You will be making a beautiful acetate animal bookmark. 

This event is suitable for all ages and one adult is free with each child. A suggested donation of £1 per child for materials would be gratefully received. 

Please note that the Stained Glass Museum is located in the Cathedral at the top of a stone spiral staircase. The nearest toilets are located on the floor below in the Cathedral. 

Arm yourself for back-to-school shopping with an afternoon of ancient Greek shield-making.

Drop in to the museum for a relaxed afternoon of arts and crafts, as we teach you to make your very own Greek shield and helmet. Then take our trail to learn how the ancient Greeks fought for their city state, and discover what it took to become fearsome hoplite soldier.

This event is part of Summer at the Museums.

 

On your marks, get set, go! Join us for a jam-packed afternoon of activities and crafts fit for an Olympian.

Discover the ancient origins of everyone’s favourite summer sporting event, and get the low down on what it was like to compete over 2000 years ago. The Great Greek Olympic Games will get your mind racing as we test your knowledge of ancient sport and let your imagination run wild designing your very own Olympic games

So do you have what it takes to be a champion in the ancient Greek Olympics?

 

There’s magic in the air this summer!

The ancient world was filled with mystical secrets, magic and curses. Discover these secrets for yourself over a magical afternoon at the Museum of Classical Archaeology. Just drop in and craft spells, create your own curse tablet and even try your hand at ancient fortune-telling.

Will you uncover lost spells from the past or learn the secret to seeing the future? (But be warned, not all prophesies have happy endings…)

 

This event is part of Summer at the Museums.

Have you got a rock or fossil that you'd like identified? Perhaps found over the summer holidays? Drop-in to meet our Museum scientists for help, and get hands-on with some fascinating rocks and fossils.

Build your own museum activity. Including a shoe box imitating a museum setting, with a model frog, space scene and craft materials.

 

We’re redesigning our Learning Gallery, and we need your help! Become a Whipple Museum curator for the afternoon and build your own museum. 

Build your own museum activity. Including a shoe box imitating a museum setting, with a model frog, space scene and craft materials.

 

We’re redesigning our Learning Gallery, and we need your help! Become a Whipple Museum curator for the afternoon and build your own museum. 

 

We’re redesigning our Learning Gallery, and we need your help! Become a Whipple Museum curator for the afternoon and build your own museum. 

Build your own museum activity. Including a shoe box imitating a museum setting, with a model frog, space scene and craft materials.

 

We’re redesigning our Learning Gallery, and we need your help! Become a Whipple Museum curator for the afternoon and build your own museum. 

 

Build your own museum activity. Including a shoe box imitating a museum setting, with a model frog, space scene and craft materials.

 

We’re redesigning our Learning Gallery, and we need your help! Become a Whipple Museum curator for the afternoon and build your own museum. 

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