What’s On Events Calendar

Learn about the Ancient Egyptian gods Sekmet and Bastet and make a colourful lion spinner.

• Accessible
• Creative
• Holiday activities
• Family friendly
• Children and families
• Everyone

Join us for family activities inspired by our exhibition, Shakespeare Recovered. Drop in, all welcome, aged 5-12

• Creative
• Exhibition
• Exhibitions
• Holiday activities
• Family friendly
• Children and families

Join us at the Oriental Museum on Wednesday mornings for Little Dragons, our FREE session for children under 5 and their families/carers. Each session will be packed full of exploring the museum galleries, fun craft activities, singing, games and stories.

• Creative
• Public
• Family friendly
• Under 5s

Take inspiration from the heavenly Korean jewellery on display made artist Seeun Kim and make your own brooch.

• Accessible
• Creative
• Holiday activities
• Family friendly
• Children and families
• Everyone

Uncover the mysteries of the Indus Valley civilisation, try decorating in geometric patterns and try our online Indus exhibition.

• Accessible
• Creative
• Holiday activities
• Family friendly
• Children and families
• Everyone

Check out our new Telling Tales exhibition and make your own theatre-style mask.

• Accessible
• Creative
• Holiday activities
• Family friendly
• Children and families
• Everyone

Join us for family activities inspired by our exhibition, Shakespeare Recovered. Drop in, all welcome, aged 5-12

• Creative
• Exhibition
• Exhibitions
• Holiday activities
• Family friendly
• Children and families

Join us at the Oriental Museum on Wednesday mornings for Little Dragons, our FREE session for children under 5 and their families/carers. Each session will be packed full of exploring the museum galleries, fun craft activities, singing, games and stories.

• Creative
• Public
• Family friendly
• Under 5s

Explore our community exhibition and a special Chinese plate, then make your own plate of positivity decorate with things that inspire you.

• Accessible
• Creative
• Holiday activities
• Family friendly
• Children and families
• Everyone

Learn about the Japanese tea ceremony, get hands on with Japanese objects and decorate your own tea bowl.

• Accessible
• Creative
• Holiday activities
• Family friendly
• Children and families
• Everyone

Spot the crystal bird perching in the Silk Roads Gallery and make your own birdy mobile.

• Accessible
• Creative
• Holiday activities
• Family friendly
• Children and families
• Everyone

Join us at the Oriental Museum on Wednesday mornings for Little Dragons, our FREE session for children under 5 and their families/carers. Each session will be packed full of exploring the museum galleries, fun craft activities, singing, games and stories.

• Creative
• Public
• Family friendly
• Under 5s

Paint your own colourful Indian-style mandala onto fabric.

• Accessible
• Creative
• Holiday activities
• Family friendly
• Children and families
• Everyone

Join us at the Oriental Museum on Wednesday mornings for Little Dragons, our FREE session for children under 5 and their families/carers. Each session will be packed full of exploring the museum galleries, fun craft activities, singing, games and stories.

• Creative
• Public
• Family friendly
• Under 5s

Spot the intricately carved wooden face, roots and all, and make your own fantastical face collage.

• Accessible
• Creative
• Family friendly
• Children and families
• Everyone

Join us at the Oriental Museum on Wednesday mornings for Little Dragons, our FREE session for children under 5 and their families/carers. Each session will be packed full of exploring the museum galleries, fun craft activities, singing, games and stories.

• Creative
• Public
• Family friendly
• Under 5s

Find out about Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year festival, and make a shofar musical instrument

• Accessible
• Creative
• Family friendly
• Children and families
• Everyone

Join us at the Oriental Museum on Wednesday mornings for Little Dragons, our FREE session for children under 5 and their families/carers. Each session will be packed full of exploring the museum galleries, fun craft activities, singing, games and stories.

• Creative
• Public
• Family friendly
• Under 5s

Join Associate Professor Emily Rohrbach of Durham University as she explores Romantic poet John Keats's creative encounter with his predecessor Shakespeare, focusing on the young poet’s engagement with Shakespeare through his facsimile copy of the 1623 folio. In that book, Keats inscribed an original poem in the space left by the printer between the end of Hamlet and the beginning of King Lear.

• Lecture
• Outreach & community
• Public
• Talks, training, seminars & conferences
• Everyone

Spot the first signs of autumn and make some autumn leaf art.

• Accessible
• Creative
• Family friendly
• Children and families
• Everyone