The Roald Dahl Museum and Story Centre
The Roald Dahl Museum and Story Centre
Roald Dahl Museum and Story Centre
81-83 High Street
Great Missenden
Buckinghamshire
HP16 0AL
England
Website
Webstore for the Museum shop
General enquiries
Education
Collections Manager
collectionqueries@roalddahlmuseum.org
Press enquiries
Telephone
General information
01494 892192
Education Manager
01494 892195
Fax
01494 892191
This great little Museum has two fun and fact-packed biographical galleries and a fantabulous Story Centre. In Boy and Solo, visitors can learn about the events that shaped Roald Dahl as a writer, from his illicit motorbike outings at school to his time as a World War Two fighter pilot.
In the Story Centre, visitors can get creative with plot, character and language and discover how writers from J.K. Rowling to Benjamin Zephaniah write. Visitors can also explore a replica of Roald Dahl's famous Writing Hut, sit in his writing chair and get some gloriumptious story ideas.
Venue Type:
Museum, Archive
Additional info
The archive is open by appointment, and on spcecial tour days - see events listings for details.
Village trail available for visitors to follow significant Dahl sites, including his grave. 20-30 mins self-guided walking.
We host many exciting events for children and adults, please check the 'events' section. Please note these events are charged separately unless otherwise specified.
Veruca Salt trail
- 22 July — 1 August 2014 *on now
For all ages: hunt for squirrels to discover fantabulous facts about the Museum and find out whether you are a good or bad nut.
Free for Museum visitors.
Suitable for
- 7-10
- 5-6
- 11-13
Admission
Free with Museum entry (£6.60/£4.40)
Website
http://www.roalddahl.com/museum/whats-on/july-2014/veruca-salt-trail
Meet Barry Loser
- 24 July 2014 12-4:30pm *on now
12.00pm, 2.00pm and 3.30pm
For 7+ years: join Roald Dahl Funny Prize winner Jim Smith, creator of the hilarious Barry Loser series, to hear all about the amazekeel Barry and his friends in an hour of stories, belly laughs and burps. Jim will teach you how to draw Barry and his mates . . . and you might even learn how to draw a poo!
£3 per person (adults and children) plus Museum entry
We recommend pre-booking for workshops as spaces are limited. You can do this by calling 01494 892192 up until 4:30pm on the day before you visit.
Suitable for
- 7-10
- 11-13
Admission
£3 per person (adults and children) plus Museum entry (£6.60/£4.40)
Website
http://www.roalddahl.com/museum/whats-on/july-2014/meet-barry-loser
Mideous masks
- 25 July 2014 12-4:30pm
For 4+ years: hear about Roald Dahl’s ideas for children who never made it into the final version of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. Invent a new greedy Golden Ticket winner and make your own disgusterous mask of their face.
£2 per participant plus Museum entry
We recommend pre-booking for workshops as spaces are limited. You can do this by calling 01494 892192 up until 4:30pm on the day before you visit.
Suitable for
- 5-6
- 7-10
Admission
£2 per participant plus Museum entry (£6.60/£4.40)
Website
http://www.roalddahl.com/museum/whats-on/july-2014/mideous-masks
Tummy-tickling treat bags
- 26 July 2014 12-2pm
For 4+ years: decorate a delightful cloth bag ready to fill with all your Wonka treats.
£3 per participant plus Museum entry
We recommend pre-booking for workshops as spaces are limited. You can do this by calling 01494 892192 up until 4:30pm on the day before you visit.
Suitable for
- 5-6
- 7-10
- 11-13
Admission
£3 per participant plus Museum entry (£6.60/£4.40)
Website
http://www.roalddahl.com/museum/whats-on/july-2014/tummy-tickling-treat-bags
Buzzwangling sweetie boxes
- 27 July 2014 12:30-2pm
12.30pm and 2.00pm
For 5+ years: decorate a box with gems and jewels to hide all your sparkly sweeties inside.
£1.50 per participant plus Museum entry
We recommend pre-booking for workshops as spaces are limited. You can do this by calling 01494 892192 up until 4:30pm on the day before you visit.
Suitable for
- Family friendly
- Especially for children
Admission
£1.50 per participant plus Museum entry.
Website
http://www.roalddahl.com/museum/whats-on/july-2014/buzzwangling-sweetie-boxes
Whizzbanging Wonka shirts
- 29 July 2014 11am-3pm
11.00am, 1.00pm and 3.00pm
For 6+ years: create swishwiffling candy swirls with fabric crayons to design your own Wonka T-shirt.
