Castle Museum

16/04/2026

🚨Less than a week left to book 🚨

🎟️ Limited Tickets Left - Don't Miss Out!
👉 Book now: https://CCM-KevinShaw.eventbrite.co.uk

Carisbrooke Castle Museum is delighted to welcome back Kevin Shaw

📣 The Latter Days of King Charles I: From Carisbrooke to Chopping Block
This talk regales the remarkable and emotive story of this famous monarch. It explains how his self-belief and royal high-handedness, combined with a clumsy stubbornness, led Charles successively but tragically into Civil War and defeat, captivity, flight to the Isle of Wight, imprisonment in Carisbrooke Castle, and ultimately (after endless plotting and many intriguing escape attempts) to his ‘trial’ and ex*****on in London – bringing an end, temporarily at least, to the monarchy he so adored..
🗓️ Date & Time: Wednesday, April 22, 2026 at 6:30 PM
📍 Location: Carisbrooke Castle Museum
🎟️ Tickets: £11.55 – Book now
👉 https://CCM-KevinShaw.eventbrite.co.uk
Don't miss this fascinating evening – spaces are limited, booking is essential.
Please note: Gates open from 6:15 PM to 6:25 PM, with the talk starting promptly at 6:30 PM.
All proceeds support the work of Carisbrooke Castle Museum.