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Milestones Museum
We'll Meet Again
23rd Jul 2019 to 8th Sep 2019
Experience life on the home front in WWII from the Blitz through to VE day at Milestones this summer. This family-friendly, immersive exhibition allows each visitor to follow their own journey through wartime Hampshire. Along the way you will live through evacuation, rationing and the blackout on our authentic 1940’s streets. Visitors can train with the Home Guard, fly our VR Spitfire*, see cooking demonstrations from the Ministry of Food and buy refreshments from the NAAFI or rationed sweets from our sweet shop.
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Milestones Museum
23 July - 08 September 2019
Experience life on the home front in WWII from the Blitz through to VE day at Milestones this summer. This family-friendly, immersive exhibition allows each visitor to follow their own journey through...
Red House Museum and Gardens
26 July - 31 August 2019
This exhibition looks at the long history of our relationship with dinosaurs; from remains found in the Gobi desert that gave birth to a mythical winged beast, to the creatures brought to life in...
Westbury Manor Museum
31 July - 04 September 2019
Join us at Westbury Manor Museum this school holidays for a host of fun family activities! Wednesday 24 July: Surviving The Stone Age - Cave Painting – take part in a community cave painting and make...
Rockbourne Roman Villa
09 - 30 August 2019
Join our costumed storyteller to enjoy some wonderful classical tales inspired by Rockbourne's Roman past. Taking place at 12pm and 2pm, Friday 9th, 16th, 23rd and 30th August. No need to book, just...
Aldershot Military Museum
21 August 2019
Drop in and join in! Explore the history of the Basingstoke Canal, make a canal boat and try it out on our canal model. Family workshops are included in your museum entry cost and children must be...
Winchester City Museum
21 August 2019
Join us at Winchester City Museum and make your own Anglo-Saxon brooch. This drop-in family activity runs between 11am-1pm and 2pm-4pm. There's no need to book, but there are limited resources and...
Forest Arts Centre
20 August 2019
22 August 2019
Summer Creative Camps: Aladdin's Arabian Morning Tuesday 20 August - Jewellery Making Thursday 22 August - Prop Making 9.30am-11.30am Ages 5 - 13 Make jewellery and items inspired by the film Aladdin...
Eastleigh Museum
1 August 2019
8 August 2019
15 August 2019
22 August 2019
Come along to the museum 10am-12pm for drop in school holiday crafts! 1 August: Lava Lamp Making 8 August: Cress Salad 15 August: Mug Painting 22 August: Rain Clouds
Gosport Gallery
22 August 2019
What can you make with K'nex? Take on a K'nex challenge to create a robot or moving machine. What can it do? How does it move? Let your imagination create something useful for the future! Children...
Willis Museum and Sainsbury Gallery
22 August 2019
Hats & Hairbands Wed 31 July 10.30am – 12.30pm & 2pm – 4pm Thurs 22 August 10.30am – 12.30pm and 2pm – 4pm Bows, ribbons and sparkle, it was all acceptable in the 80s. Join us to make your own hat and...
Aldershot Military Museum
22 August 2019
Drop in and join in! Take a trail around the museum and see if you can spot some surprising secret features! Design your own barrack block - what would you include? While you’re here you can handle...
Bursledon Windmill
9 August 2019
23 August 2019
Summer Holiday Friday fun for families! Mix, pour, cook then select your yummy sweet or savoury toppings! Cook your own pancakes (two large pancakes per ticket) on our outdoor bread ovens and eat it...