Relax & Draw (via Zoom)
A relaxation come drawing class with a difference
A relaxation come drawing class with a difference
We are pleased to announce that we are taking part in The National Lottery Open Week again this year!
Come along and enjoy theatre under the stars
Great fun Halloween afternoon with special guest, Korky Paul
What would Heath Robinson make of life today?
Whether you want to learn how to paint still lifes, landscapes or even portraits, this is your class.
The 31st May 2022 will be the 150th anniversary of the birth of William Heath Robinson. He was trained as an artist at the Royal Academy Schools, and as past exhibitions at the Museum have shown, he was a great illustrator and a highly accomplished painter in watercolours, but it is as a humorous artist…
Fun-filled family day out filled with gadgets and games galore
Build a Heath Robinson machine with “Joseph’s machines” Internet sensation.
Art session for all the family, adults and children alike
A talk by the curator on our current special exhibition
A lovely morning or afternoon session of Diwali related arts, crafts, story-telling and more for all the family.
Come along and make your own spooky scene with moving figures. Great for decorating in the trick or treat season.
Help Santa find all of his reindeer, solve their puzzles and win a prize.
Throughout his career Shakespeare’s plays, and especially the songs within them, provided a source of inspiration for some of Heath Robinson’s most popular and successful illustrations.
Learn how to produce beautiful images using the traditional technique of dip pens and permanent ink.
Come along and create your own theatre! We’ll work together on both the background
and the characters and then…you will be ready to perform!!
Inspired by our current exhibition, this workshop will walk you through effective ways to design characters using detail to get across different personality traits.
Workshop with jewellery designer and maker, Helen Foster-Turner
Pictures from an exceptional private collection
We are once again looking forward to welcoming National Lottery players to the museum.
A relaxed session on metal embossing. Suitable for beginners and confident makers alike.
Come along to this fun workshop where you will learn how to create a print!!
Join us for this special workshop where you will be guided through how to make a linocut print!
A fun Easter Trail in the park! Come and help Squishy the Chick find all their friends!
A fun and relaxed session led by expert glass engraver Stephen Myers where you’ll be able to try this fascinating technique under his guidance!
Come along to this fun workshop celebrating Heath Robinson’s birthday!
During the workshop you will be introduced to the basics of the technique, and you’ll be guided through how to produce your own lovely floral watercolour.
Uniquely crafted work available for sale from 16 contemporary designer makers
Heath Robinson’s illustrations for the Fairy Tale works of Hans Andersen and Charles Perrault, with works on the same subjects by children’s book illustrator Michael Foreman
Come along to this relaxing workshop designed to help you build your confidence in creative writing.
Join us for a fun craft and storytelling time in the park with illustrator and author Robyn Wilson Owen!
Art sessions for everyone, family, adults and children alike! 27 Jul and 3, 10, 17, 24 Aug
Join us for a bookbinding workshop led by specialist bookbinder Jo Bird.
Acidic, bawdy, grotesque. Heath Robinson’s illustrations for Rabelais explore a dark and dramatic part of his practice, characterised by expressive linework and grim subjects. See them alongside Goya’s Los Caprichos; experimental etchings portraying beasts, scoundrels and a society in ruin.
Come along to this relaxed session on Children’s Book Illustration led by the talented Helena Stride.
Halloween half term workshops for young people 8-16 years old.
Morning Session 11am-1pm or Afternoon Session 2pm-4pm
A relaxing embroidery session led by Sam Harvey (AKA Sam Stitch)
A contemporary take on the traditional drawing technique of Pen, ink & wash.
Xmas Trail around the park; answer the quiz question and win a little prize!
Alongside a sensational artistic career, Mary V. Wheelhouse was also a fierce suffragette. See her art and activism come together in this retrospective exhibition.
Personalize a wooden decoration and a fridge magnet at this fun half term workshop!
Join this fun workshop and create your own colourful paper flowers!
Join us for this watercolour session where you will be guided through how to paint a botanical
bouquet in a detailed and realistic way.
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.
Come along to this fun workshop led by mixed media textile artist Sian Fenwick and create a colourful and arty stitched panel.
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.
Join this day workshop and learn how to solve engineering challenges with Meccano!
Fascinator workshop led by local milliner Cheryl Cizek!
Join this relaxing workshop and learn how to weave with tapestry artist Lucy Sugden!
Come along to this fun half term workshop and create personalised clay decorations inspired by nature!
Inspired by Heath Robinson’s gadgets, can you solve silly tasks by creating the whackiest energy transfer chain?
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.
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
Join us for a storytelling of some of the best Michael Rosen books!
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
Why not come along and get your face or arm painted by the lovely Versha.
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
Outdoor art sessions for the whole family!
Come along to this fun poetry and illustration workshop with Michael Rosen!
Join us for a Chinese Brush Painting class led by talented artist Margaret Wall.
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