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Easter Holidays
Tuesday 5 April - Friday 16 April
How we used to live
5 - 9 April

Join us for hands-on fun for all the family every week day (from 12.00 pm until 4.00 pm) of the summer holidays.

Tuesday The Celtic home
Wednesday Make do and mend
Thursday Rag rug making
Friday Take part in a traditional washday*

Normal Museum admission prices apply.
Candle making available - additional charges apply.

*this activity may change due to inclement weather.

In addition, all the Museum's buildings will be open to visitors.

 
Building the past
11 - 16 April

Join us for hands-on fun for all the family every week day (from 12.00 pm until 4.00 pm) of the summer holidays.

Monday Traditional brick making
Tuesday Build a barn
Wednesday Building Blocks
Thursday Building Blocks
Friday Traditional brick making

Normal Museum admission prices apply.
Candle making available - additional charges apply.

In addition, all the Museum's buildings will be open to visitors.

 
Half Term
Tuesday 1 June - Friday 4 June
Woodland Wonders
1 - 4 June

Join us for family fun in our woodland every weekday (from 12.00 pm until 4.00 pm). Activities each day will include going on a mini-beast safari, making shelters and exploring the woodlands.

Normal Museum admission prices apply.
Candle making available - additional charges apply.

In addition, all the Museum's buildings will be open to visitors.

 
Summer Holidays
Monday 26 July - Wednesday 1 September
Wednesday 21 - 23 July

Join us for hands-on fun for all the family every week day (from 12.00 pm until 4.00 pm) of the summer holidays.

Wednesday 21 July Discover what is living in our wildlife pond near Northolt Barn
Thursday 22 July Make your own traditional toy at Thame Vicarage Room
Friday 23 July Traditional washday at Amersham Prefab
Houses and Homes
26 - 30 July

Join us for hands-on fun for all the family every week day (from 12.00 pm until 4.00 pm) of the summer holidays.

Monday 26 July Join in the 1940s washday at Amersham Prefab
Tuesday 27 July Make your own Victorian herb packets at High Wycombe Toll House
Wednesday 28 July Make your own Tudor soap balls at Thame Vicarage Room
Thursday 29 July Life in the Iron Age at the Iron Age House
Friday 30 July Make do and Mend at Amersham Prefab

Normal Museum admission prices apply.
Candle making available - additional charges apply.

In addition, all the Museum's buildings will be open to visitors.

 
Chiltern crafts
2 - 6 August

Join us for hands-on fun for all the family every week day (from 12.00 pm until 4.00 pm) of the summer holidays.

Monday 2 August Find out what it was like to work in a Victorian brickyard at Didcot Cart Shed
Try your hand at felt making at Thame Vicarage Room  

Tuesday 3 August

 

Be a spider man and help assemble a Windsor chair at the High Wycombe Furniture Factory
Make your own rag rug at Thame Vicarage Room
Wednesday 4 August Make your own enamel jewellery at Thame Vicarage Room
Make a straw plait as Caroline used to at Leagrave Cottages
Thursday 5 August Find out what it was like to work in a Victorian brickyard at Didcot Cart Shed
Make your own rag rug at Thame Vicarage Room
Friday 6 August Be a spider man and help assemble a Windsor chair at the High Wycombe Furniture Factory
Try your hand at needlework at Thame Vicarage Room

Normal Museum admission prices apply.
Candle making available - additional charges apply.

In addition, all the Museum's buildings will be open to visitors.

 
Woodland Explorers
9 - 10 August

Join us for hands-on fun for all the family every week day (from 12.00 pm until 4.00 pm) of the summer holidays.

Woodland Explorers near the High Wycombe Toll House - go on a bug hunt, build a shelter or just have an adventure in our woodland.  

Normal Museum admission prices apply.
Candle making available - additional charges apply.

In addition, all the Museum's buildings will be open to visitors.

 
Victorian childhood
16 - 20 August

Join us for hands-on fun for all the family every week day (from 12.00 pm until 4.00 pm) of the summer holidays.

Monday 16 August Make a straw plait as Caroline used to at Leagrave Cottages
Tuesday 17 August Make your own butter at the Victorian farmyard
Wednesday 18 August What was it like to be on a Victorian farm?
Thursday 19 August Find out what it was like to work in a Victorian brickyard at Didcot Cart Shed
Friday 20 August

Take part in a Victorian school room at Thame Vicarage Room
12.00 pm,
1.00 pm,
2.30 pm &
3.30 pm

Normal Museum admission prices apply.
Candle making available - additional charges apply.

In addition, all the Museum's buildings will be open to visitors.

 
Fun with Tommy & Jane
23 - 27 August

Join us for hands-on fun for all the family every week day (from 12.00 pm until 4.00 pm) of the summer holidays.

Monday 23 August

Make your own 1940s toys at Thame Vicarage Room
 Make rationing treats at Amersham Prefab

Tuesday 24 August

Make your own flowers at Amersham Prefab
Defend the Home Front at Thame Vicarage Room
12.00 pm,
1.00 pm,
2.30 pm &
3.30 pm

Wednesday 25 August Find out what it was like to be an evacuee at Thame Vicarage Room
12.00 pm,
1.00 pm,
2.30 pm &
3.30 pm
Make rationing treats at Amersham Prefab
Thursday 26 August

Make your own 1940s toys at Thame Vicarage Room
Have a go at French Knitting at Amersham Prefab

Friday 27 August

Find out what it was like to be an evacuee at Thame Vicarage Room
12.00 pm,
1.00 pm,
2.30 pm &
3.30 pm

Make your own doll at Amersham Prefab

Normal Museum admission prices apply.
Candle making available - additional charges apply.

In addition, all the Museum's buildings will be open to visitors.

 
Be a Builder
31 August - 1 September

Join us for hands-on fun for all the family every week day (from 12.00 pm until 4.00 pm) of the summer holidays.

Tuesday 31 August Build a barn at Arborfield Barn
Wednesday 1 September Traditional brick making at Didcot Cart Shed
Thursday 2 September Build a barn at Arborfield Barn
Friday 3 September Traditional brick making at Didcot Cart Shed

Normal Museum admission prices apply.
Candle making available - additional charges apply.

In addition, all the Museum's buildings will be open to visitors.

 
October Half Term
Monday 25 October - Friday 29 October
Spooky Fun Week
25 - 29 October

Join us for hands-on fun for all the family for the October half term (from 12.00 pm until 4.00 pm).

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Friday 29 October

There will be no family activities during the day and the Museum will close at 4.00 pm due to preparations for the evening Halloween Spectacular event.

Wood End Cafe will be operating from a marquee in the Village Green on Friday 30 October from 11.00 am - 2.00 pm.

Normal Museum admission prices apply.
In addition, all the Museum's buildings will be open to visitors.

 

 

 


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