Essential Information

Type	Family fun
Location	Queen's House
Date and Times	Saturday 23 and Monday 25 October
Prices	Free \| Drop-in \| 11am to 1pm and 1.30pm to 3.30pm

Important information

Due to staff sickness, the Seascapes Collage drop-in sessions are cancelled today (Monday 25 October). Visit our Family Fun at Royal Museums Greenwich page to find more activities for your little ones.

This October half-term, join our free workshops inspired by the Van de Velde's drawings.

Explore the themes of their masterpieces, navigating the world of Seascapes.

The workshops will take place in the Orangery and South Parlours, on the ground floor of the Queen's House.

Navigate the Seas with your own viewfinder

Date: 23 October

Time: 11am - 1pm | 1.30pm - 3.30pm

Join Rosie's workshop and create your little viewfinder, which you can hold up to spot seascape paintings in the Queen's House!

Seascapes Collage

Date: 25 October

Time: 11am - 1pm | 1.30pm - 3.30pm

Join Charlotte's workshop and discover how to make seascapes using torn paper, to create a collage that also explores textures and patterns!

A large panoramic oil painting showing a naval scene, with Charles II's flagship on the right hand side

Conservation in Action

Visit the Queen's House to see conservators work on A Royal Visit to the Fleet in the Thames Estuary by Willem van de Velde the Younger – one of the largest paintings in the collection

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What’s On

See everything that is happening

Character Encounters

Visit the National Maritime Museum every Saturday to discover a different character from history with their own fascinating story to tell

Royal Observatory science demos

Live science and astronomy

Drop by and chat with our Observatory explainers and Navigation experts as they bring science and astronomy to life!

Weekends | 11.00-14.30

Family Fun Weekends

Spend a spectacular day out at Cutty Sark with workshops and activities for all ages

First weekend of every month | Next event on 2-3 July

Meet the characters of Cutty Sark

Meet colourful characters from Cutty Sark’s past and hear astonishing stories about life at sea in the age of sail

Weekends and school holidays

(Source of a mother helping the child to draw using a pencil Picture)

Discover Sundays

Each Sunday come and explore the Museum's collection through hands on creative activities

Sundays during termtime | 11am - 1pm | 2pm - 4pm

Play Tuesdays

Bring your under 5 on a different adventure every week! Explore the Museum together through song, dance and stories

Term time Tuesdays | 10.30am, 11.30am, 1.00pm, 2.00pm

Sensory Sailors

SENsory Sailors

Come along and enjoy this brand new sensory play session for children with special educational needs

Once a month on Saturdays | 9th July, 13 August | 11am-12.30pm

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Summer of Play

Come and play at Royal Museums Greenwich this summer

Selected dates between 24 July and 31 August | 11-1pm and 2-4 pm

A group of four with adults and children participating in a craft.

Safe Harbour

A new programme for foster and adoptive families.

Monthly: 25 June, 30 July, 27 Aug | 12.30pm - 2.30pm

Two people look at their cameras in a park.

Photography along the Thames at Greenwich

Join SharpShots Photo Club to explore photography along the River Thames, inspired by Canaletto Revisited.

Thursday 25 August, 11am - 4pm