Bentley Priory Museum

Message in a bottle family trail
2017-07-31 10:00 - 17:00, 2017-08-02 10:00 - 17:00, 2017-08-04 10:00 - 17:00, 2017-08-05 10:00 - 17:00, 2017-08-07 10:00 - 17:00, 2017-08-09 10:00 - 17:00, 2017-08-11 10:00 - 17:00, 2017-08-12 10:00 - 17:00 (Europe/London) and 7 more dates
To complement our new WWI exhibition, our summer holiday activities are all World War I themed for 2017.
Join us on any of our open days for our new garden trail. World War I pilots would drop messages from their aircraft down to ground crew below. Inspired by this, find the hidden clues ‘dropped’ around the gardens with secret messages to decode. Available all day on our open days.

Build your own bi-plane
2017-07-31 11:00 - 15:00, 2017-08-07 11:00 - 15:00, 2017-08-14 11:00 - 15:00, 2017-08-21 11:00 - 15:00
Our new exhibition explores life as a WWI pilot, the first to take to the skies in combat. Inspired by this, join us for this fun craft activity – building and painting your own bi-plane.
Available on Mondays, 11am – 3pm, from Monday 24th July – Monday 28th August.

WWI Camouflage and Dazzle
2017-08-02 11:00 - 15:00, 2017-08-09 11:00 - 15:00, 2017-08-16 11:00 - 15:00, 2017-08-23 11:00 - 15:00
Our new exhibition explores life as a WWI pilot, the first to take to the skies in combat. Inspired by this, join us for this fun craft activity – decorating WWI shaped aircraft in camouflage and dazzle patterns.
Available on Wednesdays, 11am – 3pm, from Wednesday 26th July – Wednesday 30th August.

Morse Code Messaging
2017-08-04 11:00 - 15:00, 2017-08-11 11:00 - 15:00, 2017-08-18 11:00 - 15:00, 2017-08-25 11:00 - 15:00
Inspired by our new exhibition explores WWI aerial warfare, have a go a coding and decoding Morse code messages with your family and friends. Can you crack them all?
Available on Fridays, 11am – 3pm, from Friday 28th July – Friday 1st September.

WWI Object Handling
2017-08-05 11:00 - 15:00, 2017-08-12 11:00 - 15:00, 2017-08-19 11:00 - 15:00
Inspired by our new exhibition looking at Sir Hugh Dowding’s experience as a WWI pilot, join us over the school summer holidays to explore our new WWI Object Handling collection.
Available on Saturdays, 11am – 3pm, from Saturday 22nd July – Saturday 2nd September.
