Surrey Museums Month 2010: Calendar of Events DATE ACTIVITY TIME COST & LOCATION EVENT TYPE BOOKING (click location for weblink) EVENTS, TOURS, TALKS & WORKSHOPS (scroll down for Exhibitions and National Trust events) 1-30 April Family Fun Activities at Farnham Museum Drop in 10am-5pm Tues to Free Farnham Museum Children & whenever the museum is open to try some Easter themed Sat Call 01252 715094 Families crafts. for more details 1-30 April Children and family activities including felt making, 10am-5pm Tues to Admission by Haslemere Children & geology for the young, creating sculpture and pond dipping. Sat donation. Educational Museum Families Contact the museum for further details and bookings. Call Kay Topping on 01428 642112 for more details. 1-April The Gardens and Plants of Madeira by Guest Lunchtime talk 1pm- Free talk. Admission Painshill Park, Talks Speaker Marie-Elaine Houghton Madeira’s unique 1.30pm prices apply if you Cobham climate has allowed its gardeners to choose from an also wish to visit the extensive palette of temperate and tropical species to create landscape. Call a range of gardens that reflect their owners’ origins and 01932 868113 for influences. At the Jardim Botanico in Funchal, collections of more details. endemics and exotics create a colourful tapestry, while the Monte Palace garden uses shades of green to recreate the feel of a Japanese garden but with a tropical twist. Likewise, the Blandy’s garden at Quinto do Palheiro Ferreiro is an English garden with collections of camellias and Australasian and South African species while Quinta do Boa Vista mixes English and Portuguese influences with a famous collection of orchids. Come along and discover an island of flowers where the familiar and the exotic sit side by side to create a unique horticultural experience. 1-April The History of Sunbury Regatta A talk by Nick 8pm start For more details call Spelthorne Museum Talks Pollard Nick Pollard on 01932 PLEASE NOTE: Unless stated, talks are held upstairs in 564585. Staines Methodist Church, Thames Street 1-5 April Easter Eco Garden The plants in the gardens at Painshill 12noon-4pm Admission prices Painshill Park, Children & Park are bursting into life. Come along to our drop-in family apply. For more Cobham Families workshop where you can have some fun planting seeds. details call 01932 Start with creating your very own pot, and then get your 868113 hands dirty filling it with lovely mucky earth. You can plant some wonderful seeds and then take the pot home to water it, and watch the seeds grow. What you plant will turn into food and then the best bit of all is that you can EAT what you have grown – yum, yum. This event is great fun for all ages and no advance booking is required. 1-17 April 'Keep Calm and Carry On' Free drop-in craft related Normal opening Free Surrey History Centre, Children & family activities about Surrey during World War 2. hours apply. See Woking Families PLEASE NOTE: Parents and guardians are responsible for website for details or children at all times. call Kate Stuart Tel: 01483 518737. 2-April Easter Family Falconry Fun Day: To celebrate Easter 11am - 5pm See website for cost Dapdune Wharf/Wey Children & this year we are looking at the magic of birds in flight! Join us details or call 01483 Navigation Families for two displays during the day, children's activities and trail. 561389 PLEASE NOTE: Numbers will be limited, so get here early. 2-17 April Easter Activities Drop in any time during opening Tues-Sat 10am-5pm Free Godalming Museum Children & hours to produce beautiful window hangers and cards using Call for more details Families original stained glass designs by Rachel Mulligan. Pick up an on 01483 426510 entry form fot the Godalming Band photo competition. PLEASE NOTE: Children must be accompanied by an adult. 2-18 April Easter Hunt Find the clues in the Canal Centre grounds to Simply turn up and £2 per child. For more Basingstoke Canal Children & claim your prize! PLEASE NOTE: Children must be take part. details call 01252 Visitor Centre, Families accompanied by an adult. 370073 Mytchett 3-April * Fun at the Farm * Surrey Museums Month launch 11am-4pm £4.50 Chertsey Museum Children & event. Join us on Abbeyfield in Chertsey to see our visiting For more details call Families farm with all sorts of creatures to pet, and visit the museum 01932 565764 to try your hand at making your own animal mask! Surrey Museums Month 2010: Calendar of Events DATE ACTIVITY TIME COST & LOCATION EVENT TYPE BOOKING (click location for weblink) 3-April Afghanistan Exhibition opening event (see Exhibitions) 12noon-4pm Free Royal Logistic Corps, Exhibition opening Call Andy Camberley event Robertshaw on 01252 833371 for details. 