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Family Events February 2011

Mini Moles babies group

Learn, play and explore together every Wednesday during term-time. This session is for babies aged 6 months-walking and their carers and includes stories, rhyme time and an opportunity to meet others in a relaxed setting.

Age: babies

FREE: advanced booking required.

Dates and times

Wednesday, 2 February, 11.00 – 12.00

Wednesday, 9 February, 11.00 – 12.00

Wednesday, 16 February, 11.00 – 12.00

Little Moles toddlers group

Learn, play and explore together every Wednesday during term-time in this fun, hands-on and creative session for toddlers (walkers-5 years) and carers.

Age: 1 - 5

FREE: advanced booking required.

Dates and times
Wednesday, 2 February, 15.30 – 16.30

Wednesday, 9 February, 15.30 – 16.30

Museum explored

Join one of the Museum's Hosts and explore the galleries through fun, hands-on activities.

FREE

Dates and times
Sunday, 6 February, 11.30 – 13.30

Sunday, 6 February, 14.00 – 16.00

Sunday, 20 February, 11.30 – 13.30

Sunday, 20 February, 14.00 – 16.00

Enter a Victorian photograph

Create fictional Victorian characters and their life stories, then using blue screen technology, dress up and enter a photograph from the time.

Minimum age: 5

FREE

Dates and times
Sunday, 13 February, 11.30 - 12.15

Sunday, 13 February, 13.00 - 13.45

Sunday, 13 February, 14.30 - 15.15

Little Moles toddlers group: Messy Moles

Come and use your senses and get messy together in our special monthly creative session as part of our Little Moles toddlers group (for walkers-5 years and their carers).

Age: 1 - 5

FREE: advanced booking required.

Dates and times.
Wednesday, 16 February, 15.30 – 16.30

February half-term

Sharpen up

The prehistoric stone tools in the London before London gallery were used for hunting and cutting meat. Find out how they were made by watching a professional flint knapper transforming a flint nodule into a knife or an arrow head.

Minimum age: 5

FREE

Dates and times
Saturday, 19 February, 11.00 – 13.00

Saturday, 19 February, 13.30 – 15.30

Sunday, 20 February, 11.00 – 13.00

Sunday, 20 February, 13.30 – 15.30

Putting your finger on it

Studying fingerprints in forensic science is nothing new. Learn the methods of inventor Francis Galton and have a go at some real science.

Minimum age: 5

FREE

Dates and times
Saturday, 19 February, 12.30 – 14.00

Saturday, 19 February, 14.30 – 16.00

Friday, 25 February, 12.30 – 14.00

Friday, 25 February, 14.30 – 16.00

Edmund and his comet

Hear the story of how this Londoner showed that science rather than folklore could explain the regular appearances of a comet.

Minimum age: 5

FREE

Dates and times
Sunday, 20 February, 13.00 – 13.30

Sunday, 20 February, 14.00 – 14.30

Sunday, 20 February, 15.00 – 15.30

Monday, 21 February, 13.00 – 13.30

Monday, 21 February, 14.00 – 14.30

Monday, 21 February, 15.00 – 15.30

How did they make that?

Many medieval and Tudor objects were made in London by skilled craft workers and children. Find out how they made everyday items such as pins, buckles and buttons by handling objects from the Museum's collections.

Minimum age: 5

FREE

Dates and times
Monday, 21 February, 12.00 – 14.00

London bones

What can we learn by studying skeletons? Meet staff from the Museum's Osteology team and discover the secrets these bones hold.

Minimum age: 5

FREE

Dates and times
Tuesday, 22 February, 11.30 – 12.15

Tuesday, 22 February, 13.00 – 13.45

Tuesday, 22 February, 14.30 – 15.15

Perfect planes

Learn the science behind making the perfect paper plane, then make your own to impress your friends.

Minimum age: 5

FREE

Dates and times
Tuesday, 22 February, 12.30 – 14.00

Tuesday, 22 February, 14.30 – 16.00

Wednesday, 23 February, 12.30 – 14.00

Wednesday, 23 February, 14.30 – 16.00

Thursday, 24 February, 12.30 – 14.00

Thursday, 24 February, 14.30 – 16.00

Paper science - rip, blot, colour and trace

Does paper always tear in a straight line? Come and have a ripping time with our conservators experimenting with different types of paper.

Minimum age: 5

FREE

Dates and times
Wednesday, 23 February, 11.30 – 13.00

Wednesday, 23 February, 14.00 – 15.30

Crazy creepy crawlies

Come and find out about the bugs and insects that live at the Museum of London then use creative materials to make your own colourful bugs and creepy crawlies to take home! A hands-on, creative workshop for under 5s and their carers.

Minimum age: 2

FREE

Dates and times
Wednesday, 23 February, 11.00 – 11.30

Wednesday, 23 February, 12.00 – 12.30

Wednesday, 23 February, 14.00 – 14.30

Saxon machinery

Come and see a Saxon lathe in use and the fantastic things it has produced. Without electricity, how do you think it was powered?

Minimum age: 5

FREE

Dates and times
Thursday, 24 February, 11.30 – 13.00

Thursday, 24 February, 13.30 – 15.00

Friday, 25 February, 11.30 – 13.00

Friday, 25 February, 13.30 – 15.00

Characters from history: Isambard Kingdom Brunel

Meet Isambard Kingdom Brunel, one of the greatest engineers of the 19th century and hear how he helped lead this country into the modern age.

Minimum age: 5

FREE

Dates and times
Saturday, 26 February, 13.00 – 13.30

Saturday, 26 February, 14.00 – 14.30

Saturday, 26 February, 15.00 – 15.30

Explosive history!

Visitors to London's Vauxhall Pleasure Gardens were treated to the most spectacular nightly fireworks. See if you can recreate the magic in this explosive art workshop.

Minimum age: 5

FREE

Dates and times
Saturday, 26 February, 12.30 – 14.00

Saturday, 26 February, 14.30 – 16.00

Sunday, 27 February, 12.30 – 14.00

Sunday, 27 February, 14.30 – 16.00

Characters from history: 1920s lift attendant

Meet one of the lift attendants from Selfridges department store and hear about some of the new and exciting inventions that can be bought in the store.

Minimum age: 5

FREE

Dates and times
Sunday, 27 February, 13.00 – 13.30

Sunday, 27 February, 14.00 – 14.30

Sunday, 27 February, 15.00 – 15.30

Museum of London

London Wall, EC2Y 5HN

Open Daily 10am-6pm

Last Admission 5.30pm

020 7001 9844

www.museumoflondon.org.uk