£3 per participant plus Museum entry
We recommend pre-booking for workshops as spaces are limited. You can do this by calling 01494 892192 up until 4:30pm on the day before you visit.
Suitable for
- Especially for children
- Family friendly
Admission
£3 per participant plus Museum entry (£6.60/£4.40)
Website
http://www.roalddahl.com/museum/whats-on/july-2014/whizzbanging-wonka-shirts
Veruca Salt’s party
- 30 July 2014 12-3:30pm
12.00pm, 2.00pm, and 3.30pm
For 6+ years: come for a session of craft, games and storytelling with Veruca Salt. There are prizes to be won so don’t disappoint her!
£2 per participant plus Museum entry
We recommend pre-booking for workshops as spaces are limited. You can do this by calling 01494 892192 up until 4:30pm on the day before you visit.
Suitable for
- 7-10
- 11-13
Admission
£2 per participant plus Museum entry (£6.60/£4.40)
Website
http://www.roalddahl.com/museum/whats-on/july-2014/veruca-salts-party
Eatable marshmallow pillows
- 31 July 2014 11am-3pm
11.00am, 1.00pm and 3.00pm
For 6+ years: come and make this delicious invention from Roald Dahl’s Revolting Recipes. Channel your inner Wonka and make a mini pillow out of royal icing and marshmallows, then paint it with your unique design. The perfect pillow (and midnight snack) for an Oompa Loompa!
£3 per participant plus Museum entry
We recommend pre-booking for workshops as spaces are limited. You can do this by calling 01494 892192 up until 4:30pm on the day before you visit.
Suitable for
- 7-10
- 11-13
Admission
£3 per participant plus Museum entry (£6.60/£4.40)
Website
http://www.roalddahl.com/museum/whats-on/july-2014/eatable-marshmallow-pillows
Marshmallows for Martians
- 1 August 2014 12:30-2pm
12.30pm and 2.00pm
For 4+ years: come and meet Roald Dahl Funny Prize-nominated authors Adam & Charlotte Guillain performing their latest picture book, Marshmallows For Martians illustrated by the award-winning Lee Wildish. There’ll be strange noises, weird alien characters, mask-making and most definitely marshmallows…
£3 per person (adults and children) plus Museum entry
We recommend pre-booking for workshops as spaces are limited. You can do this by calling 01494 892192 up until 4:30pm on the day before you visit.
Suitable for
- 7-10
- 5-6
Admission
£3 per person (adults and children) plus Museum entry (£6.60/£4.40)
Website
http://www.roalddahl.com/museum/whats-on/august-2014/marshmallows-for-martians
Elevator window pictures
- 1 August 2014 10:30-11:30am
10.30am to 11.30am
For 6+ years: paint a framed picture showing a bird’s eye view from Willy Wonka’s glass elevator
£2 per participant plus Museum entry
We recommend pre-booking for workshops as spaces are limited. You can do this by calling 01494 892192 up until 4:30pm on the day before you visit.
Suitable for
- 11-13
- 7-10
Admission
£2 per participant plus Museum entry (£6.60/£4.40)
Website
http://www.roalddahl.com/museum/whats-on/august-2014/elevator-window-pictures
Violet Beauregarde bulging biscuits
- 2 August 2014 12:30-2pm
12.30pm and 2.00pm
For 6+ years: listen to some storytelling from Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and make a buckswashling iced biscuit that looks just like Violet Beauregarde after she’s tried Willy Wonka’s chewing-gum meal.
£2 per participant plus Museum entry
We recommend pre-booking for workshops as spaces are limited. You can do this by calling 01494 892192 up until 4:30pm on the day before you visit.
Suitable for
- 7-10
- 11-13
Admission
£2 per participant plus Museum entry (£6.60/£4.40)
Website
http://www.roalddahl.com/museum/whats-on/august-2014/violet-beauregarde-bulging-biscuits
Violet Beauregarde trail
- 2 — 3 August 2014 11am-5pm
- 5 — 10 August 2014
For all ages: Hunt for blueberries around the Museum to find the mystery word. Can you spot Violet Beauregarde?
