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What's New at Trowbridge Museum
Trowbridge Museum - Its fun, friendly and free!
 
Thursday, 29 July, 2010

Trowbridge Museum - Its fun, friendly and free!
What's New at Trowbridge Museum
Trowbridge Museum - Its fun, friendly and free!
 
School Workshops

Exciting active workshops for pupils, including:

Old Toys and Games
Victorian Schooldays
Tudor Life

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Trowbridge Museum - Its fun, friendly and free!

Hi folks, well here they are. Details of all our summer holiday workshops. As usual there is a full programme and FREE drop-in workshops, and we have an additional one at the end of the the holidays that we are charging for and can be booked in advance. There is one more "Big Picture" that everyone can join in with. Details at the bottom. Now, read on!

Tuesday 27th July

Go Fish! Beach game

It involves magnets and fish on a beach picture - clever eh?

Thursday 29th July

Wonderful Windmills - FREE

Perfect for sticking in your sand castles

Wednesday 4th August

National Play Day in Trowbridge Park - FREE

We'll have a selection of old games to play and some games to make

Friday 6th August

Finger Painting Fun - FREE

Get messy! Try your toes even!

Wednesday 11th August

Brilliant Birthday Cards - FREE

It's the museum's 20th birthday - make a birthday card to celebrate

Friday 13th August

Weave With Us - FREE

We'll be weaving on our hand loom in The Shires, and paper weaving in the museum.

Tuesday 17th August

Clay Day Dinosaurs - FREE

Dinosaurs - out of clay. How easy is that?

Thursday 19th August

Animal Masks - FREE

Ideal for general day-to-day wear, or especially good for zoos.

Saturday 21st August

Dad's Day Portraits - FREE

Draw dad as he is, or how you'd like him to be!

Tuesday 24th August

Stained Glass Windows - FREE

Dress up your bedroom with a stunning coloured window decoration

Thursday 26th August

"Back To School" Pencil Case and Pen toppers

Places - £2.50 or £2.00 to Stumpy Members

There are limited places available for this activity so please book early to avoid disappointed children. Any remaining tickets will be issued on the day.

All our FREE workshops our drop-ins sessions, tickets issued on the day from 10am for 10.30, 11.10, 11.50 sessions and 1pm for the 1.30, 2.10 and 2.50 sessions. Suitable for ages 3+, and all children under 8 must be accompnained by an adult.

"The Big Picture"

Take part in our collaborative picture throughout the holidays. We'll be giving out pieces for you to colour in and then adding them to the giant picture of Trowbridge - see it grow and change all summer long.

Don't miss a thing by siging up to our e-newsletter, our better still why not join Stumpy's Club?

See our weavers at

work on most

Saturdays...

'Trowbridge a wider view...'

opens on Saturday 1st May at 12.00 noon and

show cases work by local

photographer John Sansom. John

was inspired by images from the

Museum's own collection to

photograph new perspectives of

the town.

The exhibition runs until Saturday

31st July

 'The Party is over' by John Sansom

Memories of a Wiltshire weaver gives an amazing insight into this skilled craft...

If your family has weaving in its past why not discover more about what your ancestors did with this fascinating DVD. A signed copy of the DVD costs just £7.99 and it makes an ideal present to send to relatives abroad.


Admission to the Museum is free. Normal opening Tue-Fri 10.00-4.00, Sat 10.00-4.30. Disabled Access.

For further details on any of our exhibitions...

Ring the Museum on (01225) 751 339 or email

c.lyall@trowbridge.gov.uk


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