Milton Keynes Heritage Association is helping to celebrate the City’s milestone 60th birthday.

Milton Keynes Heritage Association is hosting an event, on 23rd January 2027, at the Community Learning Facility in the Central Library – 60 years after its ‘birth’ on 23rd January 1967.

The event will be opened by Council Leader Jane Carr, introducing a number of local speakers. They will explore how and why Milton Keynes developed, and highlight some of the architecture and organisations which give the City its unique character.

The cost will be £17.50 with a buffet lunch included.

The programme runs 10.00 -15.00, hosted by David Muston, MKHA Chair:

Celebrating Milton Keynes 60th Birthday – Council Leader Jane Carr

The Genesis of Milton Keynes - Neil Loudon (MKHA)

MKLX - A Short History Of Milton Keynes In Sixty Buildings - Tim Skelton (MK Forum)

Buffet lunch and a showing of the Living Archive film about The Point

The Open University – History and links to Milton Keynes - Ruth Cammies and Matthew Taylor (OU Library)

Gathering Place: The Story of Wolverton Agora - Catherine McIntyre (City Discovery Centre)

Celebrating the past, living the present, and planning the future - Simon Peart (MKCC).

Description supplied by the event organiser.