Build yourself a pocket-sized, hand-held ‘brain’ game that can keep you occupied for hours while testing your focus and memory skills!
No electronics experience is required although you will need a steady hand to assemble the components and use our tools.
This is a great workshop aimed at children aged 10 years and above.
This event is part of Summer at the Museums 2026.
This workshop is aimed at children aged 8-12 and is ideal for children at the upper KS2 level.
Prior experience with Scratch will be helpful.
This event is part of Summer at the Museums 2026.
The Farmland Museum and Denny Abbey are running a different theme each week of the Summer Holidays. This week is Medieval Week.
Medieval themed crafts will be running throughout the day. Crafts include the opportunity to make your own sword and shield from recycled materials! Craft activities are free, but donations to the museum are appreciated to cover the cost of materials.
The summer holiday activities run on Thursday and Friday each week. The museum is open 10am to 4pm, with last entry at 3.30pm.
The Farmland Museum and Denny Abbey are running a different theme each week of the Summer Holidays. This final week is Toys from the Past Week where visitors are invited to play with toys and games from the distant and recent past.
Toy themed craft activities will also be running throughout the day. All activities are free, but donations to the museum are welcome to cover the cost of materials.
The summer holiday activities are running on Thursday and Friday. The museum is open 10-4, with last entry at 3.30pm.
The Farmland Museum and Denny Abbey are running a different theme each week of the Summer Holidays. This week is Roman Week where visitors are invited to have a go at making Roman mosaics and re-assembling pottery.
Roman themed craft activities will also be running throughout the day. All activities are free, but donations to the museum are appreciated to cover the cost of materials.
The summer holiday activities run on Thursday and Friday each week. The museum is open 10am to 4pm, with last entry at 3.30pm.
The Farmland Museum and Denny Abbey are running a different theme each week of the Summer Holidays. This week is Tudor Week and visitors are invited to have a go at making Tudor tiles, and play like the Tudors.
Tudor Tile making will be delivered in two sessions, one at 11am and one at 2pm. There will be a small additional charge of £5 for the tile-making session, payable on the day.
Other free craft activities will be on offer, but donations to the museum are appreciated to cover the cost of materials.
Summer's here and Bee-Bot is planning a trip to the beach. But, there are so many things to take - bucket and spade, parasol, beach hat, beach umbrella, and don't forget the swimsuit and suncream! Bee-Bot would love some help planning this trip. Would you like to be Bee-Bot's helper?
The only catch is that Bee-Bot is a robot and needs instructions to find all the things that need to be packed. A set of instructions is called an algorithm. Come and find out about algorithms and how you can use these to code in this fun activity!
The Farmland Museum and Denny Abbey are running a different theme each week of the Summer Holidays. This week is Victorian week which allows visitors to have a go at an authentic Victorian wash-day and learn the skill of rag-rugging.
Wash-day demonstrations will be at 11.30am, 1pm and 2.30pm and are free to take part, so come along and try your hand!
There will also be Victorian themed crafts on offer throughout the day.
Craft activities are free, but donations to the museum are appreciated to cover the cost of materials.
Learn how to solder and build yourself a simple, digital metronome to help you keep track of the beat.
No soldering experience is required although you will need a steady hand to assemble the components and use the tools.
This is a great workshop aimed at children aged 11 years and older.
This event is part of Summer at the Museums 2026.
The Farmland Museum and Denny Abbey are running a different theme each week of the Summer Holidays. The first of these is Archaeology Week, where visitors are invited to try their hand at being a mini archaeologist.
There will be an archaeological dig site set up for children to uncover treasures as well as craft activities themed around archaeology.
Activities are free, but donations to the museum are welcome to cover the cost of materials.
The summer holiday activities run on Thursday and Friday each week. The museum is open 10am to 4pm, with last entry at 3.30pm.
