Easter holiday family activities - Sheffield Museums Trust

Sheffield Museums Trust

What: Easter holiday family activities

When: Tuesday - Thursday each week

Who: Suitable for the whole family

Where: Across Sheffield Museum Trust sites at Weston Park Museum, Millenium Gallery, Kelham Island Museum and Abbeydale Industrial Hamlet

From creating your own comic book, to designing levers, pulleys and gears, there’s plenty for families to try in Sheffield Museums’ regular programme of events. We run a wide range of sessions during the Sheffield school holidays and throughout the year. Most of our events are free, but donations from those who are able help ensure our activities can be enjoyed by everyone. Please give if you can.

Family Activities Easter & May Half Term

Easter

Family Activity: ‘Kapow!’ Comic Book Making 

Tue 1 Apr, 12 – 3pm  |  Weston Park Museum  |  Suggested donation £3, just drop in 

Come along and create your own comic strip inspired by our Pete Mckee exhibition, The Boy with a Leg Named Brian.

Family Activity: Colour Coded Carousel

Wed 2 Apr, 12 – 3pm  |  Millennium Gallery  |  Suggested donation £3, just drop in  

Have a go at a range of colour-themed activities this Easter, all inspired by our latest display in the Ruskin Collection, Capturing Colour.

Family Activity: Newsflash! Made in Sheffield Advert Making

Thu 3 Apr, 12 – 3pm |  Kelham Island Museum  |  Suggested donation £3, just drop in  

Join us for this hands-on activity and design an advert for one of our special Made in Sheffield objects.

Family Activity: Repeating Patterns 

Sat 5 Apr, 12 – 3pm  |  Abbeydale Industrial Hamlet  |  Suggested donation £3, just drop in  

Hunt for different and unusual shapes around the Hamlet and turn them into prints that pop with colour.

Family Activity: Living in Landscapes 

Tue 8 Apr, 12 – 3pm  |  Weston Park Museum  |  Suggested donation £3, just  drop in 

Join us in this hands-on session and design, collage and add to our growing collaborative landscape. 

Family Activity: Wild and Wonderful 

Wed 9 Apr, 12 – 3pm  |  Millennium Gallery  |  Suggested donation £3, just drop in  

Use a mixture of found and textured objects to create your own weird and wonderful 3D artwork in this sculpture-making family activity.

Family Activity: Shifting Sand

Thu 10 Apr, 12 – 3pm  |  Kelham Island Museum  |  Suggested donation £3, just drop in

Take part in this collaborate problem solving session – together, we’ll design and make pulleys, levers and gears to find ways to shift sand across the space.

Family Activity: Let The Games Begin! 

Sat 12 Apr, 12 – 3pm  |  Abbeydale Industrial Hamlet  |  Suggested donation £3, just drop in  

Springtime is here and the lawn games are out! Come and play in the Hamlet’s lovely grounds and soak up the atmosphere of spring.  

Family Workshop: Bird Buffet – Ceramic Painting  

Sat 12 Apr, 1 – 1.50pm, 2 – 2.50pm and 3 - 3.50pm  |  Abbeydale Industrial Hamlet  |  £7, booking essential

Get creative in our ceramic painting workshop and decorate a plate inspired by the birds around us at Abbeydale Industrial Hamlet.

May Half Term

Family Activity: ‘Play Another Record, DJ’  

Tue 27 May, 12 – 3pm  |  Weston Park Museum  |  Suggested donation £3, just drop in 

Music lovers, this one’s for you! Have a go at designing and collaging a record cover for your favourite band or singer.

Family Activity: Coffee and Tea Painting 

Wed 28 May, 12 – 3pm  |  Millennium Gallery  |  Suggested donation £3, just drop in  

Try landscape painting with a difference – using tea, coffee and spices to create your picture.  

Family Activity: Balancing Act

Thu 29 May, 12 – 3pm  |  Kelham Island Museum  |  Suggested donation £3, just drop in

Test your building skills (and your patience!) in this hands-on engineering activity.  

Family Workshop: Printing the Past – Cyanotype Experiments

Sat 31 May, 1 – 1.50pm, 2 – 2.50pm, 3 – 3.50pm  |  Abbeydale Industrial Hamlet  |  £7, booking essential 

Take part in this bookable workshop where you’ll be inspired by the grounds and industrial past of Abbeydale to make your own cyanotype prints to take home.  

Regular Family Activities During School Holidays

National Saturday Club 

Every Saturday, 10am – 1pm  |  Millennium Gallery and Graves Gallery  |  Free, open to all aged 13-16, sign-up required 

A new regular creative session for 13-16 year olds and suitable for all abilities.