Join in the Museum's celebrations for Polar Year!
23 Jan 2008
Magic Carpet: Polar Bears (25 Jan) and Polar Day Big Saturday (26 Jan).
Magic Carpet: Polar Bears
Friday 25 January, 11am-12 noon
Book, £1, Under 5s
Help us find animals from 'Polar Bear, Polar Bear' by Eric Carle on the Animal Life 1, Live Animals and Animal Life 2 galleries. Make a polar bear picture in Play + Learn.
Polar Day Big Saturday
Saturday 26 January, 11am-4pm
Linked to the Tooth & Claw exhibition
Wrap up warm for a day of chilly activities and find out how people and other animals live in our polar regions. Make some Inuit sun-goggles and find out about the Museum's links with polar explorers, such as Scott of the Antarctic.
11am-4pm: Art and craft, object handling
Drop-in, Free, All ages
12noon, 2pm: Polar story telling
Book, £1 per child, Under 5s
1pm: Extreme conservation in the Antarctic
With Fiona Cahill, Conservator, formerly from the Antarctic Heritage Trust.
Book, Free, 8+
11.30am, 2.30pm: Family Friendly film club screening
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Why not take the opportunity to see Tooth & Claw and find out more about Britain's predators?