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Exhibition: Garden Glimpses
  • Thursday 1st May, 11:00am - Until Sunday 28th September, 3:00pm
From battlefields to croquet lawns, take a time travellers view of the historic grounds at Shaw House that have many stories to share. View event
Summer Fair
  • Sunday 20th July 11:00am until 4:00pm
Enjoy the beauty of summer at Shaw House. View event
Family Activity Day: Marvellous minibeasts
  • Wednesday 23rd July 10:00am until 3:00pm
Make a 3D minibeast, real or imaginary, from polystyrene shapes, pipe cleaners, wiggle eyes, sequins and sequin pins, acrylic paint pens and other craft materials. View event
Talk: Seeing the Past Through Different Eyes - From Berkshire to Bluestones
  • Thursday 24th July 7:00pm until 8:00pm
Julian Richards has spent over 50 years bringing the past to life for audiences with a wide range of ages, experience and abilities. View event
Messy Museum Mornings: Fabulous fossils
  • Friday 25th July 10:00am until 1:00pm
Make a cast fossil using clay and foil. Carve a dino footprint or press a small plastic figure of an insect or dinosaur into the clay to make an indentation and then pour in Plaster of Paris and leave... View event
Family Activity Day: Beautiful butterflies
  • Wednesday 30th July 10:00am until 3:00pm
Beautiful butterflies Decorate with paint pens and then construct the 3D wooden butterfly hanging decoration. Hang it up to watch it flutter about! View event
Messy Museum Mornings: Let’s go potty!
  • Friday 1st August 10:00am until 1:00pm
Make a Stone Age pot from air-drying clay and decorate with wooden modelling tools. There will be a replica Neolithic pot to view as well as a free museum adventurer trail called Go Potty! to complete. View event
Open Air Sculpture Exhibition: 2 Aug - 28 Sept
  • Saturday 2nd August, 11:00am - Until Sunday 28th September, 4:00pm
Altered States - The Orangery Lawn at Shaw House will be transformed into an open-air sculpture exhibition where you can discover artworks by acclaimed sculptors in the grounds of this lovely historic... View event
Arts Award Discover
  • Wednesday 6th August 10:00am until 12:00pm
The Arts Award Discover at West Berkshire Museum is an arts and craft self-led project for the summer aimed at 6-12 years and includes attending two summer Messy Museum Mornings of your choice (six in... View event
Family Activity Day: Dancing dragonflies
  • Wednesday 6th August 10:00am until 3:00pm
Dancing dragonflies Using pipe cleaners, a magnet, pony beads and other craft materials, make a dragonfly fridge or magnetic whiteboard. It is ready to dart home to display! View event
Messy Museum Mornings: Magnificent mosaics
  • Friday 8th August 10:00am until 1:00pm
Make a Roman-inspired mosaic from a wooden base, square clay tiles and grout. Take home to display or use as a coaster. See pieces of real Roman mosaic on display in room 2 and do the free museum adventurer... View event
A Royal Picnic
  • Friday 8th August 10:00am until 5:00pm
Pack up your favourite treats and join us for a Royal Picnic with your favourite princesses! Starting with a live show of singing and dancing, you will then be able to meet and have photographs with the... View event
A Fleetwood Mac and ABBA Candlelight Experience
  • Friday 8th August 7:00pm until 9:00pm
Join Lumos Live for an enchanting candlelight experience with classic sounds of Fleetwood Mac and ABBA performed by a string trio in the historic grounds of Shaw House. View event
Outdoor Theatre: The Wind in the Willows
  • Monday 11th August 6:00pm until 8:00pm
Pack your picnics and join Ratty, Mole, Badger, and the fantastically irrepressible Toad as they embark on the adventure of a lifetime culminating in a colourful battle to save Toad Hall from the mischievous... View event
Family Activity Day: Minibeasts take flight!
  • Wednesday 13th August 10:00am until 3:00pm
Minibeasts take flight! Make a wooden flying minibeast of your choice (subject to availability) and colour with paint sticks. View event
Messy Museum Mornings: Beautiful brooches
  • Friday 15th August 10:00am until 3:00pm
Make an Anglo-Saxon inspired saucer brooch from air-drying clay, gold paint, acrylic gems, and a brooch pin. View event
Family Activity Day: Bright butterflies
  • Wednesday 20th August 10:00am until 3:00pm
Bright butterflies. Decorate a ceramic hanging decoration of a butterfly in bright colours with porcelain pens. It is ready to flutter home to display! View event
Messy Museum Mornings: Tremendous tygs
  • Friday 22nd August 10:00am until 1:00pm
Design a many handled drinking cup (tyg), made for sharing, from air-drying clay and paint. View event
Family Activity Day: Busy bees
  • Wednesday 27th August 10:00am until 3:00pm
Busy bees. Make a bee decoration from a craft roll, marker pens sticky felt and foam sheets, wiggle eyes, pipe cleaners and other craft materials. View event
Messy Museum Mornings: Fly your flag!
  • Friday 29th August 10:00am until 1:00pm
Using a printing tile and one colour of ink, make a unique and repeating design for your Civil War inspired flag on an A4 calico sheet, and then add double-sided tape and a paper dowel so you can wave... View event
Workshop: Have a go at weaving
  • Saturday 6th September 11:00am until 2:00pm
Try your hand at stick weaving and learn about simple weaving techniques on our table and heddle looms. Our experts will explain the basic principles of weaving with colour and texture. View event
Heritage Open Days: West Berkshire Museum
  • Saturday 13th September, 10:30am - Until Sunday 14th September, 3:00pm
Heritage Open Days is England's largest festival of history and culture. Stories are told, traditions explored, and histories brought to life. It’s your chance to see hidden places and try out new experiences... View event
Heritage Open Days - Shaw House
  • Sunday 14th September 11:00am until 4:00pm
Heritage Open Days is England's largest festival of history and culture. View event