| Mon 4 August 2014 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Highlight Extreme engineering Engineering gets extreme this summer at the Cambridge Science Centre. Families! Build and test your ideas this summer as the Cambridge Science Centre celebrates engineering in its latest exhibition, Extreme Engineering, opening on 24 July. |
| 1:00PM - 4:00PM |
Summer at the museums - can you believe your eyes? Explore the magical world of optical illusions through amazing scientific instruments at the Whipple Museum and make your own spyglasses and thaumatrope to take home. |
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| Tue 5 August 2014 | 10:00AM - 4:00PM |
Brass rubbing and family activities Brass rubbing and a range of activities for discovering the remarkable history of the University Church. |
| 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Highlight Extreme engineering Engineering gets extreme this summer at the Cambridge Science Centre. Families! Build and test your ideas this summer as the Cambridge Science Centre celebrates engineering in its latest exhibition, Extreme Engineering, opening on 24 July. |
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| 10:30AM - 1:00PM |
Summer at the museums - can you stand the heat? Discover how some of the animals, featured in the collection, have adapted to life in the hottest parts of the world with crafts, trails and real animal specimens from the Museum of Zoology. |
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| 11:00AM - 1:00PM |
Summer at the museums - family art week at the Fitzwilliam Pop in during art week to create your own works of art to take home or add to our group installation. On each of the four days we will be exploring and experimenting with a different art material, using the museum collection for creative inspiration. |
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| 2:00PM - 4:00PM |
Summer at the museums - changes changes Come along to the Museum to hear wonderful myths about people who turned into trees and bears with storyteller Marion Leeper! Design your own person-turned-into-a-plant and tell their story. |
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| 2:00PM - 4:00PM |
Summer at the museums - family art week at the Fitzwilliam Pop in during art week to create your own works of art to take home or add to our group installation. On each of the four days we will be exploring and experimenting with a different art material, using the museum collection for creative inspiration. |
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| Wed 6 August 2014 | 10:00AM - 12:30PM |
Summer at the museums - rockets! Another chance to design, build and launch rockets with our friends from the University of Cambridge Department of Engineering. |
| 10:00AM - 4:00PM |
Brass rubbing and family activities Brass rubbing and a range of activities for discovering the remarkable history of the University Church. |
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| 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Highlight Extreme engineering Engineering gets extreme this summer at the Cambridge Science Centre. Families! Build and test your ideas this summer as the Cambridge Science Centre celebrates engineering in its latest exhibition, Extreme Engineering, opening on 24 July. |
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| 10:30AM - 12:30PM |
Summer at the museums - fossil imprints Come and make your own fossil rubbing of footprints, frogs, pterosaurs and much more. Once you’ve done your rubbing see if you can find similar fossils in the museum collection. |
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| 11:00AM - 1:00PM |
Summer at the museums - family art week at the Fitzwilliam Pop in during art week to create your own works of art to take home or add to our group installation. On each of the four days we will be exploring and experimenting with a different art material, using the museum collection for creative inspiration. |
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| 11:00AM - 1:00PM |
Summer at the museums - hands on with history Get hands on with history this summer and join us for craft activities inspired by our archaeology, local history and natural history collections. |
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| 12:00PM - 4:00PM |
Summer at the museums - games, games, games! Why should Glasgow have all the fun? The Farmland Museum celebrates the Commonwealth Games with some alternative sports. Join in and go for gold! |
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| 1:30PM - 3:30PM |
Summer at the museums - fossil imprints Come and make your own fossil rubbing of footprints, frogs, pterosaurs and much more. Once you’ve done your rubbing see if you can find similar fossils in the museum collection. |
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| 2:00PM - 4:00PM |
Summer at the Museums - art and alchemy: glass fusing workshop I Design and build your own glass coaster or small panel using coloured glass gems, noodles, stringers and frits. Learn how to cut glass into shapes. This workshop is run by a local artist who specialises in stained and fused glass. |
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| 2:00PM - 4:00PM |
Summer at the museums - family art week at the Fitzwilliam Pop in during art week to create your own works of art to take home or add to our group installation. On each of the four days we will be exploring and experimenting with a different art material, using the museum collection for creative inspiration. |
