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r oFREE ENTRYMuseum of London

150 London Wall, London, EC2Y 5HN

Barbican, St Paul’s, Moorgate

 Liverpool Street, City Thameslink

4, 8, 25, 56, 100, 172, 242, 521

FREE ENTRYMuseum of London Docklands

West India Quay, London, E14 4AL

West India Quay (14 mins rom Bank)

Canary Whar (11 mins rom Waterloo)

 15, 115, 135, 277, D3, D6, D7, D8

For our ull programme o events or

children o all ages or or more inormation

visit www.museumoflondon.org.uk/families or call 020 7001 9844. Sign

up to enews to be the irst to ind out

about events throughout the year at

www.museumoflondon.org.uk/enews and be entered into our draw to

win an iPod nano! Terms and conditions apply.

Events all year roundEvery Sunday at the Museum of London and

Saturday at the Museum of LondonDocklands, plus during the school holidays,

we put on FREE amily events that support

learning at school as part o a great day out!

Events include:

• storytelling

• workshops

• drama

• art… and much more!

Under 5sLearn, play and explore in our regular sessions

or under 5s and their carers during term time

and the holidays.

Find out more at

www.museumoflondon.org.uk/families

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Spend the day together as a family

Free events at the Museum of London

Docklands at warSat 19 Feb, 12.30-1.30pm & 2.30-3.30pm

Hear stories o Docklands during wartime and create

your own identity card to take home.

FREE 5+

Boggling puzzlesSun 20 Feb, 12.30-1.30pm & 2.30-3.30pm

Design and create your own unique puzzle games to

take home.

FREE 5+

Wind and sailsMon 21 Feb, 11am – 12.30pm & 1.30-3pm

Experiment with wind, sails and more, then make

your own kite to take home!

FREE 2-5 yrs

Transorming objectsTue 22 Feb, 12.30-1.30pm & 2.30-3.30pm

Give unusual objects in our collection a new lieusing collage and computer animation.

FREE 5+

Cars and planesTue 22 Feb, 11.30am – 12pm & 1.30-2pm

Find out all about cars and planes made in London.

FREE 5+

Isambard Kingdom BrunelWed 23 Feb, 12.30-1pm, 2.30-3pm & 3.30-4pm

Meet Isambard Kingdom Brunel, the great engineer

o bridges, ships and much more.

FREE 5+

Enter a Victorian photographWed 23 & Fri 25 Feb, 12.30-1.30pm & 2.30-3.30pm

Create ctional Victorian characters then dress up

and enter a photograph rom the time.

FREE 7+

Paper scienceThu 24 Feb, 11.30am – 1pm & 2-3.30pm

Does paper always tear in a straight line? Come

and have a ripping time with our conservators and

experiment with dierent types o paper.

FREE 5+

The ghost chicken o Pond SquareThu 24 Feb, 12.30-1pm, 2.30-3pm & 3.30-4pmDiscover the story o the rst rozen chicken.

FREE 5+

The marvellous story o Vincent LunardiFri 25 & Sun 27 Feb, 12.30-1pm, 2.30-3pm &3.30-4pm

 Join us to hear the story o Vincent Lunardi and his

amazing fight.

FREE 4+

Impossible engineeringSat 26 Feb, 12.30-1.30pm & 2.30-3.30pm

Cut and paste parts o machines, buildings and

boats to make a digital collage o antastic imaginary

creations.FREE 5+

I you’re looking or something un and ree or all the amily to do then visit theMuseum of London and the Museum of London Docklands or a great day outthat everyone can enjoy!

Free events at the Museum of London Docklands

Sharpen upSat 19 & Sun 20 Feb, 11am – 1pm & 1.30-3.30pm

Find out how prehistoric people made stone tools.

FREE 5+

Putting your nger on itSat 19 & Fri 25 Feb, 12.30-2pm & 2.30-4pm

Find out about inventor Francis Galton and have a

go at some real science.

FREE 5+

Edmund and his cometSun 20 & Mon 21 Feb, 1-1.30pm & 2-2.30pm &3-3.30pm

Hear the story o how this Londoner showed that

science could explain the appearances o a comet.

FREE 5+

How did they make that?Mon 21 Feb, 12-2pm

Find out how medieval cratsmen made everydayitems such as pins, buckles and buttons.

FREE 5+

London bonesTue 22 Feb, 11.30am – 12.15pm, 1-1.45pm &2.30-3.15pm

What can we learn by studying skeletons? Discover

the secrets bones hold.

FREE but tickets allocated on arrival 5+

Perect planesTue 22, Wed 23 & Thu 24 Feb, 12.30-2pm &2.30-4pm

Learn the science behind making the perect paper

plane, then make your own.FREE 5+

Paper science – rip, blot, colour and traceWed 23 Feb, 11.30am – 1pm & 2-3.30pm

Does paper always tear in a straight line? Come

and have a ripping time with our conservators and

experiment with dierent types o paper.

FREE 5+

Crazy creepy crawliesWed 23 Feb, 11-11.30am, 12-12.30pm & 2-2.30pm

Find out about the bugs and insects that live at the

Museum o London then make your own colourul

creepy crawlies to take home.FREE but tickets allocated on arrival 2-5 yrs

Saxon machineryThu 24 & Fri 25 Feb, 11.30am – 1pm & 1.30-3pm

Come and see a Saxon lathe in use and nd out what

antastic things it has produced.

FREE 5+

Explosive history!Sat 26 & Sun 27 Feb, 12.30-2pm & 2.30-4pm

Visitors to Vauxhall Pleasure Gardens were treated

to spectacular nightly reworks. See i you can

recreate the magic in this art workshop.

FREE 5+

Characters rom history: IsambardKingdom BrunelSat 26 Feb, 1-1.30pm, 2-2.30pm & 3-3.30pm

Meet Isambard Kingdom Brunel, the great engineer

o bridges, ships and much more.

FREE 5+

Characters rom history: 1920s litattendantSun 27 Feb, 1-1.30pm, 2-2.30pm & 3-3.30pm

Meet one o the lit attendants rom Selridges and

hear about some o the new inventions that can be

bought in the store.

FREE 5+