30 great indoor events for the bank holiday weekend - Telegraph.co.uk

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30 great indoor events for the bank holiday weekend - Telegraph.co.uk Posted: 30 Apr 2016 12:00 AM PDT Museums 1. Building Bridges children's workshop, Andrew Carnegie Birthplace Museum, Fife, Scotland Step back to the 19th century and discover how Andrew Carnegie emigrated from Scotland to America to become the richest man in the world. This special workshop, suitable for children ages three plus, will explore Scotland's highly-photogenic Forth Bridge and teach children how to "build their own".  Today, 2pm, free, carnegiebirthplace.com 2. Museum of Somerset Roman Family Fun Day, Taunton, Somerset Taunton's family-friendly museum is open all weekend but today hosts a drop-in day centred on "Roman objects and activities" – appropriate since the museum is home to the largest collection of Roman coins ever discovered in Britain, among other fascinating exhibits such as the Afghan dagger or the Barwell Bear skull.  Today, 11am-3.30pm, free, museumofsomerset.org.uk 3. Anglo-Saxon Staffordshire Day, Staffordshire To celebrate the 1,000th anniversary of the creation of the county of Staffordshire the Potteries Museum & Art Gallery will take you back to the Anglo-Saxons in this re-enactment experience. Visitors are invited to attend the court of King Penda and encounter a range of characters including an ambassador from Kent, a soldier, a princess and craft workers. May 1, 11am-4pm, free, stokemuseums.org.uk 4. The National Glass Centre, Sunderland Watch the experts pull burning blobs from furnaces and craft them into recognisable shapes. Demos are free and run throughout the day. Every weekend, 10am-5pm, free, nationalglasscentre.com 5. Family Astronomy at the Kielder Observatory, Northumberland The observatory is in Kielder Forest, which has some of the darkest skies in Europe. Tonight's family astronomy session centres on an interactive tour of the universe and a lesson in how to use telescopes.  Today, 5pm to 6.30pm, adults £18.15, children £16.50,kielderobservatory.org 6. Audley End House and Gardens, Essex Characters from above and below stairs will don Victorian costumes to take over this English Heritage Jacobean mansion for the weekend. Look out for the chef, Mrs Crocombe, and her green cucumber ice cream. Every weekend, 11am-4pm, adults £18.30, children £11, english-heritage.org.uk 7. Clara Button and the Magical Hat, V&A Museum, London Join Clara Button and her brother for an interactive play (all participants must wear hats) that travels around the museum. Suitable for all ages. Today, free, vam.ac.uk 8. Imperial War Museum Duxford, Cambridgeshire Borrow an activity backpack, full of exciting challenges for all the family, and follow a trail around key objects in the Airspace exhibition. The backpack also contains aviation-themed items to try on so that visitors can identify with the people and objects that inspired the exhibition.  April 30-May 2, 10am-3pm, adults £18, children £9, iwm.org.uk 9. Country houses, Tatton Park, Cheshire Celebrate 100 years since the birth of Roald Dahl by delving into Tatton Park's fascinating exhibitions about the wickedly funny storyteller. Cover to Cover features Dahl book jackets, while children can enter the curious world of Matilda and follow her mischief-making trail. Until October 2, adults £6, children £4, family (2 adults and up to 3 children) £16, tattonpark.org.uk 10. Tudor May Day at Speke Hall, Merseyside Visit one of the finest surviving Tudor manor houses to find out what life as a Tudor was really like. As well as shopping at the Tudor market stalls, watch the Tudor gentleman and ladies glide through Elizabeth I's favourite dance.  May 1-2, 11am-4.30pm, adults £8.90, children £4.40, nationaltrust.org.uk 11. Holker Hall Art Market, Cumbria Snap up an original piece of art from some of the best artists from Cumbria and the North West. The art market will take place in marquees in Holker Hall's courtyard. May 1, 10.30am-4.30pm, free, artcumbria.com 12. Fashion to Dye For, Killerton, Devon Colourful exhibition featuring outfits in every conceivable shade from the National Trust's largest costume collection. Find out why black is associated with mourning, white with weddings and why red is seen as racy but was also a masculine colour in the Tudor period.  April 30-June 6, 11am-4pm, adults £10.50, children £5.25, family £26.25, National Trust members free, killerton@nationaltrust.org.uk Food and drink 13. Lumley Castle Mad Hatter's Tea Party, County Durham Celebrate 150 years of Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by attending your very own Mad Hatter's Tea Party. Take afternoon tea in surreal surroundings and listen to the songs and stories of the Mad Hatter himself. May 2, 2.30-5.50pm, adults £20, children £15.50 (3-12 yrs),lumleycastle.com 14. Bristol Food Connections, Bristol Multiple delicious events at locations all over the city, but centred on College Green. The Telegraph's Xanthe Clay will be among the celebrity guest speakers, cooks and demonstrators. For younger foodies there is worm-digging, food-related storytelling and junior chef competitions. There is street food and discount offers at restaurants and cafés all over the city. Until May 7, bristolfoodconnections.com 15. Henley on Food Festival, Oxfordshire Unite with local food lovers for a host of foodie events. From John Torode to Madeleine Shaw, the organisers behind Henley Literary Festival have laid on a feast of cookery sessions, discussions and tastings.  