Calendar of Events and Exhibitions in Celebration of the
500th Anniverary of Henry VIII's Accession to the Throne


Dates
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20 December 2008 to 12 July 2009 National Portrait Gallery, London

Henry VIII Remembered
(check their "What's On" section for additonal lectures and events)
13 January 2009 Gainsborough Old Hall "When Henry VIII Visited Gainsborough" Lecture by Paul Howitt-Cowan
31 January to 29 August 2009 Museum of Richmond From Henry VII to Henry VIII in Richmond (main page) - Associated talks, films and events
4 March to 2 May 2009 The Grolier Club (New York, US) Vivat Rex! Exhibition
21 March 2009 National Archives Tudor Power, Pageantry and Propaganda Conference
26 March 2009 The Grolier Club (New York, US) “Pulchra Doctrina: Henry VIII as Reader, Annotator, and Author” Lecture by Dr. James Carley
30 March to 1 November, 2009 Sudeley Castle Exhibition: Henry VIII - Romance and Intrigue at Sudeley
3 April 2009 to 17 January 2010 The Tower of London Dressed to Kill Exhibition
4 April 2009 The Royal Pharmaceutical Society Henry VIII Medicine Man (link to pdf of event flier)
7 April to 7 August 2009 Whitgift Conference Center Hidden Treasures from The Mary Rose
8 April 2009 to 18 April 2010 Windsor Castle Henry VIII: A 500th Anniversary Exhibition
10 April to 3 August 2009 Hampton Court Palace Henry's Women Exhibition
21 April 2009 St. George's Chapel, Windsor Castle Music at Evensong
21 April 2009 The Grolier Club (New York, US) “Henry VIII: Masterful Monarch or Ruthless Bully?” Panel Discussion
22 April 2009 The Royal Oak Foundation (New York, US) "The Legacy of Henry VIII" Lecture by Dr. Dale Hoak
23 April to 6 September 2009 British Library Henry VIII: Man and Monarch Exhibition
April 30 2009 Gainsborough Old Hall "The Lost Palaces of Henry VIII" Lecture by Dr Jonathan Foyle
1 and 2 May 2009 Hampton Court Palace Rick Wakeman Performs "The Six Wives of Henry VIII" in concert
7 to 10 May 2009 Hampton Court Palace Tudor Music Festival
23 May 2009 Gainsborough Old Hall "Henry VIII & His Six Wives" Lecture by Alison Weir
30 May to 15 October 2009 Hampton Court Palace Henry VIII talks (various dates)
2 June 2009 Old Royal Navy College, Greenwich Henry VIII Lecture by Simon Thurley
13 and 14 June 2009 Old Royal Navy College, Greenwich Henry VIII Days and Henry VIII Concert (14th only)
19 to 28 June 2009 Portsmouth Festivities Henry VIII 500 - Portsmouth and the Tudors
20 and 21 June 2009 Hampton Court Palace Henry VIII's Coronation Weekend
20 and 21 June 2009 London Living History Weekend and Tudor Water Pageant
27 June 2009 Christ’s College, Cambridge Celebrating the Life of Lady Margaret Beaufort
28 June 2009 Portsmouth Historic Dockyard Ghost Ship: A Pageant for Portsmouth
30 June 2009 British Library "The Achievement 1533-1547" Lecture by Dr. David Starkey
3 July 2009 British Library The Somers Town jesters' project
8 July 2009 British Library "Henry: The inner life of a most public King" Lecture by Philippa Gregory
10 July 2009 Gainsborough Old Hall "Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk" Lecture by Dr Steven Gunn
13 July 2009 British Library Screening of the 1933 film "The Private Life of Henry VIII"
13 July to 15 July 2009 Hampton Court Palace

Henry VIII and the Tudor Court, 1509-2009 Conference
18 and 19 July 2009 Hever Castle King Kenry VIII's 500th anniversary Tudor Celebrations
18 and 19 July 2009 Bourne Hall Nonsuch Gold at Bourne Hall - Program and site tour
20 July 2009 British Library "'I'm David the Second, I am, I am': Henry VIII and his Psalter" Lecture by Prof. James P. Carley
21 July 2009 British Library Tudor Falconry and Hawking: Talks from the Mews
21 July 2009 British Library Sport in the age of Henry VIII:
Falconry and hunting
28 July 2009 British Library The Lady in the Tower: The Fall of Anne Boleyn with Alison Weir
4 August 2009 British Library Sport in the age of Henry VIII:
Jousting and real tennis
30 and 31 August 2009 Penshurst Place Several events (scroll down to August)
5 to 26 September Peterborough Cathedral British Library "Man and Monarch on Location" Exbition (click for various activities also taking place)
25 to 27 September 2009 Christ Church Oxford Henry's House Party
17 and 18 October 2009 The Vyne Tudor Weekend (link to .doc file)
18 September to 31 December 2010 Folger Shakespeare Library (Washington DC, US) Vivat Rex! Exhibition