Events
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2026
Thursday 14 May, 10 AM - 12 PM
FREE stay and play session for parent/ carers and under 5s
Join us for our free parent and carers play club, a chance to meet other parents while exploring the historical records cared for by Essex Record Office.
Toys will be available for children aged 0-5 with refreshments for parents and carers.
Book a place or just drop-in.
June
ERO Presents: Dr Adéle Isabella de Steiger (1867-1944)
Rachael Bailey-Gibson
Tuesday 2nd June
ERO Presents Double Header Part 1: New Discoveries in the Life of John Ball
The People of 1381 Project Team
Saturday 13 June
ERO Presents Double Header Part 2: Origins of the Roman and Saxon landscape
Professor Stephen Rippon
Saturday 13 June
Thursday 4 June & 14 June, 10 AM - 12 PM
FREE stay and play session for parent/ carers and under 5s
Join us for our free parent and carers play club, a chance to meet other parents while exploring the historical records cared for by Essex Record Office.
Toys will be available for children aged 0-5 with refreshments for parents and carers.
Book a place or just drop-in.
ERO Presents: The SAS in wartime Essex
Gordon Brown
Tuesday 30th June
July
Thursday 2 July & 16 July, 10 AM - 12 PM
FREE stay and play session for parent/ carers and under 5s
Join us for our free parent and carers play club, a chance to meet other parents while exploring the historical records cared for by Essex Record Office.
Toys will be available for children aged 0-5 with refreshments for parents and carers.
Book a place or just drop-in.
ERO Presents Special: Growing Old and Facing Poverty in Eighteenth-Century Essex
Dr Susannah R Ottaway
Thursday 16th July
ERO Presents: The life and work of J.A. Baker (1926-1987)
Dr Sarah Demelo
Tuesday 28th July
September
ERO Presents: A Victorian Family Album
Professor Jane Hamlett
Tuesday 1st September
Personal Assistant and Carer Tickets
We are now able to offer discounted tickets allowing personal assistants and carers to attend our in person events free of charge where it would not be possible for someone to attend without them. For more information, click here.
Cost of events
Many of our events are free or low cost. You can pay for events by credit debit card. We accept the following cards:
