Chertsey Museum – What's On

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Join The Friends of Chertsey Museum for discounts on events bookings and so much more.

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Free Audio Tours

1 Mar 2021 - 1 Mar 2022

History On Your Doorstep

Download the free izi.Travel app and start exploring the history of the Borough of Runnymede with our free audio tours of Chertsey Abbey, St. Ann's Hill, the town of Chertsey, Ottershaw and...

children,family

Holiday Activities

October Half Term crafts - Spider web capes & mask

Wear a web and create a mask to match! Perfect for dressing up on Halloween. Workshops : 11:00-12:30 or 2:00-3:30 Ages 6-12. (5 year olds may attend if accompanied by an adult) Cost: £4 BOOKING...

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Holiday Activities

October Half Term crafts - Leaf lanterns

Create a beautiful autumn lantern in this crafting workshop. See the light dance through the leaves with battery tealight provided. Workshops : 11:00-12:30 or 2:00-3:30 Ages 6-12. (5 year olds may...

children,family

Home Education

Looking across the sweep of prehistory from Stone Age to Iron Age, children handle stone tools, think about homes, art, and clothing as well as having a go at some prehistoric skills. Suitable for...

Museum Monkeys

Join Charlie the Chimp for singing, stories and crafts Under 5s (must be booked in advance by telephone or online)

family

15 Minutes of Fun

Free family craft activities

Join us for our monthly family drop-in craft activity. This month we'll be making a paper mice!

Young Archaeology Club November – Identify and Interpret

Saturday 20th November We’re continuing to look at the nuts and bolts of archaeology and thinking about the objects we find and what they can tell us. Identifying and interpreting objects from...

children

Museum Monkeys

Join Charlie the Chimp for singing, stories and crafts Under 5s (must be booked in advance by telephone or online)

friends

Fun with Fabric

These tutor-led sessions offer a relaxed environment for adults to have fun with fabric in good company and with refreshments! This month: festive Scandinavian style tomte (gnomes)! Please note this...

15 Minutes of Fun

Free family craft activities

Join us for our monthly family drop-in craft activity. This month we'll be making Christmas gift tags!

Young Archaeology Club December – Archaeology party!

Saturday 18th December Lets get stratigraphical! We’re having some fun while learning about a key component of archaeology – Stratigraphy, or the layers that make up every archaeological...

children,family

Holiday Activities

Christmas holiday crafts - Make your own Christmas wrapping paper

Make your presents extra special this year by personalising your own wrapping paper. Stamp, draw and colour away to make your gifts look lovely under the tree. Workshops : 10am, 11:30, 1pm, 2:30 up...

children,family

Home Education

‘Dark ages’, ‘Anglo-Saxon’, ‘Early English’- The 5th to the 10th century can be a confusing time to learn about but we’re here to shed some light. Talks,...

children,family

Home Education

Toys in the past

This is a very hands-on workshop consisting of a talk with actions and singing then different toys, crafts and activities to explore together. We will show different types of toys from around 150-50...

children,family

Home Education

19 Apr 2022 - 20 Apr 2022

It’s all Greek to me! Hopefully not any longer. Chertsey Museum has the largest collection of Greek vases in Surrey and we’ll be looking at them as well as getting hands-on with other...

children,family

Home Education

What was it like to live as a Tudor? Explore some of their objects and think about what they could tell us. We’ll examine what they wore in detail and end the workshop trying out a Tudor dance!...