Events for 28th August 2024

Encouraging children and young people to get creative and choose their own challenge or plan a bake sale, sponsored challenge or sporting event, pet portrait sale, crafts sale, no treat week or geocaching. The aim is for each individual or team to raise £150 but any amount, large or small will help to make a […]

Offering a range of sports activities such as dodgeball, kick-rounders, capture the flag, infinity tag and much more. In addition, there will be some art and crafts, games and competitions, cinema club and tuck shop at breaktime. Suitable for school children in years 1(age 5) - 6(age 11). Wrap-around care available.  

Explore drawing, watercolour, papercutting, and pen and ink techniques to create a sculptural butterfly dome. All materials and glass dome included. Suitable for ages 7-16 years. Further information and booking, contact theartroombath@gmail.com

Get involved with hands-on games and interactives, see tanks roar round the arena, and experience a tracked vehicle ride. Plus, see the tank-themed outdoor playpark for mini-tank enthusiasts.

Become a summer code breaker and experience a unique adventure that blends fun, education, and the beauty of nature in an interactive puzzle adventure suitable for all. Discover letters hidden around the site and unscramble them to solve the secret phrase and collect a special sticker and enter a prize draw for a chance to […]

A special event, in collaboration with Art Fund, allowing children to explore the museum energetically and joyfully with child-friendly activities and an opportunity to enjoy the museum as loudly as they like.

Free exhibition featuring a selection of the 150,000 artefacts, specimens and books donated and cared for in our the collections of the Institute. Highlighting key people and events in the Institution’s history to demonstrate how it survived through two centuries. Some items are on show for the first time and will explore the circumstances in […]

A range of family-friendly activities including: Bottle Rockets: build a rocket and see how high you can make it fly! Drop-in sessions, every Tuesday. Lego Engineering: Be an engineer for the day and make your own moving vehicle. Suitable for ages 7+. Pre-bookable sessions, every Wednesday. Rocket-Powered Workshops: REME's engineers helped to develop the rocket […]

How well do you know the night sky? Find the hidden embroidered constellations in and around the museum in a summer star trail and when you’ve found them all, have a go at weaving a constellation to take home. Free drop-in activity included in museum entry (children enter free with a paying adult).

Inclusive, welcoming and free choir for young people aged 9-18 years from refugee, asylum seeker or immigrant background, or those with English as their second language.

Celebrating a journey through the diversity of American landscapes, history and culture in this contemporary, immersive experience, where visitors join in and share their own stories. There will be large-scale-travel games, theatrical sets, and an array of American road-trip memorabilia, as well a chance to get up close to an original 1958 Harley Davidson Duo […]

Classes run by Amelia Grace; all equipment provided. Advance booking required. 10-1045am suitable for ages 4-8 years; 1115am-12pm suitable for ages 9-12 years.

Explore the free children and adult museum trails through the museum to encourage doodling, drawing and creativity. .

Explore the free children and adult museum trails through the museum to encourage doodling, drawing and creativity. .

For further details, please contact Dave Stockley, davecarlstockley@gmail.com

A range of activities throughout the exhibition space and lecture rooms as well as the “Name the Jurassic Crocodile” competition. Activities include Is it Treasure? exploring artefacts using using your sense of touch to decide whether it is treasure; Darwin’s Finches: collect seeds, beetles, and worms with different tools representing different beak shapes; My Museum: […]

Swish, squelch and splash your way through the 3D sensory installations in Bear Wood to find real bears at the end in this fun family trail.

As well as six different types of sharks, native to the UK and from around the world, find the lesser spotted catshark, bull huss shark, Arabian carpet shark, brownbanded bamboo shark, banded Japanese smooth hound and the Port Jackson shark amongst the thousands of aquatic creatures. Watch sharks being fed at daily talks and get […]

A survey of Moore’s sculptural output from his earliest works through to his last years, in which nothing is more than 30cm in size. The first exhibition of its kind, it will include works from every decade of Moore’s career, from the 1920s to the 1980s.

