Family Fun, Kids Events
- Sunday 5th May 11:00am until 4:00pm
Let your hair down and enjoy a royal visit from the tower princess and her roguish prince! With a fun sing-a-long, themed games and story time.
- Wednesday 29th May 10:00am until 3:00pm
Tree-mendous! - Make and decorate a 3D pre-cut card tree with felt tip pens, foam stickers and other craft materials.
- Friday 31st May 10:00am until 3:00pm
Sacred scarabs – Make a scarab beetle, often found on Ancient Egyptian amulets worn by the living, from air-drying clay and then paint.
- Thursday 25th July 9:00am until 5:00pm
Become an Arts Award explorer this summer!
As an explorer, your child will take part in arts and crafts and find out more about West Berkshire Museum and the Ancient Egyptians as they complete their Arts...
- Wednesday 31st July 10:00am until 3:00pm
Nature rocks! - With paint pens, decorate a painting stone with your favourite animal, minibeast, bird or plant. Take home to display inside or outside.
- Friday 2nd August 10:00am until 3:00pm
Captivating Cartouches – Cartouches showed the name in hieroglyphics of an important person or God and were thought to protect against evil spirits in this life and the afterlife. Using air-drying clay,...
- Sunday 4th August 5:00pm until 8:00pm
Following the success of Twelfth Night, Immersion Theatre are thrilled to be reviving their acclaimed production of Shakespeare’s funniest, most magical comedy of all: A Midsummer Night’s Dream!
- Wednesday 7th August 10:00am until 3:00pm
Fans of Nature - Use felt tip pens to decorate a paper and wooden fan with your favourite animals and plants. Be inspired by the flora and fauna you can find in the garden at Shaw House!
- Friday 9th August 10:00am until 3:00pm
Magnificent Mummies – Make a person from a wooden dolly peg and modelling dough. Then fully or partially wrap up the person like an Ancient Egyptian mummy using small strips of Mod Roc as bandages.
- Wednesday 14th August 10:00am until 3:00pm
Floral Fun - Inspired by the flowers in bloom in the garden at Shaw House, make a fridge or magnetic board holder in the shape of a flower. Use a wooden clothes peg, magnet, foam or felt pieces, and colour...
- Friday 16th August 10:00am until 3:00pm
Curious Canopics – The Ancient Egyptians used four canopic jars in the mummification process, one for each organ of the body. Make your own mini version of one of these jars from air-drying clay.
- Friday 23rd August 10:00am until 3:00pm
Great Gods! - Make a real or imaginary Ancient Egyptian animal or bird headed God using air-drying clay and wooden modelling tools.
- Wednesday 28th August 10:00am until 3:00pm
Wildlife Unmasked! - Design and decorate a flocked mask as your favourite animal, bird or minibeast using pens and other craft materials.
- Friday 30th August 10:00am until 3:00pm
Super Shabtis - Make a shabti from air-drying clay and paint. Shabtis were put in an Ancient Egyptian tomb and acted as the servant for the dead person in the afterlife.
- Saturday 7th September, 10:30am - Until Sunday 8th 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...
- Sunday 8th September 11:00am until 4:00pm
Join us in the Great Hall for introductory talks about the history of the House at 11.30am, 12.30, 1.30pm, 2.30pm and then explore the House, exhibition rooms and our historic costume exhibition ‘Dressed...