14 Feb
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Crafty Spring Flowers Decorations
£15 per child
Join this fun workshop and create your own colourful paper flowers!
11am-4pm Thu-Sun & Bank Holiday Mondays except Christmas, Boxing Day, and New Year’s Day
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23 Feb
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Coffee & Craft – Botanical Watercolour
£30
Join us for this watercolour session where you will be guided through how to paint a botanical
bouquet in a detailed and realistic way.
14 Mar
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Expert Talk: Toy Theatre
£12 (£10 for Friends)
Join Alan Powers and David Powell from Pollock’s Toy Museum for an Expert Talk and Performance on Toy Theatre for our Mary Wheelhouse exhibition.
18 Mar
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Coffee & Craft – Arty Textiles
£35
Come along to this fun workshop led by mixed media textile artist Sian Fenwick and create a colourful and arty stitched panel.
30 Mar - 21 Jun
Modernist Magazine Illustration
The cartoonist turns his hand to magazine illustration! Explore Heath Robinson’s art for literary magazine covers, articles, and stories in this exhibition of a lesser known part of his work, produced throughout the 1920s and 30s.
11 Apr
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Mini-engineers Workshop
Join this day workshop and learn how to solve engineering challenges with Meccano!
17 Apr
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Coffee & Craft – Design and create your own Fascinator
£40
Fascinator workshop led by local milliner Cheryl Cizek!
23 May
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Coffee & Craft – An Introduction to Weaving
£35
Join this relaxing workshop and learn how to weave with tapestry artist Lucy Sugden!
30 May
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Nature & Clay
Come along to this fun half term workshop and create personalised clay decorations inspired by nature!
31 May
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Whacky Inventors
Inspired by Heath Robinson’s gadgets, can you solve silly tasks by creating the whackiest energy transfer chain?
29 Jun - 22 Sep
Michael Rosen: The Illustrators
The exhibition highlights the interplay between writer and illustrator. Michael Rosen’s children’s writing has delighted generations – and now a landmark exhibition journeys through his life and career via a selection of original illustrations from his books.
29 Jun
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Launch Event for Michael Rosen: The Illustrators
Michael Rosen will be coming to open the event at which he will also be doing a book signing on the day.
Every Sunday 30 Jun – 22 Sep
11:30-12:00
Storytelling at the Museum
Join us for a storytelling of some of the best Michael Rosen books!
3 Aug
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Meccano Model Exhibition
Invented in 1901 by Frank Hornby, Meccano combines artistry and engineering in a unique way
Every Sunday in August
2:00pm – 4:00pm in 15 minute booking slots
Face/arm Painting at the Museum
Why not come along and get your face or arm painted by the lovely Versha.
25 Aug
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Romeo and Juliet – Open Air Theatre
Illyria presents an evening of yearning romance, family feuds and disasterous consequences. Approx: 2hrs 20mins (20min interval). Suitable for ages 8+
1st, 8th, 15th and 29th of August
1:30pm – 3:00pm
Art in the Park
Outdoor art sessions for the whole family!
14 Sep
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Poems and Pictures with Michael Rosen
SOLD OUT
Come along to this fun poetry and illustration workshop with Michael Rosen!
19 Sep
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Coffee & Craft – Chinese Brush Painting
SOLD OUT
Join us for a Chinese Brush Painting class led by talented artist Margaret Wall.
19 Oct
11:00-13:00 or 14:00-16-00
Diwali Celebration Day 2024
A lovely family session celebrating all things Diwali
30 Oct
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Fantastic Beasts and How to Draw Them
Explore the art of monster design in our Halloween drawing session and make your own creepy creature!
31 Oct
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Ghastly Ghouls
Sculpt a full-sized ghoul mask using mod rock and create your own creepy character for scaring on Halloween.
6 Nov
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Coffee & Craft – Gelli Plate Printing
£35 including all materials, tea or coffee, and cake
Join us for a Gelli Plate Printing workshop, where you’ll discover the basics of this printmaking method while creating fantasy landscapes, drawing inspiration from the work of Sidney Sime.
