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www.museumoflondon.org.uk/halfterm 020 7001 9844

Supported by the Paul Hamlyn Foundation and friends of Robert Dufton

Spend the day together as a family

The ghost chicken of Pond Square London reading
Sat 27 Oct, 12.30-1pm, 2.30-3pm & 3.30-4pm Join us to hear the story of the first frozen chicken! 5+ Mon 29 Oct, 1-1.30pm & 2.30-3pm Meet Librarian Amanda Owens from the Barbican Library as she reads books about London. 5+

He said what?!?

The flying machine

Looking between the pages

Sat 27 Oct & Wed 31 Oct, 12.30-1.30pm & 2.30-3.30pm Join us to learn all about flying machines and test your designs. 5+

A to Z

Sat 27 Oct & Sun 28 Oct, 12.30-2pm, 2.30-4pm In this art workshop we will create an alphabet that inspires. 5+

Stories alive

Sat 27 Oct & Thu 1 Nov, 1-1.35 pm, 2-2.35pm & 3-3.45pm Using our imagination well step into the exciting world of books. 5+

Museum explored

Sun 28 Oct, 11.30am 1.30pm & 2-4pm Explore the galleries through fun, hands-on activities. 5+

We can fly!

Tue 30 Oct, 11am 12.30pm & 2-3.30pm Conservators explain what happens Spooky stories Wed 31 Oct, 10.30-11am, to books when they get wet. 5+ 11.30am 12pm & 2-2.30pm Explorer storytime A spooky storytelling session! 1+ Tue 30 Oct, Wed 31 Oct, Thu 1 Nov & Fri 2 Nov 3-3.30pm Stories retold Fri 2 Nov, 12.30-1pm, 2-2.30pm & Join us for a story told using 3.30-4pm, Sat 3 Nov & Sun 4 Nov, puppets, museum objects and 1-1.30pm, 2-2.30pm & 3-3.30pm music. 6 months+ Discover how a story might go from a story to a book and back again. 5+ Shaping a poem Tue 30 Oct, Thu 1 Nov & Fri 2 Nov 12.30-2pm & 2.30-4pm The electric Mr Faraday Fri 2 Nov, 12.30-1pm, 2.30-3pm Join our poetic art workshop and & 3.30-4pm create your own shape poem. 5+ Meet the famous scientist and hear Transforming objects all about his work with electricity. 7+ Tue 30 Oct Thu 1 Nov, 12.301.30pm & 2.30-3.30pm Creatures from the deep Discover objects in our collections, Fri 2 Nov, 12.30-1.30pm giving them a new life using collage & 2.30-3.30pm and computer animation. 4+ Make a magical murky collage. 3+

Wed 31 Oct, 1-1.35pm, 2-2.35pm & 3-3.35pm & Fri 2 Nov, 11.30am 12.05pm, 1.10-1.45pm & 2.45-3.20pm We need your help to bring humour and drama to one of the most famous London-based books, Oliver Twist. 5+

Mon 29 Oct, 11am 12pm & 1.30-2.30pm Come and make some things that fly and launch them together! 2+

Edmund Halley and his comet

Meet Sir Isaac Newton

Mon 29 Oct, 12.30-1pm, 2.30-3pm & 3.30-4pm Sir Isaac Newton visits Docklands on a skateboard to explain optics, gravity and much more. 7+

Tue 30 Oct & Thu 1 Nov, 12.30-1pm, 2.30-3pm & 3.30-4pm Join us for this tale of science and hairy snowballs. 5+

Fantastic forms: fun and facts with felt

Sat 3 Nov, 12.30-1.30pm & 2.30-3.30pm Find out about felt, then design and make a felt object to take home. 5+

Paper science

Written by: Me*

Wed 31 Oct, 11-11.30am, 11.30am 12pm, 12-12.30pm, 1.30-2pm, 2-2.30pm & 2.30-3pm Come and have a ripping time! 5+

A book that touches

Sat 3 Nov & Sun 4 Nov, 12.30-2pm & 2.30-4pm Come and create a book you can feel, hear, smell and see. 5+

Mon 29 Oct & Tue 30 Oct, 12.30-1.15pm, 2-2.45pm & 3.30-4.15pm Create your very own book in this digital workshop. 5+ KEY Museum of London Museum of London Docklands
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West India Quay, London, E14 4AL West India Quay (14 mins from Bank) Canary Wharf (11 mins from Waterloo) 15, 115, 135, 277, D3, D6, D7, D8

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