MakeIt! Christmas Lanterns
We're getting ready for the big Christmas light switch on!
Join us during the morning and get ready for Folkestone's Christmas light switch on, which is later in the day, by making a very festive lantern!
This activity will run in the displays on our lower ground floor from 10.30am to 12.30pm - please note that there isn't an afternoon session. The workshop is suitable for ages 4-11, but if you're older or younger you'll still be more than welcome.
No booking is necessary, although if it gets a little busy we may have to limit numbers for everyone's comfort and safety. Please note that due to preparations for the Christmas light switch you may have to use the cinema front door or the Museum's rear entrance in Market Place.
Activities are FREE with but a donation (suggested £2.00 per child) towards workshop materials is appreciated.
For further details CLICK HERE to go to our contact form, call 01303 257946 and select option 0 (office hours only) or call into Folkestone Museum & Town Hall.
For more details of the big switch on and times of performances CLICK HERE.
Christmas Adult Craft Workshop with Catherine Farr
Overwhelmed by pre-Christmas preparations? Rushed off your feet with Christmas shopping? Join Folkestone Museum for a relaxing and stress-free afternoon of adult crafting!
Led by local artist Catherine Farr, this two hour workshop introduces participants to two Victorian paper-crafting techniques: decoupage and marbling. Design and make your own personalised Christmas tree decoration (it also makes an ideal gift!) and beautiful, environmentally-friendly gift wrap to take home. Catherine Farr is a local artist and teacher, to learn more about her visit https://www.catherinefarr.com/
Please note these workshops are not suitable for children under the age of 14 and those under 16 must be accompanied by a paying adult.
Booking
£10.00 per person including materials and festive refreshments! As with most of they tend to fill up quickly and for this one we're limited to 15 places. For further details CLICK HERE to go to our contact form, call 01303 257946 and select option 0 (office hours only) or call into Folkestone Museum & Town Hall to buy your ticket and reserve your place.
Autumn Half-Term - Halloween
Ghoulish goings on for half-term!
Looking for something for your little monsters to do over the Autumn half-term, we probably have the answer!
Saturday 21st October - Haunted house collage and colouring
Wednesday 25th October - Bats, hats & wings
Thursday 26th October - Halloween shadow puppets
Friday 27th October - Ghostly suncatcher and trick or treat basket
Activities run downstairs in our learning space (10.30am-12.00pm and 1.00pm-3.00pm) and are suitable for ages 4-11, but if you're older or younger you'll still be more than welcome.
No booking is necessary, although if it gets a little busy we may have limits numbers for everyone's comfort and safety; a voluntary donation towards materials would be gratefully received.
For further details CLICK HERE to go to our contact form, call 01303 257946 and select option 0 (office hours only) or call into Folkestone Museum & Town Hall.
MakeIt! Eanswythe's Day - Anglo-Saxon Runes
Anglo-Saxon Alphabet pendants!
Folkestone's patron saint St Eanswythe has her feast day every 12th of September. Eanswythe lived during the mid-600s - the time of the Anglo-Saxons; they used runes as a form of writing.
We'll be making our own runes in celebration of Eanswythe, suggested donation £2.50 per participant.
Activities run downstairs in our learning space (11am-12.45pm and 1.30pm-3.30pm) and are suitable for ages 4-11, but if you're older or younger you'll still be more than welcome.
No booking is necessary, although if it gets a little busy we may have limits numbers for everyone's comfort and safety.
For further details CLICK HERE to go to our contact form, call 01303 257946 and select option 0 (office hours only) or call into Folkestone Museum & Town Hall.
Summer Holidays - Fossils & Dinosaurs
What left the three-clawed footprint on a Folkestone beach 120 million years ago???
This week we're exploring the the fossils of Folkestone for the last few days of the summer holidays.
Wednesday 30th August Steve Friedrich's fossil roadshow
Thursday 31st August Dinosaur babies (life size interactive puppets) roaming the Museum
Friday 1st September Pterodactyl gliders
Saturday 2nd September Tricera'toss' game
Activities run downstairs in our learning space (11am-12.45pm and 1.30pm-3.30pm) and are suitable for ages 4-11, but if you're older or younger you'll still be more than welcome.
Please note that last entry to the activity is 30 minutes before the session ends; 12.15pm and 3.00pm respectively.
No booking is necessary, although if it gets a little busy we may have limits numbers for everyone's comfort and safety, a voluntary donation towards materials would be gratefully received.
For further details CLICK HERE to go to our contact form, call 01303 257946 and select option 0 (office hours only) or call into Folkestone Museum & Town Hall.
Summer Holidays - Myths & Legends
We're off to the ancient Mediterranean to explore myth & legend!