Free for Museum visitors
Suitable for
- 5-6
- 11-13
- 7-10
Admission
Admission charges apply (£6.60/£4.40)
Website
http://www.roalddahl.com/museum/whats-on/august-2014/violet-beauregarde-trail
Swashboggling Squirrels
- 3 August 2014 11am-3pm
Meet Emma from the RSPB to find out about the wildlife around Buckinghamshire that inspired Roald Dahl’s books, including those mischievous squirrels in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.
Suitable for
- 7-10
- 11-13
- 5-6
Admission
Museum admission applies (£6.60/£4.40).
Website
http://www.roalddahl.com/museum/whats-on/august-2014/swashboggling-squirrels
Telling Tales with Sandra Agard
- 5 August 2014 1:30-3pm
1.30pm and 3.00pm
For 4+ years: acclaimed storyteller and writer Sandra Agard returns with her wondercrump interactive storytelling for all the family. Leave this session with a renewed love of tales and mystery.
£3 per person (adults and children) plus Museum entry
We recommend pre-booking for workshops as spaces are limited. You can do this by calling 01494 892192 up until 4:30pm on the day before you visit.
Suitable for
- 5-6
- 7-10
Admission
£3 per person (adults and children) plus Museum entry (£6.60/£4.40)
Website
http://www.roalddahl.com/museum/whats-on/august-2014/telling-tales-with-sandra-agard
Wondercrump Wonka bars
- 5 August 2014 10:30am-12pm
- 8 August 2014 10:30-11:30am
- 29 August 2014 10:30am-12pm
10.30am and 12.00pm (10.30am and 11.30am on 8 August)
For 6+ years: get messy with biscuits and sweeties to invent a new chocolate bar that would impress Willy Wonka himself. Then learn about Roald Dahl’s whizzpopping wordplay to give your chocolatey treat a whipplescrumptious name.
£2.50 per participant plus Museum entry
We recommend pre-booking for workshops as spaces are limited. You can do this by calling 01494 892192 up until 4:30pm on the day before you visit.
Suitable for
- 11-13
- 7-10
Admission
£2.50 per participant plus Museum entry (£6.60/£4.40)
Website
http://www.roalddahl.com/museum/whats-on/august-2014/wondercrump-wonka-bars
Violet Beauregarde’s party
- 6 August 2014 11am-3pm
11.00am , 1.00pm and 3.00pm
For 4+ years: come for an hour of storytelling and classic party games with a chewy, gummy twist. Prizes to be won!
£2 per participant plus Museum entry
We recommend pre-booking for workshops as spaces are limited. You can do this by calling 01494 892192 up until 4:30pm on the day before you visit.
Suitable for
- 7-10
- 5-6
Admission
£2 per participant plus Museum entry (£6.60/£4.40)
Website
http://www.roalddahl.com/museum/whats-on/august-2014/violet-beauregardes-party
Wonky Wonka hats
- 7 August 2014 11am-3pm
11.00am , 1.00pm and 3.00pm
For 6+ years: make a Willy Wonka top hat from willow and tissue paper and become a fantabulous chocolate factory owner.
£2.50 per participant plus Museum entry
We recommend pre-booking for workshops as spaces are limited. You can do this by calling 01494 892192 up until 4:30pm on the day before you visit.
Suitable for
- 7-10
- 11-13
Admission
£2.50 per participant plus Museum entry (£6.60/£4.40)
Website
http://www.roalddahl.com/museum/whats-on/august-2014/wonky-wonka-hats
Rastamouse
- 8 August 2014 12-2pm
12.00pm and 2.00pm
For 3+ years: a gloriously irie hour with Michael De Souza, one of the creators of Cbeebies’ Rastamouse and da Easy Crew. Enjoy tales of the crime-fighting rodent’s adventures and meet his crucial friends in Rastamouse and da Micespace Mystery.
£3 per person (adults and children) plus Museum entry
We recommend pre-booking for workshops as spaces are limited. You can do this by calling 01494 892192 up until 4:30pm on the day before you visit.
Suitable for
- 5-6
- 7-10
Admission
£3 per person (adults and children) plus Museum entry (£6.60/£4.40)
Website
http://www.roalddahl.com/museum/whats-on/august-2014/rastamouse
Discover Roald Dahl’s archives
- 9 August 2014 12:30-2:30pm
12.30pm, 1.30pm and 2.30pm
For 10+ years: a behind-the-scenes look at our archive store, which houses Roald Dahl’s letters and manuscripts, with Collections manager and archivist, Rachel White.
