Message in a bottle family trail
2017-08-26 10:00 - 17:00, 2017-08-28 10:00 - 17:00, 2017-08-30 10:00 - 17:00, 2017-09-01 10:00 - 17:00, 2017-09-02 10:00 - 17:00 (Europe/London)
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.

WWI Object Handling
2017-08-26 11:00 - 15:00, 2017-09-02 11:00 - 15:00 (Europe/London)
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.

Build your own bi-plane
2017-08-28 11:00 - 15:00 (Europe/London)
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
2017-08-30 11:00 - 15:00 (Europe/London)
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
2017-09-01 11:00 - 15:00 (Europe/London)
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.

February Half-Term - Parachute Spirals
2018-02-10 11:00 - 15:00, 2018-02-12 11:00 - 15:00, 2018-02-14 11:00 - 15:00, 2018-02-16 11:00 - 15:00, 2018-02-17 11:00 - 15:00 UTC
Join us over February half-term to help us make 1,497 white spirals to commemorate those killed or wounded in the Battle of Britain.
These spirals will form part of a new exhibition on display at the Museum in November in 2018, and at two other locations across the country before then.
For those with younger children, there will be a colouring activity connected to the lace-panel.
Saturday 10th – 17th February 2018, 11am – 3pm on our usual open days.

Easter Holidays: Aircraft Scramble
2018-03-30 10:00 - 17:00, 2018-03-31 10:00 - 17:00, 2018-04-02 10:00 - 17:00, 2018-04-04 10:00 - 17:00, 2018-04-06 10:00 - 17:00, 2018-04-07 10:00 - 17:00, 2018-04-09 10:00 - 17:00, 2018-04-11 10:00 - 17:00 UTC and 2 more dates
Put on your binoculars and go searching for aircraft hidden in the Museum and Garden*.
Find them all to receive your chocolatey treat!
Available all day on our open days between Friday 30th March – Saturday 14th April.
Included in Museum admission.
*Garden locations are weather dependent.

May Half-Term: Biscuit Decorating
2018-05-26 11:00 - 15:00, 2018-05-28 11:00 - 15:00, 2018-05-30 11:00 - 15:00, 2018-06-01 11:00 - 15:00, 2018-06-02 11:00 - 15:00 UTC
Our popular biscuit decorating activity is back for the May half-term holiday. Decorate your own, handmade Spitfire-shaped biscuit.
Once decorated it’s yours to eat & enjoy!
Available on our open days between Saturday 26th May – Saturday 2nd June, 11am – 3pm.
Included in Museum admission.