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| 2:00PM - 4:00PM |
Summer at the museums - hands on with history Get hands on with history this summer and join us for craft activities inspired by our archaeology, local history and natural history collections. |
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| 2:00PM - 4:30PM |
Summer at the museums - amazing automata Get hands-on at this family workshop and make your own moving creation using some model engineering. |
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| Thu 7 August 2014 | 10:00AM - 4:00PM |
Brass rubbing and family activities Brass rubbing and a range of activities for discovering the remarkable history of the University Church. |
| 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Highlight Extreme engineering Engineering gets extreme this summer at the Cambridge Science Centre. Families! Build and test your ideas this summer as the Cambridge Science Centre celebrates engineering in its latest exhibition, Extreme Engineering, opening on 24 July. |
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| 10:30AM - 11:30AM |
Summer at the useums - dance through the decades Dance your way back in time and learn medieval, Tudor and folk dances or make your own ‘diddy dancer’ puppet to take to the smallest disco in town! |
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| 11:00AM - 12:30PM |
Summer at the museums - Wind in the Willows Join us for some fun, family crafts with a Wind in the Willows theme. |
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| 11:00AM - 1:00PM |
Summer at the museums - family art week at the Fitzwilliam Pop in during art week to create your own works of art to take home or add to our group installation. On each of the four days we will be exploring and experimenting with a different art material, using the museum collection for creative inspiration. |
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| 11:30AM - 12:30PM |
Summer at the useums - dance through the decades Dance your way back in time and learn medieval, Tudor and folk dances or make your own ‘diddy dancer’ puppet to take to the smallest disco in town! |
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| 12:00PM - 4:00PM |
Summer at the museums - games, games, games! Why should Glasgow have all the fun? The Farmland Museum celebrates the Commonwealth Games with some alternative sports. Join in and go for gold! |
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| 12:30PM - 1:30PM |
Summer at the useums - dance through the decades Dance your way back in time and learn medieval, Tudor and folk dances or make your own ‘diddy dancer’ puppet to take to the smallest disco in town! |
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| 2:00PM - 3:00PM |
Summer at the museums - awesome artefacts: Greeks handling session Fancy a chance to handle real Greek artefacts? Come along to find out what these ancient objects can teach us about life in ancient Greece. |
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| 2:00PM - 4:00PM |
Summer at the museums - family art week at the Fitzwilliam Pop in during art week to create your own works of art to take home or add to our group installation. On each of the four days we will be exploring and experimenting with a different art material, using the museum collection for creative inspiration. |
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| 2:00PM - 5:00PM |
Summer at the museums - family fun, fenland crafts and wacky windmills Join us for an afternoon of family crafts and activities with a fens and windmills theme. |
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| Fri 8 August 2014 | 10:00AM - 4:00PM |
Brass rubbing and family activities Brass rubbing and a range of activities for discovering the remarkable history of the University Church. |
| 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Highlight Extreme engineering Engineering gets extreme this summer at the Cambridge Science Centre. Families! Build and test your ideas this summer as the Cambridge Science Centre celebrates engineering in its latest exhibition, Extreme Engineering, opening on 24 July. |
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| Sat 9 August 2014 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Highlight Extreme engineering Engineering gets extreme this summer at the Cambridge Science Centre. Families! Build and test your ideas this summer as the Cambridge Science Centre celebrates engineering in its latest exhibition, Extreme Engineering, opening on 24 July. |
| Sun 10 August 2014 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Highlight Extreme engineering Engineering gets extreme this summer at the Cambridge Science Centre. Families! Build and test your ideas this summer as the Cambridge Science Centre celebrates engineering in its latest exhibition, Extreme Engineering, opening on 24 July. |
| 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Summer at the museums - model railway day Come and see the railways past and present in miniature and ride on the mini steam traction engine. |
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| 1:00PM - 4:00PM |
Summer at the museums - studio Sunday Join us in the learning studio to make your own artwork inspired by our exhibitions and collection. A chance to explore, chat, sketch, make and play. |
