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Aldershot Military Museum

VE 80: BYO Picnic Party

5 May 2025 to 5 May 2025

We're hosting a bring your own picnic party with family crafts to mark 80th VE Day.This Bank Holiday Monday, join us in our communal picnic area and celebrate like it's 1945!Period dress optional (but encouraged), teas, coffees and light snacks available at our onsite cafe.11am - 2pm, included with annual ticket

Aldershot Military Museum

VE 80: BYO Picnic Party

Monday 5th May

We're hosting a bring your own picnic party with family crafts to mark 80th VE Day. This Bank Holiday Monday, join us in our communal picnic area and celebrate like it's 1945! Period dress optional...

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Aldershot Military Museum

Guns and Drums

10 May 2025

Guns and Drums is back and this time lining up with our VE Day celebrations. Join reenactors, military bands and historians for a celebration to remember! Full 2025 lineup to follow. 2024 Included: 10...

Gosport Museum and Art Gallery

Time and Toys: Home Education Day

14 May 2025

At Hampshire Cultural Trust, we welcome Home School families to our venues for self-led visits throughout the year. This year we are also launching a series of dedicated home education days in which...

The Great Hall with Westgate Museum

Castle Life in The Great Hall

24 May 2025 - 1 Jun 2025

With crafts to do and medieval costumes to try on, perhaps visit our medieval garden or see how long you can last in the stocks! And don't forget to visit the Westgate Museum or wonder through the...

Milestones Museum

Sherlock Holmes: Adventure of the Emperor's Gold

24 May 2025 - 1 Jun 2025

Gather evidence, crack puzzles and eliminate suspects from a list of 24 intriguing characters in a Guess Who-style investigation. Can you piece together the clues and uncover the thief before they...

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Andover Museum

Railway Family Fact Trail

24th May - 1st June (Check open days)

To celebrate 200 years of the passenger railway, we've hidden trains all around the museum, each with it's own railway fact. Can you find them all? Included with admission

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Aldershot Military Museum

Insect Family Fact Trail

24 May 2025 - 1 Jun 2025

To celebrate the Great Big Green Week, we've hidden bugs all around the museum, each with it's own nature fact. Can you find them all? Included with annual ticket

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878 AD

Ways of the Warrior

24 May 2025 - 1 Jun 2025

It's the eve of the Battle of Edington and Alfred's bootcamp is back! Learn to hold a seax, raise a shield wall and even insult your enemies like a Saxon. Hone your skills to prepare to take on the...

Aldershot Military Museum

Miss Daniell's Games Cafe

Every Museum Open Day

Come and enjoy a hot drink and a free board game or lawn game inspired by the Aldershot Soldiers' Home and Institute established by Miss Daniell’s in the Victorian era. Indoor board games and outdoor...

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Aldershot Military Museum

The Great Big Green Week Great Big Bug Hunt!

26 May 2025 - 1 Jun 2025

Come and join us for a Great Big Big Hunt around the museum garden. Use your Muddy Fingers Gardening Club Notebook to tick off each bug you find, use one of our bug hunting kits and help us add to our...

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Forest Arts Centre

Parent-Child: Face Painting Workshop

27 May 2025

Welcome to a Colorful Half Term Adventure! Bond, Create, and Spark Joy Together Looking for a fun and creative way to connect with your child? Join us for our Parent-Child Face Painting Workshop...

Forest Arts Centre

Suitcase Stories

27 May 2025

Once upon a time…. a storyteller arrived, bringing with them a suitcase full of wonder. As they begin to unpack, a story comes to life, with music, puppets and lots of laughter and lots of fun! Using...