£1 per person (adults and children) plus Museum entry
We recommend pre-booking for workshops as spaces are limited. You can do this by calling 01494 892192 up until 4:30pm on the day before you visit.
Suitable for
- 11-13
- 14-15
- 16-17
- 18+
Admission
£1 per person (adults and children) plus Museum entry (£6.60/£4.40)
Website
http://www.roalddahl.com/museum/whats-on/august-2014/discover-roald-dahls-archives
Violet Beauregarde balloons
- 10 August 2014 12-2pm
12.00pm and 2.00pm
For 6+ years: join balloon artist Sally Blackman for a buzzwangling workshop making a blown-up Violet Beauregarde. Learn terrific techniques as you watch Violet come to life – and then you can burst her, if you like.
£4 per participant plus Museum entry
We recommend pre-booking for workshops as spaces are limited. You can do this by calling 01494 892192 up until 4:30pm on the day before you visit.
Suitable for
- 11-13
- 7-10
Admission
£4 per participant plus Museum entry (£6.60/£4.40)
Website
http://www.roalddahl.com/museum/whats-on/august-2014/violet-beauregarde-balloons
Augustus Gloop trail
- 12 — 17 August 2014
For all ages: Follow Augustus Gloop’s chocolate wrappers around the Museum to find out some fantabulous facts. Enter our competition by designing a new invention that will help Augustus get out of the pipe!
Free for Museum visitors
Suitable for
- 5-6
- 7-10
Admission
Museum admission applies (£6.60/£4.40)
Website
http://www.roalddahl.com/museum/whats-on/august-2014/augustus-gloop-trail
Troll Swap
- 12 August 2014 12:30-2:30pm
At 12.30pm and 2.30pm
For 3+ years: a trollicking hour with author and illustrator Leigh Hodgkinson. Leigh will read from her book Troll Swap, shortlisted for the Roald Dahl Funny Prize 2013. Meet the trolls, and then make your very own troll puppet to help retell the story.
£3 per person (adults and children) plus Museum entry
We recommend pre-booking for workshops as spaces are limited. You can do this by calling 01494 892192 up until 4:30pm on the day before you visit.
Suitable for
- 5-6
- 7-10
Admission
£3 per person (adults and children) plus Museum entry (£6.60/£4.40)
Website
http://www.roalddahl.com/museum/whats-on/august-2014/troll-swap
Swishwiffling sweetie jars
- 12 August 2014 10:30-11:30am
At 10.30am
For 6+ years: decorate a jar and make it look like it’s full of your favourite sweets. Take it home to fill up with real candy.
£2.50 per participant plus Museum entry
We recommend pre-booking for workshops as spaces are limited. You can do this by calling 01494 892192 up until 4:30pm on the day before you visit.
Suitable for
- 7-10
- 11-13
Admission
£2.50 per participant plus Museum entry (£6.60/£4.40)
Website
http://www.roalddahl.com/museum/whats-on/august-2014/swishwiffling-sweetie-jars
Augustus Gloop's party
- 13 August 2014 11am-3pm
11.00am, 1.00pm and 3.00pm
For 4+ years: an hour of classic party games and storytelling, Augustus Gloop style – featuring a doughnut race, with prizes to be won!
£2 per participant plus Museum entry
We recommend pre-booking for workshops as spaces are limited. You can do this by calling 01494 892192 up until 4:30pm on the day before you visit.
Suitable for
- 5-6
- 7-10
Admission
£2 per participant plus Museum entry (£6.60/£4.40)
Website
http://www.roalddahl.com/museum/whats-on/august-2014/augustus-gloops-party
Golden Ticket treats
- 14 August 2014 11am-3pm
11.00am, 1.00pm and 3.00pm
For 6+ years: make your own edible golden ticket with swishwhiffling yellow sweeties. Then learn about Roald Dahl’s whizzbanging wordplay to write a marvellous message across the front.
£2.50 per participant plus Museum entry
We recommend pre-booking for workshops as spaces are limited. You can do this by calling 01494 892192 up until 4:30pm on the day before you visit.
Suitable for
- 7-10
- 5-6
Admission
£2.50 per participant plus Museum entry (£6.60/£4.40)
Website
http://www.roalddahl.com/museum/whats-on/august-2014/golden-ticket-treats
Gluttonous Gloopy pots
- 15 August 2014 11am-3pm
11.00am, 1.00pm and 3.00pm
For 6+ years:make a clay pot ready to store your treats inside. Will yours be in the shape of Augustus Gloop?
