BLHA – Spring Event – 2pm Thursday 24th April 2025
The BLHA Spring Event this year will be a visit to the Panacea Museum in Bedford.
We will meet for a 2pm start and be given a guided tour of the Panacea Museum. Following the tour we will meet in the tea room for tea coffee and cakes. Attendees will then be welcome to view the garden and highlights of the tour at their leisure.
This museum tells the story of the Panacea Society – a remarkable religious community formed in the early twentieth century. For 90 years, members of the society quietly lived, worked and worshipped God in their community. Although they took care to reveal little about themselves to outsiders, the society’s name became familiar to many people beyond Bedford through their national advertising campaign to open ‘Joanna Southcott’s Box’ a curious cultural icon of inter-war Britain.
This is likely to be a popular visit with numbers limited to 24 for the tour of the museum so please book early to avoid disappointment.
Date and time: Thursday 24th April, 2.00pm start, the museum closes at 5.00pm
Location: Panacea Museum, 11 Newnham Road, Bedford MK40 3NX
Cost and booking: £5 per person.
Parking: Blue badge holders can park in front of Number 9, Newnham Road, or around the corner on Albany Road.
Bookings must be received no later than Thursday 17th April
Panacea Museum Leaflet : https://panaceamuseum.org/assets/gallery/Museum-leaflet-2024.pdf