Bath Preservation Trust is offering FREE drop-in activities with entry at its historic museums No.1 Royal Crescent and the Herschel Museum during half term, designed to inspire creativity and keep those little minds thinking and learning.
From February 11th to February 19th 2023 (excluding Monday 13th February), children can visit the Herschel Museum and make a star viewfinder in the museum’s gallery, and take part in the National Star Count. Tying into Bath Preservation Trust’s Conservation In Action campaign, children will find out how light pollution can affect views of the constellations, and work out how many stars they might be able to spot from their own back gardens using their star finders!
A fifteen-minute walk away from the Herschel Museum sits No.1 Royal Crescent, where you’ll find a fascinating museum decorated and furnished just as it might have been during the period of 1776-1796. Running every day from 11-19 February, No.1 Royal Crescent will introduce children to the perils of pests and pollution with a special Conservator Challenge trail; follow the investigation trail round the house to find museum pests and hazards, and stop them in their tracks!
The fun and learning continues up in the museum’s Andrew Brownsword Gallery, where children can get creative with chalk marbling and make beautiful prints to take home; a great opportunity for them to have some fun and make some mess (that you don’t have to clean up!)
Booking is not required to enjoy these family activities, which are free with museum entry. Children will enjoy free museum entry when accompanied by a paying adult.
Annual pass
This year the museums will introduce an annual pass system, to simplify the ticketing structure and offer return visitors far greater value for money. The former Day tickets and on/off peak prices are being removed in favour of offering individuals and families a pass valid for a whole year, with children able to enjoy FREE entry. Priced at just £15 for an individual adult at No.1 Royal Crescent and £12 at the Herschel Museum or £22 for a joint pass, with under-18s going free at both venues, the new annual pass offers holders unlimited visits.
Claire Dixon, Director of Museums for Bath Preservation Trust, explained, “Our core programme this year is ‘Conservation In Action’, which provides an amazing opportunity for visitors to see behind the curator’s curtain and find out exactly what caring for artefacts in our museums involves – plus the chance to learn about the constant battles our curators face, from hungry insects to temperature damage!
“Our half term activities are a great introduction for children, and will hopefully inspire a lifelong interest in conservation and history. Thanks to our new annual pass system, children can now enter the museum for free with an adult. We are also able to offer sensory bags for neurodiverse visitors now, making our museum experiences more accessible than ever.”
For more information about these free half term activities (including times and dates) plus their host venues, visit:
www.no1royalcresecent.org.uk and follow @No1museum on Twitter, @no1royalcrescent on Instagram, @No1RoyalCrescent on Facebook and No.1 Royal Crescent on Tripadvisor.
www.herschelmuseum.org.uk or for updates in other dimensions follow @HerschelMuseumofAstronomy on Facebook, @herschelmuseum on Twitter, @herschelmuseum on Instagram and Herschel Museum of Astronomy on Tripadvisor.