february half term events 2011
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r oFREE ENTRYMuseum of London
150 London Wall, London, EC2Y 5HN
Barbican, St Paul’s, Moorgate
Liverpool Street, City Thameslink
4, 8, 25, 56, 100, 172, 242, 521
FREE ENTRYMuseum of London Docklands
West India Quay, London, E14 4AL
West India Quay (14 mins rom Bank)
Canary Whar (11 mins rom Waterloo)
15, 115, 135, 277, D3, D6, D7, D8
For our ull programme o events or
children o all ages or or more inormation
visit www.museumoflondon.org.uk/families or call 020 7001 9844. Sign
up to enews to be the irst to ind out
about events throughout the year at
www.museumoflondon.org.uk/enews and be entered into our draw to
win an iPod nano! Terms and conditions apply.
Events all year roundEvery Sunday at the Museum of London and
Saturday at the Museum of LondonDocklands, plus during the school holidays,
we put on FREE amily events that support
learning at school as part o a great day out!
Events include:
• storytelling
• workshops
• drama
• art… and much more!
Under 5sLearn, play and explore in our regular sessions
or under 5s and their carers during term time
and the holidays.
Find out more at
www.museumoflondon.org.uk/families
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Spend the day together as a family
Free events at the Museum of London
Docklands at warSat 19 Feb, 12.30-1.30pm & 2.30-3.30pm
Hear stories o Docklands during wartime and create
your own identity card to take home.
FREE 5+
Boggling puzzlesSun 20 Feb, 12.30-1.30pm & 2.30-3.30pm
Design and create your own unique puzzle games to
take home.
FREE 5+
Wind and sailsMon 21 Feb, 11am – 12.30pm & 1.30-3pm
Experiment with wind, sails and more, then make
your own kite to take home!
FREE 2-5 yrs
Transorming objectsTue 22 Feb, 12.30-1.30pm & 2.30-3.30pm
Give unusual objects in our collection a new lieusing collage and computer animation.
FREE 5+
Cars and planesTue 22 Feb, 11.30am – 12pm & 1.30-2pm
Find out all about cars and planes made in London.
FREE 5+
Isambard Kingdom BrunelWed 23 Feb, 12.30-1pm, 2.30-3pm & 3.30-4pm
Meet Isambard Kingdom Brunel, the great engineer
o bridges, ships and much more.
FREE 5+
Enter a Victorian photographWed 23 & Fri 25 Feb, 12.30-1.30pm & 2.30-3.30pm
Create ctional Victorian characters then dress up
and enter a photograph rom the time.
FREE 7+
Paper scienceThu 24 Feb, 11.30am – 1pm & 2-3.30pm
Does paper always tear in a straight line? Come
and have a ripping time with our conservators and
experiment with dierent types o paper.
FREE 5+
The ghost chicken o Pond SquareThu 24 Feb, 12.30-1pm, 2.30-3pm & 3.30-4pmDiscover the story o the rst rozen chicken.
FREE 5+
The marvellous story o Vincent LunardiFri 25 & Sun 27 Feb, 12.30-1pm, 2.30-3pm &3.30-4pm
Join us to hear the story o Vincent Lunardi and his
amazing fight.
FREE 4+
Impossible engineeringSat 26 Feb, 12.30-1.30pm & 2.30-3.30pm
Cut and paste parts o machines, buildings and
boats to make a digital collage o antastic imaginary
creations.FREE 5+
I you’re looking or something un and ree or all the amily to do then visit theMuseum of London and the Museum of London Docklands or a great day outthat everyone can enjoy!
Free events at the Museum of London Docklands
Sharpen upSat 19 & Sun 20 Feb, 11am – 1pm & 1.30-3.30pm
Find out how prehistoric people made stone tools.
FREE 5+
Putting your nger on itSat 19 & Fri 25 Feb, 12.30-2pm & 2.30-4pm
Find out about inventor Francis Galton and have a
go at some real science.
FREE 5+
Edmund and his cometSun 20 & Mon 21 Feb, 1-1.30pm & 2-2.30pm &3-3.30pm
Hear the story o how this Londoner showed that
science could explain the appearances o a comet.
FREE 5+
How did they make that?Mon 21 Feb, 12-2pm
Find out how medieval cratsmen made everydayitems such as pins, buckles and buttons.
FREE 5+
London bonesTue 22 Feb, 11.30am – 12.15pm, 1-1.45pm &2.30-3.15pm
What can we learn by studying skeletons? Discover
the secrets bones hold.
FREE but tickets allocated on arrival 5+
Perect planesTue 22, Wed 23 & Thu 24 Feb, 12.30-2pm &2.30-4pm
Learn the science behind making the perect paper
plane, then make your own.FREE 5+
Paper science – rip, blot, colour and traceWed 23 Feb, 11.30am – 1pm & 2-3.30pm
Does paper always tear in a straight line? Come
and have a ripping time with our conservators and
experiment with dierent types o paper.
FREE 5+
Crazy creepy crawliesWed 23 Feb, 11-11.30am, 12-12.30pm & 2-2.30pm
Find out about the bugs and insects that live at the
Museum o London then make your own colourul
creepy crawlies to take home.FREE but tickets allocated on arrival 2-5 yrs
Saxon machineryThu 24 & Fri 25 Feb, 11.30am – 1pm & 1.30-3pm
Come and see a Saxon lathe in use and nd out what
antastic things it has produced.
FREE 5+
Explosive history!Sat 26 & Sun 27 Feb, 12.30-2pm & 2.30-4pm
Visitors to Vauxhall Pleasure Gardens were treated
to spectacular nightly reworks. See i you can
recreate the magic in this art workshop.
FREE 5+
Characters rom history: IsambardKingdom BrunelSat 26 Feb, 1-1.30pm, 2-2.30pm & 3-3.30pm
Meet Isambard Kingdom Brunel, the great engineer
o bridges, ships and much more.
FREE 5+
Characters rom history: 1920s litattendantSun 27 Feb, 1-1.30pm, 2-2.30pm & 3-3.30pm
Meet one o the lit attendants rom Selridges and
hear about some o the new inventions that can be
bought in the store.
FREE 5+