Free
Family Fun! half term at Derby Museums 15 - 23 February Join us for a whole week of exciting activities celebrating Chinese New Year, railway heritage and our collections. We have some very special friends with us this week – live reptiles, harvest mice and dancing Chinese Lions! We also have creative crafts and objects to handle. All events are free and suitable for families. No need to book, drop in! Turn over for all the details! Keep in touch with us @derbymuseums @derbysilkmill facebook.com/derbymuseums facebook.com/derbysilkmill MUSEUM and ART GALLERY | THE STRAND | DERBY | DE1 1BS THE SILK MILL | SILK MILL LANE | DERBY | DE1 3AF PICKFORD’S HOUSE | 41 FRIAR GATE | DERBY | DE1 1DA T: 01332 641901 | derbymuseums.org
Derby museums 15 - 23 February all events suitable for families Just drop in - no booking required!
roll out the rolling stock Thursday 20 February 10am-12noon and 1-3pm Pickford’s House Chug along to create your own 3D railway carriage and loco engines!
Chinese new year
tea time trains
Saturday 15 February 11am-3pm Museum & Art Gallery
Thursday 20 February 3-6pm The Silk Mill
Celebrate the end of Chinese New Year with craft activities, lion dancers and objects from the collection. Take a fortune cookie to see what the future holds!
Put yourself in the driver’s seat, enjoy railway crafts and visit the Midland Railway Study Centre.
Chinese Lion Dancers Performing at 11.30am and 2pm
marvellous mice
make and take!
Friday 21 February 11am-3pm Museum & Art Gallery
Sunday 16 February 11am-3pm The Silk Mill
Meet some friendly harvest mice, follow the tail trail and make your own mouse to take home.
Think big, think vast, be part of our Re:Make pom-pom seating project. Think small, think teeny-weeny and create your own pom-pom jewellery or crazy critter to take away.
Dinosaur Day
random robots
Saturday 22 February 11am-3pm Museum & Art Gallery
Tuesday 18 February 10am-12noon and 1-3pm Pickford’s House
Meet some real-life reptiles with the Animal Roadshow! Make dinosaur crafts and follow our pre-historic trail it’s going to be ROAR-some!
Get back to the future and create your own collaged robot from paper clips, screws, washers and buttons!
Reptile handling sessions 11am, 12noon, 1.15pm and 2.15pm
handbags and Gladrags Wednesday 19 February 10am-12noon and 1-3pm Pickford’s House Make a card in the shape of a handbag, hat, shirt or tie and then decorate it to suit your own taste.
make and take! Sunday 23 February 11am-3pm The Silk Mill Create and customise your very own Bristle-Bot mechanical ‘creature’ and race against your friends for the honour of fastest Bristle-Bot in Derby!