Events

alligator craft made out of egg boxes
Saturday 3 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 4 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 14 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 15 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 16 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 17 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 3 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 29 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 30 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.  

 

poster for family activities
Wednesday 28 May 2025, 1.30pm to 3.30pm

Free, all welcome! No booking required.

Join us at Bruce Castle as we re-launch our family activities after a year of building work! Have a go at giant chess and other games in the Castle Courtyard and get creative making bunting in one of our art workshops. 

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

poster for family activities
Thursday 29 May 2025, 1.30pm to 3.30pm

Free, all welcome! No booking required.

Join us at Bruce Castle as we re-launch our family activities after a year of building work! Have a go at giant chess and other games in the Castle Courtyard and get creative making bunting in one of our art workshops. 

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

poster for family activities
Friday 30 May 2025, 1.30pm to 3.30pm

Free, all welcome! No booking required.

Join us at Bruce Castle as we re-launch our family activities after a year of building work! Have a go at giant chess and other games in the Castle Courtyard and get creative making bunting in one of our art workshops. 

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