Events all year round
Every Sunday at the Museum of London and
Saturday at the Museum of London
Docklands, plus during the school holidays,
we put on FREE family events that support
learning at school as part of a great day out!
Events include:
• storytelling
• workshops
• drama
• art… and much more!
FREE ENTRY
Museum of London
150 London Wall, London, EC2Y 5HN
Barbican, St Paul’s, Moorgate
Liverpool Street, City Thameslink
4, 8, 25, 56, 100, 172, 242, 521
Under 5s
Learn, play and explore in our regular sessions
for under 5s and their carers during term time
and the holidays.
Find out more at
www.museumoflondon.org.uk/families
FREE
For our full programme of events for
children of all ages or for more information
visit www.museumoflondon.org.uk
/families or call 020 7001 9844. Sign
up to enews to be the first to find out
about events throughout the year at
www.museumoflondon.org.uk
/enews and be entered into our draw to
win an iPod nano! Terms and conditions apply.
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FREE ENTRY
Museum of London Docklands
West India Quay, London, E14 4AL
West India Quay (14 mins from Bank)
Canary Wharf (11 mins from Waterloo)
15, 115, 135, 277, D3, D6, D7, D8
fami lies
19-27 February 2011
www.museumoflondon.org.uk/halfterm
Spend the day together as a family
Free events at the Museum of London
Sharpen up
Sat 19 & Sun 20 Feb, 11am – 1pm & 1.30-3.30pm
Find out how prehistoric people made stone tools.
FREE 5+
Putting your finger on it
Sat 19 & Fri 25 Feb, 12.30-2pm & 2.30-4pm
Find out about inventor Francis Galton and have a
go at some real science.
FREE 5+
Edmund and his comet
Sun 20 & Mon 21 Feb, 1-1.30pm & 2-2.30pm &
3-3.30pm
Hear the story of how this Londoner showed that
science could explain the appearances of a comet.
FREE 5+
How did they make that?
Mon 21 Feb, 12-2pm
Find out how medieval craftsmen made everyday
items such as pins, buckles and buttons.
FREE 5+
London bones
Tue 22 Feb, 11.30am – 12.15pm, 1-1.45pm &
2.30-3.15pm
What can we learn by studying skeletons? Discover
the secrets bones hold.
FREE but tickets allocated on arrival 5+
Perfect planes
Tue 22, Wed 23 & Thu 24 Feb, 12.30-2pm &
2.30-4pm
Learn the science behind making the perfect paper
plane, then make your own.
FREE 5+
Paper science – rip, blot, colour and trace
Wed 23 Feb, 11.30am – 1pm & 2-3.30pm
Does paper always tear in a straight line? Come
and have a ripping time with our conservators and
experiment with different types of paper.
FREE 5+
Crazy creepy crawlies
Wed 23 Feb, 11-11.30am, 12-12.30pm & 2-2.30pm
Find out about the bugs and insects that live at the
Museum of London then make your own colourful
creepy crawlies to take home.
FREE but tickets allocated on arrival 2-5 yrs
Saxon machinery
Thu 24 & Fri 25 Feb, 11.30am – 1pm & 1.30-3pm
Come and see a Saxon lathe in use and find out what
fantastic things it has produced.
FREE 5+
Explosive history!
Sat 26 & Sun 27 Feb, 12.30-2pm & 2.30-4pm
Visitors to Vauxhall Pleasure Gardens were treated
to spectacular nightly fireworks. See if you can
recreate the magic in this art workshop.
FREE 5+
Characters from history: Isambard
Kingdom Brunel
Sat 26 Feb, 1-1.30pm, 2-2.30pm & 3-3.30pm
Meet Isambard Kingdom Brunel, the great engineer
of bridges, ships and much more.
FREE 5+
Characters from history: 1920s lift
attendant
Sun 27 Feb, 1-1.30pm, 2-2.30pm & 3-3.30pm
Meet one of the lift attendants from Selfridges and
hear about some of the new inventions that can be
bought in the store.
FREE 5+
If you’re looking for something fun and free for all the family to do then visit the
Museum of London and the Museum of London Docklands for a great day out
that everyone can enjoy!
Free events at the Museum of London Docklands
Docklands at war
Sat 19 Feb, 12.30-1.30pm & 2.30-3.30pm
Hear stories of Docklands during wartime and create
your own identity card to take home.
FREE 5+
Boggling puzzles
Sun 20 Feb, 12.30-1.30pm & 2.30-3.30pm
Design and create your own unique puzzle games to
take home.
FREE 5+
Wind and sails
Mon 21 Feb, 11am – 12.30pm & 1.30-3pm
Experiment with wind, sails and more, then make
your own kite to take home!
FREE 2-5 yrs
Transforming objects
Tue 22 Feb, 12.30-1.30pm & 2.30-3.30pm
Give unusual objects in our collection a new life
using collage and computer animation.
FREE 5+
Cars and planes
Tue 22 Feb, 11.30am – 12pm & 1.30-2pm
Find out all about cars and planes made in London.
FREE 5+
Isambard Kingdom Brunel
Wed 23 Feb, 12.30-1pm, 2.30-3pm & 3.30-4pm
Meet Isambard Kingdom Brunel, the great engineer
of bridges, ships and much more.
FREE 5+
Enter a Victorian photograph
Wed 23 & Fri 25 Feb, 12.30-1.30pm & 2.30-3.30pm
Create fictional Victorian characters then dress up
and enter a photograph from the time.
FREE 7+
Paper science
Thu 24 Feb, 11.30am – 1pm & 2-3.30pm
Does paper always tear in a straight line? Come
and have a ripping time with our conservators and
experiment with different types of paper.
FREE 5+
The ghost chicken of Pond Square
Thu 24 Feb, 12.30-1pm, 2.30-3pm & 3.30-4pm
Discover the story of the first frozen chicken.
FREE 5+
The marvellous story of Vincent Lunardi
Fri 25 & Sun 27 Feb, 12.30-1pm, 2.30-3pm &
3.30-4pm
Join us to hear the story of Vincent Lunardi and his
amazing flight.
FREE 4+
Impossible engineering
Sat 26 Feb, 12.30-1.30pm & 2.30-3.30pm
Cut and paste parts of machines, buildings and
boats to make a digital collage of fantastic imaginary
creations.
FREE 5+