April 30-May 1, £7 day pass with children under 12 free, henleyonfood.com Art and design 16. Open Up Sheffield, South Yorkshire Budding young artists can find inspiration when artists across South Yorkshire and north Derbyshire open their studios to showcase everything from paintings, textile design and printmaking ceramics.  April 30-May 2, free, openupsheffield.co.uk 17. MADE LONDON, Bloomsbury, London Head to Bloomsbury to pick up ceramics, textiles, glass, wood and unique jewellery pieces direct from the makers. The bright sparks behind Made London in Marylebone and Brighton have brought together more than 100 artists and designers from across Europe. April 30-May 1, £7.50, madelondon-bloomsbury.org 18. Pick Me Up Graphic Arts Festival, Somerset House, London Now in its seventh year, Pick Me Up is an annual celebration of top illustrators and graphic artists. From 11am to 1pm today and tomorrow adults and children can take part in a "pinching and coiling" workshop to learn how to make and decorate a clay pot.  April 30-May 2, 10am-6pm, adults £10, concessions £8, pickmeup.somersethouse.org.uk Somerset House 19. Artists Open Houses Festival, Sussex Poke your nose into the fascinating spaces of Brighton and Hove's artists. More than 1,000 artists will throw open their doors to bring you everything from sculpture and painting to jewellery, ceramics and textiles. April 30-May 30, free, aoh.org.uk Railway adventures 20. Swindon and Cricklade Railway, Wiltshire Children can ride for free throughout the bank holiday on Wiltshire's only standard-gauge heritage railway. From April 30 to May 2 the handsome steam train No 4247, which was built 100 years ago, will be visiting from Bodmin.  All weekend, 10.30am-4pm, adults £10, swindon-cricklade-railway.org 21. Teddy Bear Days at Chinnor and Princes Risborough Railway, Buckinghamshire Bring your teddy bear or favourite cuddly toy on-board a Chinnor train and when an accompanying adult pays their appropriate fare, then one child aged three-15 years and their teddy will travel for free. Five trains from steam to vintage diesel are timetabled and a Bear Doctor will be on-board to check out all the teddies. May 1-2, adults £11, children free, chinnorrailway.co.uk Performance 22. Closer by Circa, Udderbelly Festival, Southbank, London Circa's talented cast of five give a hugely impressive acrobatic display in Closer, shifting from trapezes to ropes to floor-work with a healthy dose of humour, hula hoops and even a little audience participation thrown in.  Until June 12, from £16 per ticket, udderbelly.co.uk 23. My Friend Peter – The Beatrix Potter Musical, Berkshire 23 This family friendly folk musical is perfect for Beatrix Potter fans young and old. Unleash your imagination to the sound of rousing folk music, but the fantasy unravels when cruel twists of fate uncover a bittersweet reality behind the magic. May 1, 3pm-5pm, adults £12, children £10, family £40, southhillpark.org.uk Games and fun 24. International TableTop Day, Cardiff, Wales Rules of Play is a shop in the centre of Cardiff entirely dedicated to games of all denominations, from party games to card games to board games (in 2014 they opened "Wales' first dedicated board game bar"). Their TableTop day, held at the Angel Hotel, promises a Kids Zone full of family-friendly games, game tournaments and VIP professional gaming tables as well as chances to win game-related prizes.   Today, 10am-10pm, adults £5, children free. rulesofplay.co.uk 25. SeaQuarium Rhyl, Denbighshire With nine zones and a special sea lion cove, there's enough to entertain at SeaQuarium even if it wasn't Save the Frogs Awareness Week. In honour of this event staff are staging talks, "make your own frog" craft sessions and feeding demonstrations throughout the bank holiday weekend. You might even win an adopted frog.  April 30-May 2, 10am-4pm, adults £9.50, children £8.50, seaquarium.co.uk Credit: seaquarium.co.uk 26. Kids Glow Wild, Edinburgh Let kids glow wild at the UV graffiti wall. This glow up party is sure to be the highlight of your family bank holiday. The team from Pop Up Parents'Events have organised the fun-filled party at Summerhall and will include arts and crafts, robot performances and photo booths – all with a unique glow.  May 1, 11am-1pm, £8, family (2 adults, 2 children) £30, summerhall.co.uk 27. Sandcastle Waterpark, South Beach, Blackpool, Lancashire The UK's largest indoor watermark has enough whizzy slides, pools and wave machines to keep water babies happy for hours. Book in advance to beat the queues.  All weekend, adults £15.50, children from £12.50, sandcastle-waterpark.co.uk Dinosaurs 28. Wales's Newest Dinosaur, Cardiff National Museum, Wales This as-yet-unnamed creature is the oldest Jurassic dinosaur ever found in the UK and was discovered in 2014 by fossil hunters in the Vale of Glamorgan. Visit it at Cardiff's National Museum – and be in with a chance of naming it using the Twitter handle #Welshdino.  Until December, 10am-5pm, free, museumwales.ac.uk 29. Augmented Reality, W5, Belfast Watch yourself get superimposed onto the big screen and meet incredibly realistic 3D animated dinosaurs at this exciting new exhibition, part of the W5 discovery centre at Odyssey.  Opens today, free with W5 tickets, w5online.co.uk 30. Great Dinosaur Hunt at The Dinosaur Museum, Dorset Unleash your children on a series of clues placed around the museum and see if they can crack the code – amid dinosaur skeletons, fossils and reconstructions – the Great Dinosaur Mystery, thereby winning a special Dinosaur Hunter's medal.  April 30-May 2, 10am-5pm, adults £7.99, children £5.99 thedinosaurmuseum.com

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