Charnwood Museum

A Reflection on the Holocaust

A display to mark the Holocaust Memorial Day on the 27th January.

Suitable for

• All ages

When

11am-4pm

Where

Charnwood Museum

Admission

free. Tel: 01509 233754

Taking To The Roads Exhibition

A family friendly exhibition charting the history of the County's roads and transport. From pre-historic times to the present.

Suitable for

• All ages

Where

Charnwood Museum

Admission

Free. Usual opening times. Tel: 01509 233754

Every Pocket Tells a Story

Delve into the ideas and stories that surround pockets and see the handmade pockets of Charnwood Arts Big Knitting Group.

Suitable for

• All ages

Where

Charnwood Museum

Admission

Free. Usual opening times. Tel: 01509 233754

This is My Hero

Rainbows hospice for children and young people. A visual display of the children and young peoples interpretation of 'This is my Hero' to compliment the start of the nationwide children's hospice week (15th - 22nd May).

Suitable for

• Family friendly
• All ages

Where

Charnwood Museum

Admission

Free. Usual opening times. Tel: 01509 233754

Every Pocket Tells a Story

Be inspired by the Big Knitting Groups 'Every Pocket Tells a Story' exhibition. Make a pocket and a pen story to add to the exhibits. Collect your creation at the end of the show.

Suitable for

• Family friendly
• Especially for children

Where

Charnwood Museum

Admission

Suitable for 8-14 year olds. £5 per person, £2.50 Concessions. 10.30am start. Pre-booking requried. Tel: 01509 233754.

Suffragette Style Workshop

Protest in style inspired by the Charnwood Exhibition. Make a wearable accessory similar to the ones designed for the suffragette cause. Suitable for 8-14 year olds.

Suitable for

• Family friendly
• Especially for children

When

From 10:30am

Where

Charnwood Museum

Admission

£5 per person, £2.50 concessions. Pre-booking required. Tel: 01509 233754

Ideal Home Workshop

Make a household item inspired by your ideal home, with furniture designer Alice Young. Suitable for 8-14 year olds.

Suitable for

• Family friendly
• Especially for children

When

From 10:30am

Where

Charnwood Museum

Admission

£5 per person, £2.50 Concessions. Pre-booking required. Tel: 01509 233754

Easter Workshops

Get creative this Easter and make your very own personalised Bunny greeting cards.

Suitable for

• Especially for children
• All ages

Where

Charnwood Museum

Admission

£2.00. Usual opening times. Pre-booking required. Tel: 01509 233754

Easter Eggs with a surprise inside

Learn how to make 2D eggs that open up.

Suitable for

• Family friendly
• Especially for children

Where

Charnwood Museum

Admission

£2.00. Usual opening times. Pre-booking essential. Tel: 01509 233754

Map Madness

Make your very own picture map.

Suitable for

• Family friendly
• Especially for children

Where

Charnwood Museum

Admission

£2.50. Usual opening times. Pre-booking required. Tel: 01509 233754

Animals in Hands

Animals in hands.

Suitable for

• Family friendly
• Especially for children

Where

Charnwood Museum

Admission

£2.50. Usual opening times. Pre-booking required. Tel: 01509 233754

Peg Loom Animals

Learn to use a simple peg loom and make your own little woolly animal. Suitable for 8-14 year olds.

Suitable for

• Family friendly
• Especially for children

When

12-12am

Where

Charnwood Museum

Admission

£5.00 per person, £2.50 Concessions. Start time: 10.30am. Pre-booking essential. Tel: 01509 233754

Armour Plated

Mark St George's Day by designing and making a piece of armour out of card in this fashion design workshop. Suitable for 8-14 year olds.

Suitable for

• Family friendly
• Especially for children

Where

Charnwood Museum

Admission

£5.00 per person. £2.50 Concessions. Sessions starts: 10.30am. Tel: 01509 233754

Well Dressing in The Park

Celebrate the start of the Derbyshire Well Dressing season with a sculptural workshop out in Queens Park with local sculptor Nita Rao. You will use natural materials to create a piece to take away. Suitable for 8-14 year olds.

Suitable for

• Family friendly
• Especially for children

When

From 12am

Where

Charnwood Museum

Admission

£5 per person. £2.50 Concessions. 10.30am start. Pre-booking required. Tel: 01509 233754

Miners' Morning

Witness: Disaster, Rescue and Recovery' Ann Bradley, Curator of Social and Oral History at the National Coal Mining Museum for England gives a talk on mining disasters. Refreshments included.

Suitable for

• All ages

When

10:30am-12pm

Where

Snibston Discovery Museum

Admission

£3.50. Tel: 01530 278444.

Stand Up! Poetry Workshop

Come and create some poetry with local performance poet Lydia Towsey, then work together on a performance for parents at the end.

Suitable for

• Family friendly
• Especially for children

Where

Charnwood Museum

Admission

Suitable for 8-14 year olds. Pre-booking required. 10.30am start. £5 per person, £2.50 Concessions.

Dry Point Graphics

Scratch a favourite comic book scene into a piece of Perspex, ink up and print using an etching press. Bring along a comic or graphic novel. In conjunction with Leicester Print Workshop.

Suitable for

• Family friendly
• Especially for children

Where

Charnwood Museum

Admission

Suitable for 8-14 year olds. Pre-booking required. 10.30am start. £5 per person, £2.50 Concessions. Tel: 01509 233754