Navigate treacherous seas, play the Tools of the Trade, handle seafaring objects and make your own to take home.

Ages 3+

Free, drop in

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.

Come and see LIVE animals, including reptiles, birds of prey and insects. This is your chance to see live burying beetles - find out how they look after their young and what they eat - it's absolutely fascinating and perhaps not what you would expect. Come and talk to our lovely PhD research students, who will tell you everything they know.

Plus... you can look at our amazing skeletons which include a whale, dodo, two elephants, giraffe, giant ground sloth as well as a giant wasp nest, beetles, butterflies, birds, fish, corals and much much more.