Fridays Under 5s

Join us for hands-on creative fun for you and your little ones. Whether it’s colouring, splashing, or getting stuck into some glorious gloop in an activity room, or discovering beastly bugs and playing instruments in the gallery, our under 5s sessions provide our youngest visitors the chance to explore their senses, get creative and sometimes make a little bit of a mess (don’t worry, you can leave the cleaning up to us). Messy – 4th Sep, 18th Sep, 2nd Oct, 16th Oct, 6th Nov, 20th Nov, 4th Dec, 18th Dec Gallery – 11th Sep, 25th Sep, 9th Oct, 23rd Oct, 13th Nov, 27th Nov, 11th Dec Don't forget a change of clothes! Examples of our sensory sessions include: creating cosy, soft spaces with rugs and cushions in the gallery, and reading stories, building animal homes out of cushions, or playing animal hide and seek handling materials with different textures, like wood, dry clay, fabrics, metals, and rough and smooth objects handling and playing with household objects like colanders, kitchen tools, brushes, and keys Examples of our messy play activities include: mud play with clay freestyle clay modelling cornflour gloop paint colour mixing rice and lentil digging water and sea creatures Please note all children must be accompanied by an adult at all times. Join us every Friday during term time. Suggested donation £3 – Please donate if you're able and help keep your museums open and available for everyone to enjoy.