Trojan horses, medusa and the fearsome cyclops; we're taking this week's inspiration from Greek myths for our make & take holiday activities.
Activities run downstairs in our learning space (11am-12.45pm and 1.30pm-3.30pm) and are suitable for ages 4-11, but if you're older or younger you'll still be more than welcome.
Please note that last entry to the activity is 30 minutes before the session ends; 12.15pm and 3.00pm respectively.
No booking is necessary, although if it gets a little busy we may have limits numbers for everyone's comfort and safety, a voluntary donation towards materials would be gratefully received.
For further details CLICK HERE to go to our contact form, call 01303 257946 and select option 0 (office hours only) or call into Folkestone Museum & Town Hall.
Summer Holidays - Pirates & Smugglers
Arrrr me hearties!
We're casting the net a bit wider then Folkestone's own maritime traditions. Tales of smuggling, piracy on the high seas, this week we're making wanted posters, miniature treasure chests... And on Saturday we're joined by the redoubtable Commander Blunt AKA the pirate Edward Teach; who'll be teaching you all the tricks of the pirate trade! learn more about Commander Blunt by clicking HERE.
Activities run downstairs in our learning space (11am-12.45pm and 1.30pm-3.30pm) and are suitable for ages 4-11, but if you're older or younger you'll still be more than welcome.
Please note that last entry to the activity is 30 minutes before the session ends; 12.15pm and 3.00pm respectively.
No booking is necessary, although if it gets a little busy we may have limits numbers for everyone's comfort and safety, a voluntary donation towards materials would be gratefully received.
For further details CLICK HERE to go to our contact form, call 01303 257946 and select option 0 (office hours only) or call into Folkestone Museum & Town Hall.
Summer Holidays - Trains to the Seaside
All aboard - the train is now departing!
The railway arrived in Folkestone 180 years ago, with the towns first station opening on the 28th June 1843. The arrival of the railway would lead Folkestone grow more than ten times the size it was beforehand - that's how important the railway was! We'll be making steam engine driver hats, green & red guards flags (whistles optional) and also building a railway themed window displays during the week.
Activities run downstairs in our learning space (11am-12.45pm and 1.30pm-3.30pm) and are suitable for ages 4-11, but if you're older or younger you'll still be more than welcome.
Please note that last entry to the activity is 30 minutes before the session ends; 12.15pm and 3.00pm respectively.
No booking is necessary, although if it gets a little busy we may have limits numbers for everyone's comfort and safety, a voluntary donation towards materials would be gratefully received.
For further details CLICK HERE to go to our contact form, call 01303 257946 and select option 0 (office hours only) or call into Folkestone Museum & Town Hall.
Summer Holidays - Collectors & Curiosities
Follow in the footsteps of the first collectors!
The idea of museums and collections really starts 400 years ago when keen collectors put together cabinets of curiosity - a cabinet, sometimes a whole room or even hall, full of strange and wonderful things. This week we'll be making our owns cabinets for our younger visitors to put their treasured things in. We'll also be making things to put in them - ancient clay tablets with special messages, fossil footprints and local artist Catherine Farr will be using feathers and leaves to make prints (collagraphs) on Thursday 3rd August.
Please note that last entry to the activity is 30 minutes before the session ends; 12.15pm and 3.00pm respectively.
Please note there will be no activities on Saturday 5th August
Activities run downstairs in our learning space (11am-12.45pm and 1.30pm-3.30pm) and are suitable for ages 4-11, but if you're older or younger you'll still be more than welcome.
No booking is necessary, although if it gets a little busy we may have limits numbers for everyone's comfort and safety, a voluntary donation towards materials would be gratefully received.
For further details CLICK HERE to go to our contact form, call 01303 257946 and select option 0 (office hours only) or call into Folkestone Museum & Town Hall.
Summer Holidays - Festival of Archaeology 2023 - The Egyptians
Its the Council for British Archaeology's 2023 Festival of Archaeology!
This year's theme is 'Archaeology and Creativity', so we're heading to the land of the Pharaoh's for a make & take activity. Throughout the week we'll be looking at mummies & sarcophagus', cartouches & hieroglyphs and Egyptian clothing.
Activities run downstairs in our learning space (11am-12.45pm and 1.30pm-3.30pm) and are suitable for ages 4-11, but if you're older or younger you'll still be more than welcome.
Please note that last entry to the activity is 30 minutes before the session ends; 12.15pm and 3.00pm respectively.
No booking is necessary, although if it gets a little busy we may have limits numbers for everyone's comfort and safety, a voluntary donation towards materials would be gratefully received.
For further details CLICK HERE to go to our contact form, call 01303 257946 and select option 0 (office hours only) or call into Folkestone Museum & Town Hall.