Events Calendar

The Victorians were keen explorers of wild places and ardent observers of nature. Make some wild discoveries of your own in this series of hands-on workshops with wildlife experts! Come to 3 or more workshops and earn yourself a Victorian Naturalist Certificate and a Wildlife Explorer kit! NB event as above only available on Thursday 01.08.13 - a printing error in our leaflet shows as Wednesdays (see Wednesday 31.07.13 for trail only)

Come along and follow our Vanished Planet trail and see the special specimen on display! Drop in activity.

The Victorians were keen explorers of wild places and ardent observers of nature. Make some wild discoveries of your own in this series of hands-on workshops with wildlife experts! Come to 3 or more workshops and earn yourself a Victorian Naturalist Certificate and a Wildlife Explorer kit! NB event as above only available on Thursday 08.08.13 - a printing error in our leaflet shows as Wednesdays (see Wednesday 07.08.13 for trail only)

Come along and follow our Vanished Planet trail and see the special specimen on display! Drop in activity.

The Victorians were keen explorers of wild places and ardent observers of nature. Make some wild discoveries of your own in this series of hands-on workshops with wildlife experts! Come to 3 or more workshops and earn yourself a Victorian Naturalist Certificate and a Wildlife Explorer kit! NB event as above only available on Thursday 15.08.13 - a printing error in our leaflet shows as Wednesdays (see Wednesday 14.08.13 for trail only)

Come along and follow our Vanished Planet trail and see the special specimen on display! Drop in activity.

The Victorians were keen explorers of wild places and ardent observers of nature. Make some wild discoveries of your own in this series of hands-on workshops with wildlife experts! Come to 3 or more workshops and earn yourself a Victorian Naturalist Certificate and a Wildlife Explorer kit! NB event as above only available on Thursday 22.08.13 - a printing error in our leaflet shows as Wednesdays (see Wednesday 21.08.13 for trail only)

Come along and follow our Vanished Planet trail and see the special specimen on display! Drop in activity.

The Victorians were keen explorers of wild places and ardent observers of nature. Make some wild discoveries of your own in this series of hands-on workshops with wildlife experts! Come to 3 or more workshops and earn yourself a Victorian Naturalist Certificate and a Wildlife Explorer kit! NB event as above only available on Thursday 29.08.13 - a printing error in our leaflet shows as Wednesdays (see Wednesday 28.08.13 for trail only)

Autumn is all about leaves and leaves are all about in autumn! Find a leaf you like and bring it along to make prints. Then see if you can find it among the museum's botanical illustrations!

Life in a Victorian scullery was hard, especially as winter loomed. Alongside costumed characters and experts in Victorian life, come and scrub vegetables, find out how to use a bath brick, clean cutlery and polish brass in this atmospheric re-enactment of life below stairs!

An evening of 1940's festive frolics with a peace time parade, wartime characters, entertainment and music. Advance booking essential - tel (01493) 743930 for prices & times. More details to follow.

Come to the Elizabethan House for a day of 1940's festive frolics! With music from the era and plenty of action in this peace time parade of wartime characters, entertainment and song!