Great St Mary's Family Activity Days: Tall Towers

An exhibition by Allison Ksiazkewicz

Free archaeology themed children's crafts and archaeological activities - including a mock archaeology dig at the Farmland Museum and Denny Abbey.

Join the Botanic Garden this school holiday to find out more about herbs.

Who needs an expensive fitness gadget when you have the micro:bit! In this activity, at the Centre of Computing History, you'll be turning the tiny device into a personal trainer.

Step into the past this Summer with Museum of Cambridge.

How do telescopes help us see distant stars? Why do mirrors reflect? What happens when light bends?

A chance to learn more about the life cycle of various insects and animals, and create art inspired by nature at Great St. Mary's Church.

Celebrate 600 years of Bridge Chapel with a day of family fun at The Norris Museum!

Come and try something new at the Stained Glass Museum in this exciting children's glass fusing session for beginners.

A family craft workshop making a unique mosaic in a box at St Neots Museum.

Meet volcanologist Julian Pahl, who studies lava rocks from Hawaii to investigate volcanic eruptions, and take part in fun, hands-on activities relating to his research.

Can you help make music with carrots, or a game controller with playdoh... How about switching on an LED with a banana? Find out at the Centre for Computing History.

In this unique session at the Stained Glass Museum, you and your child/children can work alongside each other to make a beautiful fused panel.

Get creative with clay at the National Horseracing Museum.

Join the Botanic Garden this school holiday to discover some of our carnivorous plants.

Travel to the world of ancient Rome in an action-packed family day.

Using plaster cast animal teeth, come and make your own colourful necklace to take away and impress your friends at Saffron Walden Museum.

Re-assemble Roman pottery and create your own mosaic design to explore what life may have been like for some of the first settlers on the site of Denny Abbey and Farmland Museum.

Free drop-in family activities at the Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology 

During this special museum tour at the Centre for Computing History, in-house gaming experts will guide you through the history of video games from the seventies to the modern day.

A family craft workshop making a unique mosaic in a box at St Neots Museum.

Learn how sound is made, travels and is heard.

Join our free, artist-led Studio Sunday workshops for families and unlock your creativity.

Join us for a relaxed Studio Sunday session aimed at children and families with additional sensory needs.

Meet the mind behind the Centre for Computing History's biggest exhibit! James Newman, builder of the Megaprocessor, is coming to the Centre to answer questions about his remarkable creation.

Step into the past this Summer with Museum of Cambridge.

Learn how sound is made, travels and is heard.

A chance to learn more about the life cycle of various insects and animals, and create art inspired by nature at Great St. Mary's Church.

Enjoy a relaxed morning at the Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, open exclusively to children with sensory sensitivities along with families, siblings and carers.

Join the Botanic Garden this school holiday to create prints using leaves and petals.

Enjoy a drop-in morning of art activities linked to beautiful stained glass art at the Stained Glass Museum.

Get creative at the Fitzwilliam Museum's free, family-friendly outdoor sensory play experience.

Calling young music makers! Learn how to use Sonic Pi on the Raspberry Pi to create some amazing tunes at the Centre for Computing History.

Have you ever wanted to be a knight? Complete the tasks and activities to earn your title at Ely Museum.

Using tie-dye to decorate a bandana scarf at St Neots Museum.

We are excited to be running Arts Award Discover SEND across TWO fun and creative sessions at the Norris Museum! 

Drop in to chill out at the Polar Museum with family-friendly crafts and activities

Learn how to print your design on a t-shirt at the National Horseracing Museum.

Choose an exotic animal or garden bird to sit at the centre of your paper plate design at Saffron Walden Museum.

Drop in to the Sedgwick Museum for mountains of geological fun as we explore real fossil and rock specimens from our collection.

Free drop-in family activities at the Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology 

Get creative at this hands-on family art event inspired by the Museum of Classical Archaeology's collection.

Do you have what it takes to join the New Modelled Army and fight for Parliament at the Cromwell Museum?

How steady are your nerves? Find out by building a game, including doing some soldering at the Centre for Computing History.

Free drop-in family activities at the Centre for Material Culture.

Take part in free medieval themed activities - including free crafts! All at the Farmland Museum and Denny Abbey.

Design and create marvellous mosaic hanging decorations and coasters, at The Norris Museum with professional mosaic artist, Zena Brackenbury, by pressing real glass tesserae into air drying clay.