Events

cartoon snakes
Saturday, 20th January 2024, 1.30pm to 3.30pm

Free, all materials provided. No booking required, just drop-in!

Find out how snakes move, see a real snake skeleton, and then use split pins to make your own slithering snake.  

This activity is suitable for ages 4 to 8 years old. 

For any queries, please email museum.services@haringey.gov.uk

cartoon snakes
Sunday, 21st January 2024, 1.30pm to 3.30pm

Free, all materials provided. No booking required, just drop-in!

Find out how snakes move, see a real snake skeleton, and then use split pins to make your own slithering snake.  

This activity is suitable for ages 4 to 8 years old. 

For any queries, please email museum.services@haringey.gov.uk

alligator craft made out of egg boxes
Saturday, 3rd February 2024, 1.30pm to 3.30pm

Free, all materials provided. No booking required, just drop-in!

Discover the difference between crocodiles and alligators, see if you can work out which one our taxidermy specimen is, and craft an egg box alligator or crocodile.  

This activity is suitable for ages 6 to 10 years old. 

For any queries, please email museum.services@haringey.gov.uk

alligator craft made out of egg boxes
Sunday, 4th February 2024, 1.30pm to 3.30pm

Free, all materials provided. No booking required, just drop-in!

Discover the difference between crocodiles and alligators, see if you can work out which one our taxidermy specimen is, and craft an egg box alligator or crocodile.  

This activity is suitable for ages 6 to 10 years old. 

For any queries, please email museum.services@haringey.gov.uk

cartoon animal poster
Wednesday, 14th February 2024, 1.30pm to 3.30pm

Free, all materials provided.

Join us for an afternoon inspired by the much-loved story The Tiger Who Came to Tea. Take part in our story session, get hands on with objects in the old kitchen and create a tiger picture using real tea.  

This activity is suitable for ages 4 to 8 years old.

For any queries, please email museum.services@haringey.gov.uk

cartoon animal poster
Thursday, 15th February 2024, 1.30pm to 3.30pm

Free, all materials provided.

Find out more about bears and what they eat by getting up close with a real bear skull and examining the teeth! Then be inspired to make your own grizzly bear mask.  

This activity is suitable for ages 6 to 10 years old. 

For any queries, please email museum.services@haringey.gov.uk

cartoon animal poster
Friday, 16th February 2024, 1.30pm to 3.30pm

Free, all materials provided.

See if you can spot the creatures carved on the beautiful Spurs Clock and create a clock picture with a mischievous mouse running up and down. At 2pm head to the galleries and join us as we wind the clock. 

This activity is suitable for ages 4 to 8 years old. 

For any queries, please email museum.services@haringey.gov.uk

cartoon animal poster
Saturday, 17th February 2024, 1.30pm to 3.30pm

Free, all materials provided.

Learn how Bruce Castle was used to escape plague-ridden London and craft your own colony of furry rats.  

This activity is suitable for ages 6 to 10 years old. 

For any queries, please email museum.services@haringey.gov.uk

6 women performing Afro-latin music
Sunday, 3rd March 2024, 1.30pm to 3.30pm

Free, no booking required. Just drop-in!

Come hear and join Las Witchas Collective as they explore through song and drums the memories our mothers and grandmothers have left in us.

Help them with their music and be inspired and get crafty, making a colourful card to give to the special women in our lives. All in time for Mothering Sunday.

Families are welcome to come along, bring their own memories and use their imagination to create little works of art on card.

This free workshop will be lots of fun and spiced up with Afro Latin music by Las Witchas!

Boy playing with giant chess set outside Bruce Castle Museum
Wednesday, 29th May 2024, 1.30pm to 3.30pm

Head down to Bruce Castle Courtyard for an afternoon of outdoor play. Try giant chess, have a go at hopscotch, play a game of dominoes or get busy building with blocks. 

Suitable for families with children aged 3 to 8 years old.

Please note: all activities are weather dependent.  

 

Boy playing with giant chess set outside Bruce Castle Museum
Thursday, 30th May 2024, 1.30pm to 3.30pm

Head down to Bruce Castle Courtyard for an afternoon of outdoor play. Try giant chess, have a go at hopscotch, play a game of dominoes or get busy building with blocks. 

Suitable for families with children aged 3 to 8 years old.

Please note: all activities are weather dependent.