3-April Steam Toy Rally Hundreds of working miniature steam 10am-5pm Admission charges Rural Life Centre, Event engines return to the museum. apply. See website Tilford for details or call 01252 795571 3-4 April Woking Canal Festival Boats of all shapes, sizes and See website for For more details call Basingstoke Canal Children & colours. Decorated boat competition, play area and location details and 01252 370073 Visitor Centre, Families garden; craft & charity stalls, model boats & public boat times. Mytchett trips. 4-April Easter Chick hunt Come and join in the fun on our Easter 10am-5pm Admission charges Rural Life Centre, Children & Chick hunt around the Rural Life Centre's open air site! apply. See website Tilford Families for details or call 01252 795571 5-April Charity Easter Egg hunt on behalf of the Childbirth 10am to 12noon Donations welcome. Bourne Hall Museum, Children & Trust For more details call Ewell Families David Brooks on 020 8394 1734 5-April Easter Chick hunt Come and join in the fun on our 10am-5pm Admission charges Rural Life Centre, Children & Easter Chick hunt around the Rural Life Centre's open apply. See website Tilford Families air site! for details or call 01252 795571 6-April Beastly Bugs: Ages 6-12. Create bugs out of pipe 11am-12.30pm or £4.50 Chertsey Museum Children & cleaners, plasticine and foam shapes. You can decide 2pm-3.30pm For more details and Families whether they are friendly creatures or scary ones! bookings call Sally PLEASE NOTE: Must be booked in advance. Russell on 01932 565764 6-April Easter Egg & Spoon Obstacle Course: Come along 12noon-4pm Admission charges Painshill Park Children & with all the family and take the egg and spoon obstacle apply. For more Families course challenge set within the springtime woods. You have details call 01932 to make sure you don’t drop your egg as you run, jump, climb 868113 and crawl your way through the fiendish eggy obstacle course. Will you need an egg start or will you do egg- celently? We hope you don’t end up with egg on your face. Dress for the great outdoors and come and have some healthy fun! This event is great fun for all ages and no advance booking is required. 6-April Tours of The Lightbox 11am – 11.30am Free entry. The Lightbox Tours & Talks Find out what influenced key decisions and discover the Donations welcome. environmental considerations made by the architects and For more details call what makes The Lightbox so special. 01483 737800 PLEASE NOTE: Numbers and limited to 12 places. Advance booking advised. 6-April Funky Fans Drop-in Family Workshop Ages 4+. Come Drop in anytime from Free entry. The Lightbox, Woking Children & & make your own paper fans to take home. 1.30pm-4pm Donations welcome. Families PLEASE NOTE: Children must be accompanied by an adult. For more details call 01483 737800 6-16 April Easter Holiday Family Activities Including our ever- 10am-5pm Admission charges Brooklands Museum Children & popular car rides on the Members' Banking (subject to apply. See website Families weather and operating restrictions), double-decker London for details. bus rides provided by Cobham Bus Museum (both of these For activity details call activities are available for a donation of £1 or more), our Virginia Price on 'Drawing Brooklands' Trail for 7-11 year olds and the 'Bertie 01932 857381 Bear Hunt' for our younger visitors. 7-April Windy Windmills: Age 6-12. Construct and decorate your 11am-12.30pm or £4.50 Chertsey Museum Children & own mini windmills to put into your garden or home and 2pm-3.30pm For more details and Families watch it turn in the wind! bookings call Sally PLEASE NOTE: Must be booked in advance. Russell on 01932 565764 Surrey Museums Month 2010: Calendar of Events DATE ACTIVITY TIME COST & LOCATION EVENT TYPE BOOKING (click location for weblink) 7-April Animation School Ages 8-16 10.30am – 1pm £30 per child/ young The Lightbox, Woking Children & Young Join Lesley Adams, Animation Tutor from University of the person. For details People Creative Arts, Farnham, to explore a variety of different and bookings call animation techniques including pixilation, cut out and Lynn Yeo on 01483 plasticine modelling. Participants will get a DVD of their 737800 animations after the workshops. PLEASE NOTE: Participants should be able to attend both workshop sessions. All materials included. Advance booking required. 7-April Plain Stripe Check artists talk about their exhibition: a Drinks 5pm-5.30pm. £5 per ticket (includes Crafts Study Centre, Talks collaboration between English weaver Tim Parry-Williams Talks 5.30-6pm glass of wine or soft Farnham and kimono weaver Ikuko Ida. (Scroll down to Exhibitions for drink). more information). For more details and PLEASE NOTE: Advance booking essential booking call 01252 891450 7-April Home Front Day Join us in the dark days of World War II 10.30-12noon and £3 per person for Bourne Hall Museum, Children & and see how Private Bowring and his wife, coped with life at 2pm-3.30pm either am.