£3 per participant plus Museum entry
We recommend pre-booking for workshops as spaces are limited. You can do this by calling 01494 892192 up until 4:30pm on the day before you visit.
Suitable for
- 7-10
- 11-13
Admission
£3 per participant plus Museum entry (£6.60/£4.40)
Website
http://www.roalddahl.com/museum/whats-on/august-2014/gluttonous-gloopy-pots
Gloop’s Glumptious chocolate class
- 16 August 2014 From 11:30am
11.30am, 1.00pm, 2.30pm and 3.45pm
For 4+ years: join Kate, Head Chef at Café Twit, to decorate your own chocolate bar with tasty treats. Don’t eat it all at once now!
After the event you can post a picture of your choccie creation on Facebook or Twitter for the chance to win a delicious treat from Cafe Twit.
£4 per participant plus Museum entry
We recommend pre-booking for workshops as spaces are limited. You can do this by calling 01494 892192 up until 4:30pm on the day before you visit.
Suitable for
- 7-10
- 5-6
- 11-13
Admission
£4 per participant plus Museum entry (£6.60/£4.40)
Website
http://www.roalddahl.com/museum/whats-on/august-2014/gloops-glumptious-chocolate-class
Floating Wonka bars
- 17 August 2014 12:30-2pm
12.30pm and 2pm
For 6+ years: colour and decorate a mobile with sweetie pictures fresh from Wonka’s factory
£2 per participant plus Museum entry.
We recommend pre-booking for workshops as spaces are limited. You can do this by calling 01494 892192 up until 4:30pm on the day before you visit.
Suitable for
- 7-10
- 11-13
- 5-6
Admission
£2 per participant plus Museum entry (£6.60/£4.40)
Website
http://www.roalddahl.com/museum/whats-on/august-2014/floating-wonka-bars
Mike Teavee trail
- 19 — 24 August 2014
For all ages: hunt for Mike Teavee’s sunglasses around the Museum to find out fantabulous facts.
Free for Museum visitors
Suitable for
- 5-6
- 7-10
- 11-13
Admission
Museum admission applies (£6.60/£4.40)
Website
http://www.roalddahl.com/museum/whats-on/august-2014/mike-teavee-trail
Mike Teavee’s tees
- 19 August 2014 11am-3pm
11.00am, 1.00pm and 3.00pm
For 6+ years: decorate a T-Shirt with Mike Teavee’s tummy-tickling chocolate treats or his favourite TV programme.
£3 per participant plus Museum entry.
We recommend pre-booking for workshops as spaces are limited. You can do this by calling 01494 892192 up until 4:30pm on the day before you visit.
Suitable for
- 11-13
- 7-10
Admission
£3 per participant plus Museum entry (£6.60/£4.40)
Website
http://www.roalddahl.com/museum/whats-on/august-2014/mike-teavees-tees
Mike Teavee’s party
- 20 August 2014 11am-3pm
11.00am, 1.00pm and 3.00pm
For 4+ years: remote controls at the ready for Mike Teavee’s fast-paced hour of classic party games and storytelling. Prizes to be won!
£2 per participant plus Museum entry.
We recommend pre-booking for workshops as spaces are limited. You can do this by calling 01494 892192 up until 4:30pm on the day before you visit.
Suitable for
- 7-10
- 5-6
- 11-13
Admission
£2 per participant plus Museum entry (£6.60/£4.40)
Website
http://www.roalddahl.com/museum/whats-on/august-2014/mike-teavees-party
Willy Wonka bow ties
- 21 August 2014 11am-3pm
11.00am, 1.00pm and 3.00pm
For 4+ years: use fantabulous fabric to make a new bow tie for Willy Wonka.
£2 per participant plus Museum entry.
We recommend pre-booking for workshops as spaces are limited. You can do this by calling 01494 892192 up until 4:30pm on the day before you visit.
Suitable for
- 5-6
- 7-10
Admission
£2 per participant plus Museum entry (£6.60/£4.40)
Website
http://www.roalddahl.com/museum/whats-on/august-2014/willy-wonka-bow-ties
Channel chocolate with Mike Teavee
- 22 August 2014 11am-12pm
11.00am for 5 to 8 year olds,
1.00pm and 3.00pm for 9 to 14 year olds
Calling splendiferous people with wild imaginations... come for this wondercrump acting workshop. You will come up with ideas for new chocolate bars, create some zipfizzling TV adverts promoting your new confectionary and then perform them to Museum visitors, with help from actor and director Toby Peach.
