Events

This page provides details of the events that The Sand House Charity has arranged and others that it will be involved in. Click on any event that has a pale grey background in order to expand the description and see all the details.

Where the event is an illustrated talk at the request of a host group (for example, at a local history society or a Women’s Institute branch) we suggest that you make contact with that group to check that they allow visitors, before attending.

If you are interested in arranging an illustrated talk about the Sand House for a group that you are involved with, please note that, for the time being, our talks are mostly restricted to daytimes only. For more details please contact us.

Please keep checking back on this page for updates. Thank you.

Sand House Virtual Reality Experience - Thursday 29th & Friday 30th May 2025, various times

The Sand House Charity is working on a project to create a full VR experience of the Sand House and its tunnels. As an important step towards that goal, we have created a virtual art gallery. We would love for people of all ages to come along to view the VR art gallery and let us know their thoughts about it. That feedback will inform the next stage of developing the full VR experience.

The venue is the Sand House display within Doncaster Museum, on Floor 1 of the Danum Gallery, Library and Museum, Waterdale, Doncaster DN1 3BZ.

To book your very own one-to-one 30-minute time slot, please click on this link.

These sessions are provided as part of Doncaster’s Remake Learning Days Festival. #RemakeDaysDoncaster

Sand House at the Doncaster Family History Fair - Saturday 16th August 2025, 10am to 4pm

For the first time, Doncaster & District Family History Society will be holding its annual Family History Fair in the newly restored Corn Exchange, Market Square, Doncaster. We are excited to participate and look forward to seeing lots of visitors in this wonderful Grade II* listed building.

More details to follow in due course.

Illustrated Talk on Sand House architecture for Heritage Open Days - Saturday 20th September 2025, 2:00pm

Heritage Open Days is an England-wide annual festival of history and culture. This year’s theme is ‘Architecture’, which means that the Sand House is a real shoo-in. Richard Bell will be giving an hour-long illustrated talk about the architecture of the Sand House, including some new material not included in previous talks. This event will be free, but TICKETS MUST BE PRE-BOOKED due to limited capacity. Details of how to obtain tickets will follow in due course.

The venue is Danum Gallery, Library and Museum, Waterdale, Doncaster DN1 3BZ.