Discover different games and toys through the ages and make your own simple game. Solve the special Clues Trail, and play historical board games.
Drop-in. Normal admission charges apply.
Summer at the Museums
This event is part of Summer at the Museums, a mix of hands-on activities, events and trails, for families to enjoy throughout the summer holidays.
Discover different games and toys through the ages and make your own simple game. Solve the special Clues Trail, and play historical board games.
Drop-in. Normal admission charges apply.
Summer at the Museums
This event is part of Summer at the Museums, a mix of hands-on activities, events and trails, for families to enjoy throughout the summer holidays.
Make an ugly gargoyle or a decorated clay tile and follow the Museum's Tudor Explorers trail for more discoveries.
Drop-in. Normal admission charges apply.
Summer at the Museums
This event is part of Summer at the Museums, a mix of hands-on activities, events and trails, for families to enjoy throughout the summer holidays.
Make an ugly gargoyle or a decorated clay tile and follow the Museum's Tudor Explorers trail for more discoveries.
Drop-in. Normal admission charges apply.
Summer at the Museums
This event is part of Summer at the Museums, a mix of hands-on activities, events and trails, for families to enjoy throughout the summer holidays.
Make your own printed or collage picture using natural materials and take the Matchbox Scavenger Challenge around the site.
Drop-in. Normal admission charges apply.
Summer at the Museums
This event is part of Summer at the Museums, a mix of hands-on activities, events and trails, for families to enjoy throughout the summer holidays.
Make your own printed or collage picture using natural materials and take the Matchbox Scavenger Challenge around the site.
Drop-in. Normal admission charges apply.
Summer at the Museums
This event is part of Summer at the Museums, a mix of hands-on activities, events and trails, for families to enjoy throughout the summer holidays.
Discover what it's like to be an Archaeologist for the day and try your hand at a range of activities. Try out a mini-dig, draw and record the things that you find, talk with real archaeologists, make a clay pot and investigate seeds found in replica ancient poo!
Drop-in. Normal admission charges apply.
Summer at the Museums
This event is part of Summer at the Museums, a mix of hands-on activities, events and trails, for families to enjoy throughout the summer holidays.
Find out about the cool plants that were around at the time of the dinosaurs, handle real plant fossils from the Sedgwick Museum of Earth Sciences and make your own plant fossil to take home with you.
Summer at the Museums
This event is part of Summer at the Museums, a mix of hands-on activities, events and trails, for families to enjoy throughout the summer holidays.
Find out about the Nightshades, one of the most amazing families in the plant kingdom. This family contains lots of plants we eat like tomatoes, potatoes, peppers and chillies but also many plants from legends like the famous mandrake that is said to scream if you dig up its root.
Summer at the Museums
This event is part of Summer at the Museums, a mix of hands-on activities, events and trails, for families to enjoy throughout the summer holidays.
Handle real Roman pottery, find out more about the farming year and plant your own seeds.
Craft activities suitable for ages 7+. Normal admission applies.
Summer at the Museums
This event is part of Summer at the Museums, a mix of hands-on activities, events and trails, for families to enjoy throughout the summer holidays.