Early Years

Get Growing!Minibeasts

Use all your senses to explore the outdoors and learn about growing (and eating!) healthy fruit and vegetables. As well as hands on gardening - enjoy learning through songs and games. Click here for more information.

Beastly Business

Search for the variety of life in the Walled Garden collecting minibeasts, learning about where they live and finding out what it would be like to be a centipede or a spider! 
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April–October

Water Detectives

Collect and observe pond life in its natural habitat through a practical pond dipping session. Find out about the plants and birds that live around the pond. Click here for more information.
April-October

The Victorian Garden

Investigate the ‘goings on’ in the garden with the Brooke family gardener. Dressed in period costume, he will guide you through the garden and get you to help him with his daily routine.
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History Adventure

Go on a history adventure around the museum, exploring the past through story telling and music, art work, dressing up and play. Click here for more information.

Toys And Noise

A lively session about the toys children played with in the past and how they are different to toys today. Children will have plenty of time to play with a variety of replica Victorian toys which bring a new dimension to play and learning. Click here for more information.

Rub A Dub Dub

Our costumed laundry maid will invite the children to help her with the weekly wash using dolly tubs, dollies, wash boards and old-fashioned elbow-grease! Click here for more information.