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

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

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Toddler running in front of the figureheads
Family fun

Cutty Sark: Toddler Time

Listen, learn and play at Cutty Sark!
Every Wednesday | 10-11.30am and 1.30-3pm
Family fun

Surviving the Ice: October half term at Cutty Sark

Join our family-friendly activities on board Cutty Sark
23 October - 31 October | 11am-4pm
(Source of families in Van de Velde studio of the Queen's House while making crafts Picture)
Family fun

Creating the Sea: October Half-Term Family Workshops

This October half-term, join our free workshops inspired by the Van de Velde's drawings
Saturday 23 and Monday 25 October
Royal Observatory science demos
Family fun

Live science and astronomy

Drop by and chat with our Observatory explainers and Navigation experts as they bring science and astronomy to life!
Weekends and holiday weekdays | Various times
Family fun

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)
Family fun

Discover Sundays

Each Sunday come and explore the Museum's collection through hands on creative activities
Sundays during termtime | 11am - 1pm | 2pm - 4pm
An adult helps a child to get dressed into polar gear
Family fun

Passionate about Polar: October half term activities

Explore activities inspired by the polar regions this half term!
24 October - 27 October | 11am 1pm and 2pm-4pm
Family fun

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
Family fun

Polar stories

Discover amazing stories about the polar regions with storyteller Paul
29 October 2021 | 10.30am, 11.30am, 1pm & 2pm
final finger puppet
Family fun

Join the Penguin Parade!

Join a family friendly workshop to create your penguin accessory, before joining the penguin parade!
30 October | 11am-4pm
A dancer wearing red stands on the Great Map of the National Maritime Museum
Family fun

Diwali 2021

Come and celebrate the festival of lights at the National Maritime Museum
Sunday 31 October | 11am-5pm
(Source of John Everett painting of two dazzle ships picture)
Family fun

Dazzling Ships: a BSL Workshop

During this BSL accessible event, you can join with your family artist Christopher Sacre, and find out about the extraordinary First World War story of how to hide a ship using dazzle camouflage! Inspired by the Museum collections you wi
Saturday 6 November | Ground Floor | Group Space

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