Enjoy a day out in nature including butterfly trail with Butterfly Conservation guides in the wildflower meadows, free craft activities for children with Noeline Beesley, moth display, and the opportunity to experience moth release and hold them (4pm). Picnics welcome by the river, opposite the Manor; food and drinks available from the Cafe. This event...
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Propagates day at Bath Library
With drop-in talks, workshops and displays focused on gardens and allotments. The day will include work from the joint Bath Spa University and Bath City Farm residency programme showcasing the results of the students’ exploration of the farm. Workshops will include: making art about nature, simple printing and an opportunity to make an small insect...
Caleb Simon at Bath Library
Caleb will perform a short set about science and space, followed by a workshop to create a spoken word piece of your own. What would a Martian say when visiting us? Can you count the stars? Suitable ages 11+ years.
Half-term Craft at Bath Abbey
Join Paula Ogun Hector to celebrate the power of Carnival to bring people together through dance and music by decorating a large canvas with fabric and card. The completed Carnival Collage will be on display 22–23 June alongside a new textile artwork by Paula to celebrate the contribution made by the Windrush generation.
Tree at Roseberry Road Studios
Exhibition featuring eight selected artists who have been inspired by our relationship with our arboreum friends. The artists were free to interpret the theme in any way they chose, personal, environmental or aesthetical to create a fascinating mix. The exhibition includes paintings, sculptures and photography by local, national and international artists – Joe Byerley, Claire...
1950s Canal Fair
Celebrating 75 years of the Kennet & Avon Canal Trust with dancing, boat craft displays, free boat trips, music, children’s activities, barbecue and refreshments, as well as a cake competition (1950’s or boat themed cakes).
Make a Tunnel Book at The Pound
Design, illustrate and construct a tunnel book – a layered 2D artwork which creates a 3D image by using depth and illusion. All materials provided.
May Half Term at The Tank Museum
Explore the museum with a dedicated trail, discover the role forests played in tank warfare, and enjoy a range of hands-on craft activities inspired by the natural world. There will also be vehicle rides, live displays, 300 tanks, children’s activities, an opportunity to meet Stick Man (24 May) and join Sophie’s Ceramics for a pottery...
Wiggly Wigglers at Komedia
Telling the stories of best friends, Creepy and Crawley, two wriggly wigglers laughed at by the cute gang, chased by birds and screamed at by gardeners. In time they discover who they really are and the importance of their role in the garden. With puppets, storytelling and songs as well as a simple workshop to...
Teencraft at Wiltshire Museum
After school craft sessions sometimes inspired by the Museum and its collections, with a different craft to learn and do each time. Suitable for ages 12-16 years, booking essential.
Circus of Curiosities at The American Museum
Celebrating craft, art and moving sculpture, a family exhibition of animated models, toys and whimsical characters. Discover the world of mechanical art made by contemporary makers and get hands on in creative play workshops. Touring exhibition by Cabaret Mechanical Theatre, featuring 25 vibrant and witty mechanical sculptures, brought to life at the push of a...
Clay Modelling Workshop at the Roman Baths
Draw creativity from the museum’s collection, sparking ideas for your own creations, have an exclusive tour of the Roman Baths, learn to use modelling clay and tools, creating a series of models inspired by the museum’s exhibits, and discover the lives and culture of Roman Britain, gaining insight into the historical context of your creations....
Make a tote bag with Bath Share & Repair
Make a tote bag using canvas cotton, fully lined with cotton fabric with guidance to help you use your machine and leave with a finished item. All materials pre-prepared (no cutting required), and included in ticket price. Please bring your sewing machine, a fully wound bobbin and thread.
May Half Term at The American Museum
Craft and build sessions (Monday-Friday) with hands-on activities and creative spaces for all ages, as well as America 250 interactive family trail, and explore Kith & Kin: The Quilts of Gee’s Bend exhibition and fuzzy felt activities. The gardens and play area will also be open. On 25 May, it will be a special pay-what-you-can...
May Half Term at Victoria Art Gallery
Create a large, wild and dreamy landscape using pen and ink, suitable for ages 5-11 years. There will also be Create & Colour sessions in the afternoons, where children can make a blue collage seascape inspired by the exhibition.
Wiltshire Game & Country Fair 2026
With live displays, shows, activities and countryside sports, as well as have-a-go sports such as fishing, axe throwing and craft workshops. There will also be the World of Dogs with agility and gun dog trials, craft village, cookery demonstrations and food stalls, live music and fairground rides.
Halloween Adventure at Bowood
Explore the grounds by taking part in a pumpkin trail throughout the grounds, as well as arts crafts activities and more.
Bonnets and Bicorns at No1 Royal Crescent
Make and decorate your own Georgian-style hat to take home. Drop in craft, free with museum admission (children enter the museum free with a paying adult).
Make a Spectroscope at The Herschel Museum
Make rainbows and explore the properties of light, with this fun science activity using recycled materials. Drop-in activity, free with museum entry; children enter the museum free with a paying adult.
Marvellous Moths and Butterflies at No1 Royal Crescent
Imagine you are a Georgian botanist and make a butterfly or moth artwork in this drop-in activity, free with museum entry. Children free museum entry with a paying adult.
Toddler Explorers at Victoria Art Gallery
A fun-filled session of play and arty learning for ages 2-4 years designed for parents/carers and toddlers to play and enjoy art together. Each session includes a special child-friendly tour of the gallery, arts and crafts and play time.