£3 per participant plus Museum entry.
We recommend pre-booking for workshops as spaces are limited. You can do this by calling 01494 892192 up until 4:30pm on the day before you visit.
Suitable for
- 7-10
- 5-6
- 11-13
Admission
£3 per participant plus Museum entry (£6.60/£4.40)
Website
http://www.roalddahl.com/museum/whats-on/august-2014/channel-chocolate-with-mike-teavee
Bogswizzling cloth bags
- 23 August 2014 12:30-2pm
12.30pm and 2.00pm
For 6+ years: decorate a cloth bag ready to fill with all your chocolate treats, or a miniature Mike Teavee.
£3 per participant plus Museum entry.
We recommend pre-booking for workshops as spaces are limited. You can do this by calling 01494 892192 up until 4:30pm on the day before you vi
Suitable for
- 11-13
- 7-10
Admission
£3 per participant plus Museum entry (£6.60/£4.40)
Website
http://www.roalddahl.com/museum/whats-on/august-2014/bogswizzling-cloth-bags
Teavee heads
- 24 August 2014 12-2pm
12.00pm and 2.00pm
For 6+ years: make and decorate your own TV box head then have your 15 minutes of fame as you pretend to be a real Mike Teavee.
£2.50 per participant plus Museum entry.
We recommend pre-booking for workshops as spaces are limited. You can do this by calling 01494 892192 up until 4:30pm on the day before you visit.
Suitable for
- 7-10
- 11-13
Admission
£2.50 per participant plus Museum entry (£6.60/£4.40)
Website
http://www.roalddahl.com/museum/whats-on/august-2014/teavee-heads
Charlie’s hot chocolate mug and coaster
- 25 August 2014 10:30am-3:30pm
10.30am, 12.00pm, 2.00pm and 3.30pm
For 6+ years: decorate a mug and coaster to take on a chocolate river cruise, ready to dip in and take a drink.
£3.50 per participant plus Museum entry.
We recommend pre-booking for workshops as spaces are limited. You can do this by calling 01494 892192 up until 4:30pm on the day before you visit.
Suitable for
- 11-13
- 7-10
Admission
£3.50 per participant plus Museum entry (£6.60/£4.40)
Website
http://www.roalddahl.com/museum/whats-on/august-2014/charlies-hot-chocolate-mug-and-coaster
Oompa-Loompa trail
- 26 August 2014 11am-5pm
For all ages: Follow the Oompa Loompas around the Museum and help them finish their rhymes.
Free for Museum visitors
Suitable for
- 7-10
- 5-6
- 11-13
Admission
Free for Museum visitors (£6.60/£4.40)
Website
http://www.roalddahl.com/museum/whats-on/august-2014/oompa-loompa-trail
Factory frights
- 26 August 2014 11am-3pm
11.00am, 1.00pm and 3.00pm
For 5+ years: have fantabulous fun with monoprinting to create your own squiggly story of a naughty child who disappears in Wonka’s factory. Come in old clothes – you could get marvellously messy!
£2 per participant plus Museum entry.
We recommend pre-booking for workshops as spaces are limited. You can do this by calling 01494 892192 up until 4:30pm on the day before you visit.
Suitable for
- 11-13
- 5-6
- 7-10
Admission
£2 per participant plus Museum entry (£6.60/£4.40)
Website
http://www.roalddahl.com/museum/whats-on/august-2014/factory-frights
Crackling chocolate rooms
- 27 August 2014 11am-3pm
11.00am, 1.00pm and 3.00pm
For 6+ years: use some scrumptious edible materials to recreate your own sweetie-filled room in Wonka’s factory.
£3 per participant plus Museum entry.
We recommend pre-booking for workshops as spaces are limited. You can do this by calling 01494 892192 up until 4:30pm on the day before you visit.
Suitable for
- 7-10
- 11-13
Admission
£3 per participant plus Museum entry (£6.60/£4.40)
Website
http://www.roalddahl.com/museum/whats-on/august-2014/crackling-chocolate-rooms
Meet the geek
- 28 August 2014 12:30-2pm
12.30pm and 2.00pm
For 11+ years: channel your inner geek with Holly Smale, shortlisted for the Roald Dahl Funny Prize 2013 for her buzzwangling debut: Geek Girl. Holly will read from her new book Geek Girl: Picture Perfect as well as giving you an insight into life as a writer.