The first ever UK museum exhibition of internationally renowned artist and internet sensation, Mr Doodle. Primarily characterised by black ink on a white background, his graphic style conjures up a world of quirky creatures and anthropomorphic forms, using ink pens and spray paint to weave together what he describes as “graffiti spaghetti”. The selection of  […]

Try your hand at unearthing the past in the special sandboxes and explore the Where’s My Shadow? summer quest. Artefacts from across the centuries are ready to be excavated, giving children the chance to learn more about the history of Stonehenge through the things that have been left behind.

Football camps run for girls and boys in school years 1-7 with competitions, matches and medals providing organised and safe football whilst promoting good behaviour, teamwork and effort run by a team of enthusiastic and experienced coaches.

Featuring designs by innovative architects, engineers, and designers, which show future “biophilic” visions of the city.

The Tea Room will be open daily for everyone to come and visit the LEGO® brick paintings exhibition featuring 16 original paintings from two collections of artworks; ‘Architecture that Inspires’ and ‘Experience of the Countryside’ by Emily Corl of Brick Galleria. In addition, there will be play-inspired craft activities and a Duplo pit in the […]

An opportunity to watch Emily Corl create a custom piece of art of the Bath Assembly Rooms as well as the opportunity to contribute to create a piece of art that will use over 15,000 LEGO parts and will be on permanent display from 2026. Sponsorships available from £2. All funds raised will go towards the […]

Featuring around 100 posters, this blockbuster show brings bohemian Montmartre to Bath with bright colours and bold lines, Toulouse-Lautrec's striking artwork captured the essence of turn-of-the-century Parisian nightlife. Pieces include his first poster of the Moulin Rouge and the cancan dancers of La Troupe de Mademoiselle Eglantine, alongside works by other celebrated artists of the […]

Get creative with activities inspired by the Maud Heath exhibition. Free drop-in family activity, no need to book.

Transform a plain pencil case with colourful designs ready to go back to school. Suitable for ages 5+ years. Quiet session available of 30 minutes available (3 places; accompanying siblings do not require tickets). Sessions at 1030am, 1130am, 130pm and 230pm; quiet session at 945am.

The opportunity to join a tour and learn more about the site as a family. Sign up purchase tickets from visitor reception in the barn (limited capacity, tickets offered on a first come, first served basis with normal admission fee). Tours run 11-1145am and 1-145pm subject to volunteer availability.

With board games, baby rhyme time, lego club, and toddler rhyme time sessions, as well as other fun games and activities throughout the summer. Booking essential for all special events. Please call 01225 702039 or email libraryenquiries@wiltshire.gov.uk to secure your space. Children must be accompanied by an adult (children 8 and under must never be […]

Fun workshops suitable for ages 7-11 years. Advance booking required, email enquiries@mphub.co.uk 5 and 22 August: Amazing Medical Inventions: (12-1pm) 28 August: Young Inventors (2-4pm)  

The real-life story of the 7,000 air passengers from across the world who were grounded in Canada during the wake of 9/11, and the small Newfoundland community that invited these ‘come from aways’ into their lives with open hearts. Experience the story and music as the locals and passengers come together to forge friendships that […]

Experience to practice with coaching team who play First Class cricket, List A, State and Grade A alongside guest coaches from the Bath CC 1st XI to provide insights and advice on how to play the modern game. Places limited to 8 for each group. Suitable for ages 13+. Monday (weeks 1, 3 and 5) […]

A free group for teens aged 13-18 years living in BANES offering a variety of activities to help young people relax and connect with nature. Activities include creative expression, mindful exercises, and gardening in a supportive environment to provide and opportunity to take a break from daily studies and stresses, engage with peers, and boost […]

The real-life story of the 7,000 air passengers from across the world who were grounded in Canada during the wake of 9/11, and the small Newfoundland community that invited these ‘come from aways’ into their lives with open hearts. Experience the story and music as the locals and passengers come together to forge friendships that […]