What s. July - September Castleford Museum Pontefract Castle Pontefract Museum Wakefield Museum

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1 What s July - September 2017 On

2 Until December Until September Every Saturday First Monday of the month (term time only) 11am - 12 noon Every Tuesday (term time only) 10am am Saturday 8 July 11am - 4pm Thursday 20 July 12.15pm - 1pm Thursday 20 July 5.30pm - 7pm Wednesday 26 July Wednesday 26 July Thursday 27 July Thursday 27 July All 3 s Pomfret s Printery Holmes Printers were in business for over 100 years. This exhibition celebrates their trade and looks to the future use of the print works on Gillygate with support from the Townscape Heritage Initiative. Playmakers Discover how Horbury, was the centre of high quality, high tech sports design for over 100 years. DISPLAY DISPLAY Family Fun A fun activity in the museum that everyone can join in with! Handling museum objects or a fun craft activity, what will it be this week? Adult Craft Session Be inspired by our collections to try a new craft and make new friends! Toddler Tuesdays A fun activity for our younger visitors and their parents/carers. Picnic at the Grab your chairs, pack up your picnic and head over to for our fun family event Lunchtime talk The Barnbow Canaries A talk by David Wilcox on the dangerous work at WW1 Barnbow munitions factory. Find Your Passion - Fabulous Plaster Casting Be inspired by the museum s moulded plaster and have a go at casting your own piece. Tickets 6. Adventures in Archaeology: Treasured Finds See objects uncovered in last year s excavations. Comic Creators Create your own comic adventure about using one of our ipads. Light The Lamps! Find out about Roman oil lamps and create your own! Playmakers Handling Objects Get hands on with our historic sporting artefacts. DISPLAY EVENT Thursday 27 July 2-5 Summer Starts Here Summer has started - what adventures await? Create something with a summery theme!

3 Friday 28 July Friday 28 July Saturday 29 July Monday 31 July Tuesday 1 August Tuesday 1 August 11am - 4pm Wednesday 2 August Wednesday 2 August Wednesday 2 August Thursday 3 August Thursday 3 August Friday 4 August Friday 4 August Brilliant Brooches Be inspired by our Roman and Iron Age brooches and create your own! Adventures in Archaeology: Amazing Artefacts Celebrate the Festival of Archaeology with amazing artefacts and fun archaeology based activities. Adventures in Archaeology: Finding Roman See some exciting Roman artefacts that are not usually on display and take part in some archaeology themed activities. Glass Works! Learn about s glassmaking history and decorate a glass. Potteries! Be inspired by our hand painted pottery collection and decorate a ceramic tile. Yorkshire Day Meet the Yorkshire Soldiers from through the ages, and have a go at archery. Dragon Masks Cute or scary, handsome or comical...make a dragon mask. Join us at every Wednesday in August for fun travel adventure activities. Animal Adventures Which of the animals in our museum can we recreate in fun crafts? Mining Miners could find fossils when digging for coal. Discover what a fossil is and create your own leafy impression. Insect Adventures Discover some fun and fascinating facts about insects and make your own moving creepycrawly. Burberry Fashion your own Burberry inspired book cover. Model Makers Be inspired by the museum displays to create your own mini objects. EVENT

4 Saturday 5 August Monday 7 August Tuesday 8 August Tuesday 8 August Wednesday 9 August Wednesday 9 August Thursday 10 August Thursday 10 August Friday 11 August Friday 11 August 11am - 2pm Friday 11 August Saturday 12 August Monday 14 August Tuesday 15 August 6-11 Chemical Works You may have heard of the chemical works in, but what does a chemical factory actually do? Come and be a chemist! Creative Chariots See our Iron Age chariot and create your own to race at home! Brilliant Boats Boats have always been important in. Make a brilliant boat to float away Simple Sewing: Make a Sporting Mobile Create a fun sports themed mobile using fabric and simple sewing techniques. Traditional Games Bring a picnic and spend the day playing games from times past. Join us at every Wednesday in August for fun travel adventure activities. Brilliant Bicycles Find the pictures of bikes in the museum and make your own model bicycle. Avian Adventures Follow our Avian Trail around the museum and make a feathered friend. Tram-tastic! Discover how people used to travel around and make a Tram toy to play with! Coin Design Discover how coins have changed over time, and have a go at designing your own. Score with Subbuteo Explore our Playmakers sports exhibition and try to score on the Subbuteo table. Trusty Trucks Create a model truck from recycled materials. Seaside Sand Art Get creative with sand to make a colourful scene. Worthwhile Windmills Find out about wind power and create your own colourful pinwheel.

