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 Megaprocessor, a 10m-long and 2m high computer, takes pride of place in the foyer. This machine shows the inner workings of a microprocessor, the ubiquitous chip at the heart of billions of electronic devices.
Microprocessors are so small that they're incredibly hard to understand, even though they are vitally important to modern society. The Megaprocessor blows up these chips to show off their components on a much larger scale, letting anyone gain an appreciation for the inner workings of a smartphone, laptop or games console.
The Megaprocessor, a 10m-long and 2m high computer, takes pride of place in the foyer. This machine shows the inner workings of a microprocessor, the ubiquitous chip at the heart of billions of electronic devices.
Microprocessors are so small that they're incredibly hard to understand, even though they are vitally important to modern society. The Megaprocessor blows up these chips to show off their components on a much larger scale, letting anyone gain an appreciation for the inner workings of a smartphone, laptop or games console.
Count the number of steps you've taken or design your exercise routine using the micro:bit. Find out how you can code this device to become your fitness assistant!
This workshop is aimed at children aged 9 years and older and is ideal for children at the upper KS2 and KS3 levels.
Please note that classroom kits will be used for the session and you will not be able to take these away at the end. However there will be micro:bit kits available for sale in the shop to purchase.
After growing up and feeling that she wasn't being seen in the books she read, Hephzibah was inspired to write her own novel 'Chronicles of the Timekeeper'. By the time she had finished writing the book when she was ten, Hephzibah won the title for the longest fiction novel written by a child author.
Get inspiration from the beautiful stained glass collection for your own story's characters and setting before Hephzibah shares her own fantastic story writing secrets with you, helping you plan for a fantastic story of your own.
During this fun, child-friendly session you will learn the principles and theory of glass cutting, fusing and firing. You will then work on your own design and make a 10cm x 10cm glass piece.
Your glass will need to be kiln-fired after the workshop is finished. This process takes 24 hours and will usually takes place within a week of the session. Once your fused artwork has been kiln-fired and cooled, the Museum will contact you to let you know it is ready for collection.
During this fun, child-friendly session you will learn the principles and theory of glass cutting, fusing and firing. You will then work on your own design and make a stunning 10cm x 10cm glass piece.
Your glass will need to be kiln-fired after the workshop is finished.
This process takes 24 hours and will usually takes place within a week of the session. Once your fused artwork has been kiln-fired and cooled, the Museum will contact you to let you know it is ready for collection.
Have you found a fossil or interesting rock over the summer? Drop in with your finds and our Museum scientists can help you identify them.
You can also learn how to find fossils in everyday gravel, and get hands on with some of our amazing fossils and rocks.
This event is part of Summer at the Museums 2026.
Drop in to meet Earth scientists Jeannie Booth, Mengyao Du and Simon Crowhurst and explore amazing, tiny 5000-year-old fossils under powerful microscopes.
Discover what these microfossils can tell us about oceans and climates thousands of years ago. Compare the features of different microfossils and get stuck into making your own microfossil model out of clay, to take home.
This event is part of Summer at the Museums 2026.
Join us as we celebrate the pioneering 19th century palaeontologist, Mary Anning. Hear about her revolutionary fossil discoveries by ‘meeting’ Mary in person, and find out about her experience as a working-class woman scientist in the 1800s.
Investigate Mary's fossil finds with her, and find out how some of her most spectacular discoveries came to be in our Museum collection. Step back in time and have fun dressing up as Mary and her brother Joseph.
