Easter Egg Scramble
2017-04-17 10:00 - 17:00 (Europe/London)
Join us over the Easter Holidays to hunt for hidden aircraft around the Museum & Gardens. Find them all to win a chocolatey prize!
Available all day on open days* between Saturday 1st – Monday 17th April, 2017.
Included in Museum admission. Family tickets and annual membership available.
*The Museum is open Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays 10am- 5pm (last admission 4pm).

Friday Morning Talks: 'Heroes of Bomber Command - The Aircrew Experience'
2017-04-28 11:00 - 12:00
Join us for another Friday morning talk, exploring the human experience of the men who served with the Royal Air Force’s heavy bomber force during the Second World War.
By Steve Darlow
Steve Darlow is a Bomber Command historian, established military aviation author (with seventeen books to his name), and television documentary consultant and contributor.
Included in Museum admission, or £3 donation. Booking not required, simply come along on the day.

Friday Morning Talks: ‘Enemy Ears Are Listening: on both sides!'
2017-05-12 11:00 - 12:00
Join us for another Friday morning talk, exploring local Y Service and Bombe outstations and the Pipsztok spy set.
Presented by The Radio Society of Harrow
Included in Museum admission, or £3 donation. Booking not required, simply come along on the day.

Biscuit Decorating
2017-05-27 14:00 - 16:00, 2017-05-29 14:00 - 16:00, 2017-05-31 14:00 - 16:00, 2017-06-02 14:00 - 16:00, 2017-06-03 14:00 - 16:00
Decorate your own, handmade Spitfire-shaped biscuit. Once decorated, it’s yours to enjoy!
Available on our open days between Saturday 27th May – Saturday 3rd June, 2pm-4pm.
Included in Museum admission & annual memberships.

Friday Morning Talks: ‘The RAF’s Defining Moment - The Battle of Britain'
2017-06-23 11:00 - 12:00
Join us for another Friday morning talk, when we will delve into the role that No.11 Group of RAF Fighter Command played during the Battle of Britain, the build up of WW2 and the fall of Europe.
By Corporal David Lawrence
Included in Museum admission, or £3 donation. Booking not required, simply come along on the day.

Dowding and WWI: The Making of a Commander
2017-07-14 - 2017-11-22
Temporary Exhibition Gallery
Explore the WWI experiences of Royal Flying Corps pilot Hugh Dowding, and how his experiences shaped his convictions and leadership as Commander-in-Chief of Fighter Command during the Battle of Britain in 1940 – based at RAF Bentley Priory, Stanmore.
This exhibition has been co-curated by volunteers and has been generously funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund.

Battle of Britain Afternoon Tea
2017-07-15 12:00 - 15:00
Commemorate the start of the Battle of Britain with a sumptuous afternoon tea in the Museum’s vintage cafe.
£19.50 per person (£24.50 including Museum admission).
£21.50 per person including a bespoke Spitfire biscuit to take home (£26.50 including Museum admission).
Advance booking required by Friday 7th July.
Email enquiries@bentleypriorymuseum.org.uk, call 020 8950 5526 ext 201 or pop into the Museum on one of our open days (Monday, Wednesday, Friday or Saturday) to book.

Message in a bottle family trail
2017-07-22 10:00 - 17:00, 2017-07-24 10:00 - 17:00, 2017-07-26 10:00 - 17:00, 2017-07-28 10:00 - 17:00, 2017-07-29 10:00 - 17:00, 2017-07-31 10:00 - 17:00, 2017-08-02 10:00 - 17:00, 2017-08-04 10:00 - 17:00 and 2 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.

WWI Object Handling
2017-07-22 11:00 - 15:00, 2017-07-29 11:00 - 15:00, 2017-08-05 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.

Build your own bi-plane
2017-07-24 11:00 - 15:00, 2017-07-31 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
2017-07-26 11:00 - 15:00, 2017-08-02 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
2017-07-28 11:00 - 15:00, 2017-08-04 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.
