Summer holiday fun at The Manchester Museum
18 Jul 2012
Events and activities over the next six weeks
As the school holidays are either already upon us or looming, here are some great ideas to keep youngsters busy over the next six weeks.
Unearthed: Ancient Egypt
Monday 23 July-Friday 31 August, 11am-4pm
Drop-in, free, all ages
Visit our Unearthed: Ancient Egypt exhibition and help our Egyptologist Dr Digby (played on film by Terry Deary, author of Horrible Histories) investigate and record his finds.
Create your own archaeological treasures from paper.
Monday 30 Jul-Fri 3 August, 11am-4pm:
Make your own ancient Egyptian paper amulet (lucky charm) to take home.
Experience playful surprises on Wednesday 1 August as part of National Play Day, part of our Happy Museum project.
Monday 6-Friday 10 August, 11am-4pm:
Have a go at making your own cardboard Canopic jars in the Museum’s Discovery Centre.
Monday 13-Fri 17 August, 11am-4pm:
Make mini ancient Egyptian pyramids to decorate and take home.
Monday 20-Friday 24 August, 11am-4pm:
Make an ancient Egyptian Cartouche (name tag).
Tuesday 28-Friday 31 August, 11am-4pm:
Make bookmarks and decorate them with ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs.
Skulls, death and the Dark Ages
Wednesday 25 July, 11am-4pm
Drop-in, free, all ages
Watch a battle re-enactment and make your own sword and shield inspired by our collection. Part of the Festival of British Archaeology.
Skulls, death and the Dark Ages talk
Wednesday 25 July, 1-2pm
Drop-in, free,8+
Our Curator of Archaeology, Bryan Sitch, talks about recent work on human skeletons from Heronbridge near Chester. It’ss suggested that they died during the battle of Chester early in the 7th century AD. Part of the Festival of British Archaeology.
Manchester Anansi Spider
Wednesday 1, 8, 15, 22 and 29 August, 1-3pm
Drop-in, free, 5-11 year olds and their families/carers
Create your own stories by cutting and sticking characters from the original Anansi Spider stories. You can also take a look at the We Face Forward: Anansi Stories display and objects from the Museum’s West African collections.
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