Museum Archive

Bags, Tags and Gasmasks as Evacuees appear in Laugharne

Final year students have created an engaging piece of site-specific theatre, Bags, Tags and Gasmasks, which takes place at the Tin Shed Experience museum in Laugharne…
Going underground with Contrary Life: Part 1

There is a world of tunnels, caverns and other underground haunts to explore in the UK. So join us on a journey to the dark side as Contrary Life picks out some subterranean gems and hidden passageways…
Torchlight Tour, Leeds Museum Discovery Centre

Bring your battery-powered candles and torches for the annual blackout behind the scenes tour of the store at Leeds Discovery Centre…
Theatre and history combine at the Tin Shed Experience this May

Living historians that recreate the Essex Yeomanry and First Aid Nursing Yeomanry from the Great War period will be setting up camp in the museum gardens of the Tin Shed Experience…
Meet some creepy and colourful character from the medical past

Are you brave enough to wander the corridors of the Victorian workhouse after hours as the Thackray Medical Museum in Leeds comes alive?
Contrary Life goes behind enemy lines at the Royal Armouries Museum

The Royal Armouries Museum in Leeds is open daily with free admission. Contrary Life crept behind enemy lines to find out more about WWII spies…
Pop-up garden on the River Thames

The Design Museum in London has created a pop-up garden on the River Thames to celebrate the arrival of summer…
Get crafty and create patchwork cushion covers

The Black Country Living Museum in the West Midlands are running a Patchwork Cushion Covers Course this May. Create your own cushion cover using vintage and upcycled fabrics…
Put your detective skills to the test with the Spy Academy

Head to The Royal Gunpowder Mills in Waltham Abbey, Essex this half term for a fun-filled week of activities and adventure with the popular Spy Academy…
You think you know the Lakes, but do you know about the Lakeland’s industrial past?

Alongside the river in Kendal’s Abbot Hall is the compact yet perfectly formed Museum of Lakeland Life and Industry…
Help make a giant glow-in-the-dark sculpture for Museums at Night

As part of Museums at Night, the annual late night festival of arts, culture and heritage, Enginuity, is inviting the public to visit the museum free of charge…
The Black Country Living Museum lights up for an atmospheric Night at the Museum

Join the Black Country Living Museum in its annual celebration, Night at the Museum, on 18th May for a family night out…