Meet professional artist Christine Allison and her intriguing mixed-up animals. Christine will help you explore the museum wildlife collections looking for inspiration, sketch your ideas and then design a mixed-up creature of your own.
Find out about the Romans in Bristol in this Roman-themed workshop.
Taste Roman food, dress up in Roman clothes, play Roman games, make crafts and handle real artefacts in this hand-on workshop.
Handle amazing masks from around the world. Explore our collections looking for inspiration for your own mask, and then make a mask of your own to take home.
Take part in a merry medley of Medieval-themed activities. Children will learn about heraldry, make Apostle badges, try brass rubbing, handle real and replica objects, taste Medieval food and make a stained glass window decoration.
WORKSHOP: Budding palaeontologists can find out all about dinosaurs in this hands-on roar-some workshop. Meet the Bristol dinosaur, handle fossils, dress up and even make a fossil cast to take home.
Hands-on session exploring pyramids, pharaohs and mummification. Explore Egyptian artefacts, make papyrus paper, practice hieroglyphic writing and decorate a mini sarcophagus, all inspired by our fantastic Egypt gallery.
WALK: Guided tour of Hillfields to mark the 100 years of council housing in Bristol. Hillfields was the first area in Bristol to provide council housing.
EXHIBITION: From ancient uses of witchcraft, to the role superstition plays in the modern mind, this exhibition looks at how magic has been used to heal, hunt and harm.