Family activities to do at home

Explore ways to keep your little ones entertained at home. Learn something new, get crafty, or get stuck into an activity!

Join an online workshop

Hear the stories behind works in the collection, and be inspired to create your own artwork.

Hear stories of of epic voyages and the explorers and travellers who made them.

Join us for stories with song and movement, for sensory storytelling, and for immersive play online!

What will you make today?

Antarctic crafts

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Crafts with tin foil

Create a cargo ship using household materials, and see how much cargo you can...

We're taking inspiration from William Lionel Wyllie's Seven Fishes painting...

Cutty Sark crafts

Make your own sailor craft, inspired by Nannie, the Cutty Sark's figurehead.

Signal flags are used at sea for communication between ships. They can spell...

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Watch the biggest astronomical events live online with astronomers from the...