Amersham Museum is one of a number of ‘Family Friendly’ museums in the Thames Valley area which are providing lots of fun and things to do for children, parents and grandparents.
A recent comment about a visit: “Hello and many thanks – my daughter and her friend had a wonderful afternoon at your very interesting museum. The staff were extremely friendly and knowledgeable. The children’s activiites were also very good. As we left the museum, both the girls, unprompted, said “thanks that was wonderful”. I think they especially enjoyed dressing up in the Tudor costumes. Thanks again and we will certainly be paying you a visit again in the future.”
Click here for our 2013 events leaflet
Events
Sunday 5th May: Family Fun Day, Train Spotters
Play with trains, make trains and find out about life on the railway in the past. Usual admission fees apply.
There is a fantastic programme of events to complement the museum’s forthcoming pop-up exhibition in Amershan-on-the-Hill:
The exhibition at 63 Hill Avenue (the site of the old Entertainer) runs from 14th May to 1st June, open every day 10am-4pm except 19th and 20th May. During this time there will be trains and a doll’s house to play with, and craft activities to make and take from our Craft Cases.
Model Metropolitan Railway Display, Saturday 25th and Sunday 26th 2013, 10am-4pm
Family Fun Day, Metro-land, Sunday 26th May, 10am-4pm
Visit our 1930s shop,try on 1930s costumes, join the Bayko Collectors’ Club and make a Bayko house and find out about train travel in the 1930s.
Create! Wednesday 29th May, 10am-12pm and 2pm-4pm
Create a 1930s interior or a Metropolitan train.
Steam heritage trains will be running between Harrow and Amersham over the Bank Holiday weekend (25/26/27 May). For further details go to www.ltmuseum.co.uk
Metro-land events in the museum
There will also be activities in the museum over the half-term week: -
Craft Cases, 25th, 26th, 27th, 29th, 30th May, 1st, 2nd June, 2pm-4.30pm
Creative activities to make and take.
Train Trail 25th 25th, 26th, 27th, 29th, 30th May, 1st, 2nd June, 2pm-4.30pm
Follow the trail to find the trains in the museum’s collection. Find them all to win a prize.
Create! Wednesday 29th May, 2pm-4.30pm
Create a 1930s interior or a Metropolitan train.
Other Events
Find out about life on a medieval common – visit the Chiltern Open Air Museum on Sunday 9th June for Bricks, Bodgers and Broomsticks
Children’s competition
Enter our children’s competition – ages 4 to 11. Click here for more details.
Find the curse of Old Amersham
Walk around the town with this “Pleasure Hunt” and see if you can discover the Saxon curse of Agmodesham! The trail costs £2 in the Museum shop.