5 Kitchen Capers Drop in to throughout the summer to cook up a treat in our 1950s style child-sized kitchen! Visitor Centre... Family Fun Every Saturday at, and. Get crafty. Have fun. Discover and explore. All for free!...includes The Liquorice Café - with a tempting array of delicious home-cooked food and mouth-watering treats! castle.co.uk The seaside comes to and Seaside in the City Saturday 12 August, 10am to 5pm Sunday 13 August, 10am to 4pm Seaside in Saturday 19 August 10am to 4pm Roman Day Meet the Romans at, with metalwork demonstrations and Roman activities to try. Thursday 24 August Adventures in Archaeology: Treasured Finds See objects uncovered in last year s excavations and follow a trail to discover more about the history of. Wednesday 26 July

6 Tuesday 15 August Wednesday 16 August Wednesday 16 August Wednesday 16 August Thursday 17 August Thursday 17 August Thursday 17 August Thursday 17 August 5.30pm - 7pm Friday 18 August Saturday 19 August Monday 21 August Tuesday 22 August Tuesday 22 August Wednesday 23 August 11am - 2pm Adult 2-5 Imaginary Animal Adventures Take inspiration from the invented animals on display and make your own fantastic fictional beast. Objects for Mindfulness Look at objects in a new way. Create mindful drawings based on objects on display. Gilded Sweets Make a selection of Medieval Sweetmeats including marzipan and gingerbread and decorate them with gold. Join us at every Wednesday in August for fun travel adventure activities. Framing Faces Say Cheese! Create a seaside style frame to use again and again. Adventures: Heroes & Villains s past is full of real characters - but does history remember them as heroes or villains? Come and decide for yourself! Underwater Adventures From a narwhal to a caiman what else could we find in the water? Have fun with underwater themed crafts. Find Your Passion - Mosaicking Discover the appeal of mosaicking in this taster workshop. You don t have to be artistic, just inspired! Tickets 6. Sand Bottles Create a version of our beautiful, colourful glass canes using coloured sand and bottles. Dig for Treasure Dig for treasure at to find things lost in the sand pit. Around the World: Greece See our Greek style pottery and be inspired to make your own Greek hero! Around the World: China Hear the wonderful tale behind the Willow Pattern design and make a plate that tells a story of your own. Treasures Just what treasures does our museum hold? Create some of your own treasure to take home. Arts and Crafts Windows Celebrate our new visitor centre and the beautiful Arts and Crafts windows by painting your own mini replicas.

7 Wednesday 23 August Thursday 24 August Friday 25 August Friday 25 August 11am - 2pm Saturday 26 August Tuesday 29 August Wednesday 30 August 11am - 2pm Wednesday 30 August Thursday 31 August Thursday 31 August Thursday 31 August Friday 1 September Friday 1 September Saturday 2 September 1pm - 2pm Join us at every Wednesday in August for fun travel adventure activities. Roman Day at Meet the Romans at, with metalwork demonstrations and Roman activities to try! Around the World: France Je viens de France Find our floor tile stamped by French Roman soldiers and stamp your own tile. Printing Press Try out some printing techniques inspired by our new exhibition about Holmes Printers. Around the World: India See if you can spot the elephant in the room - and make an elephant charm. Famous in - Henry Moore Create a sculpture and learn more about s son, Henry Moore. Medieval Tile Making Use our medieval finds as inspiration to make a replica clay tile. Join us at every Wednesday in August for fun travel adventure activities. Famous In - Bill and Ben One of Bill and Ben s writers, Hilda Brabban was from! Create a flowerpot man and have lots of flobadob fun! Adventures: In William Shakespeare s Words Dress up like a Shakespearean actor and make a puppet partner to act with you at home! Up, Up and Away What adventures could we have up in the air? Come and create something inspired by things we find in the sky. Famous In - Vivian Nicholson Viv became so famous when she said she would spend, spend, spend after winning the pools, she became the subject of a hit musical! Create a poster for the musical of your life! Poster Creators Use our ipads to take images and write your own text to advertise the museum. Talk - Gardens in the Age of Chivalry A fascinating talk on medieval gardening and plants by historical garden expert, Michael Brown. Tickets 2. EVENT

8 What s On Date / Time Venue Age Saturday 2 September Famous In - Jack Hulme Jack Hulme photographed everyday life in Ferry Fryston. Be inspired by his photographs to capture an everyday moment. Saturday 9 and Sunday 10 September 11am-4pm Heritage Open Days Including Orchestral Wind on the Sunday. Saturday 16 September Thursday 21 September 5.30pm - 7pm Saturday 23 September Tuesday 26 September 6pm pm EVENT Roman Festival As part of the town s Roman Festival, pop into the museum to see - and handle - some of s real Roman artefacts. Find Your Passion- Fabulous Felt Flowers Discover the oldest technique of making fabric and get creative with colour and texture. Tickets 6 Stone Carving Join sculptor, Melanie Wilks, to carve a relief piece of art in stone. Tickets 17 Gilded Sweetmeats Using medieval recipes and real gold leaf, take home tasty treats to impress your friends. Tickets 6. Find something to do every day of the summer holidays by downloading the Fabulous Family Fun Summer Planner at

9 Library & Carlton Street, WF10 1BB Opening times: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday & Friday 9.30am - 5pm; Saturday 9.30am - 4pm Garth, WF8 1QH Opening times: Visitor centre: 7 days a week Grounds open: Monday to Friday 8.30am pm Saturday & Sunday 9.30am pm 5 Salter Row, WF8 1BA Opening times: Monday to Friday 10am pm; Saturday 10.30am pm One, Burton Street, WF1 2DD Opening times: Monday, Tuesday & Friday 9am - 5pm; Wednesday & Thursday 9am - 7pm, Saturday 9am - 4pm Meet the curator Bring your objects to be identified and receive advice on their care and storage. No need to book. First Thursday of every month 2pm - 4pm Second Wednesday of every month 10am - 12noon Third Thursday of every month 10am - 12noon Find out more and keep in Join our mailing list museums@wakefield.gov.uk Designed and produced by Council, Communications 05/17 Details correct at time of going to print. Please check details before visiting.