£3 per person (adults and children) plus Museum entry.
We recommend pre-booking for workshops as spaces are limited. You can do this by calling 01494 892192 up until 4:30pm on the day before you visit.
Suitable for
- 11-13
- 14-15
Admission
£3 per person (adults and children) plus Museum entry (£6.60/£4.40)
Website
http://www.roalddahl.com/museum/whats-on/august-2014/meet-the-geek
Sweetie pencil toppers
- 28 August 2014 From 10:30am
10.30am to 11.30am
For 4+ years: get ready to go back to school with these yummy-looking colourful pencil toppers. Don’t be tempted to eat them though!
£1 per participant plus Museum entry.
We recommend pre-booking for workshops as spaces are limited. You can do this by calling 01494 892192 up until 4:30pm on the day before you visit.
Suitable for
- 7-10
- 5-6
- 11-13
Admission
£1 per participant plus Museum entry (£6.60/£4.40)
Website
http://www.roalddahl.com/museum/whats-on/august-2014/sweetie-pencil-toppers
Orange Silver Sausage with James Carter
- 29 August 2014 1:30-3pm
.30pm and 3.00pm
For 5+ years: Come and meet wild poet and biscuit-oholic, James Carter for a madcap and mouth-watering hour of funky foodie poems, served up with some wild guitar music - and then get a chance to bake your very own poetic concoction (well, write a foodie poem!).
£4 per person (adults and children) plus Museum entry.
We recommend pre-booking for workshops as spaces are limited. You can do this by calling 01494 892192 up until 4:30pm on the day before you visit.
Suitable for
- 5-6
- 11-13
- 7-10
Admission
£4 per person (adults and children) plus Museum entry (£6.60/£4.40)
Website
http://www.roalddahl.com/museum/whats-on/august-2014/orange-silver-sausage-with-james-carter
Wondercrump Wonka bars
- 29 August 2014 10:30am-12pm
10.30am and 12.00pm
For 6+ years: get messy with biscuits and sweeties to invent a new chocolate bar that would impress Willy Wonka himself. Then learn about Roald Dahl’s whizzpopping wordplay to give your chocolatey treat a whipplescrumptious name.
£2.50 per participant plus Museum entry.
We recommend pre-booking for workshops as spaces are limited. You can do this by calling 01494 892192 up until 4:30pm on the day before you visit.
Suitable for
- 7-10
- 11-13
Admission
£2.50 per participant plus Museum entry (£6.60/£4.40)
Website
http://www.roalddahl.com/museum/whats-on/august-2014/wondercrump-wonka-bars2
Charlie trail
- 30 August 2014 11am-5pm
For all ages: hunt for golden tickets throughout the Museum to discover facts about Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.
Free for Museum visitors.
Suitable for
- 5-6
- 11-13
- 7-10
Admission
Free for Museum visitors, Museum admission applies (£6.60/£4.40)
Website
http://www.roalddahl.com/museum/whats-on/august-2014/charlie-trail
Muggled mirror paintings
- 2 September 2014 11am-3pm
11.00am, 1.00pm and 3.00pm
For 4+ years: make some crackling characters using this marvellous mirrored painting technique. Will you make a wacky Willy Wonka, or a bright purple Violet Beauregarde?
£1 per participant plus Museum entry.
We recommend pre-booking for workshops as spaces are limited. You can do this by calling 01494 892192 up until 4:30pm on the day before you visit.
Suitable for
- 5-6
- 7-10
Admission
£1 per participant plus Museum entry (£6.60/£4.40)
Website
http://www.roalddahl.com/museum/whats-on/august-2014/muggled-mirror-paintings
Bogswizzling bookmarks
- 3 September 2014 11am-3pm
11.00am, 1.00pm and 3.00pm
For 4+ years: Beat the back-to-school blues and make a bedazzling bookmark in the shape of your favourite Roald Dahl character.
£1 per participant plus Museum entry.
We recommend pre-booking for workshops as spaces are limited. You can do this by calling 01494 892192 up until 4:30pm on the day before you visit.
Suitable for
- 5-6
- 7-10
Admission
£1 per participant plus Museum entry (£6.60/£4.40)
Website
http://www.roalddahl.com/museum/whats-on/august-2014/bogswizzling-bookmarks
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