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Buzz Club in the Walled Garden
Oct
26
11:00 AM11:00
October Half Term

Buzz Club in the Walled Garden

Come hear, see and discover what’s blooming and buzzing in the Walled Garden as we explore the season of Autumn. How have the bees, butterflies and other insects been doing?

For adults and for children, free but donations welcome, come for all or part of the time and become a Bee Guardian. Based in the Walled Garden Pavilion. No need to book, just come along.

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Chasing Nature: Family Drop-in Workshops with Students from Hereford College of Arts
Oct
29
to Oct 31
October Half Term

Chasing Nature: Family Drop-in Workshops with Students from Hereford College of Arts

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Looking for a fun, creative family activity this half term? Join our Chasing Nature drop-in workshop! This interactive session introduces families to basic metal chasing techniques to create votive plaques inspired by native plants and creatures and our beautiful Walled Garden.

Guided by Artist Blacksmithing students, you'll transfer your designs onto metal plates and use hammers and punches to emboss them, crafting unique art pieces to take home with you. Don’t miss this chance to blend creativity with nature and learn new skills.

Free entry, no need to book, for families with children aged 5+. Children must be accompanied and supervised by a parent or carer. If the workshop space is too busy, you are welcome to enjoy a free museum explorer trail instead.

Part of the Earth Fire Iron programme.

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Meet the Blacksmith & Watch Forging in Action
Oct
29
to Oct 31
October Half Term

Meet the Blacksmith & Watch Forging in Action

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Meet Blacksmith Simon Bushell and encounter the inspiring Nowhere Forge and see it in action - a self-sufficient, sustainably powered mobile blacksmithing workshop. After appearing in Stroud town centre outside St Laurence Church, it makes its way to the Museum’s Walled Garden in time for the half term holidays.

Free entry, no need to book, all ages welcome but children must be accompanied and supervised by a parent or carer. Come and be enchanted by the Blacksmith’s craft!

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Unweaving and Reweaving the Commons
Oct
29
to Oct 31
October Half Term

Unweaving and Reweaving the Commons

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Join artists Emily Joy, Nicola Builder (Wayward Weaves) and Deborah Roberts for ‘Unweaving and Reweaving the Commons” – a public participatory ‘unweaving’ and reweaving workshop exploring our deep connections to local landscapes. You are invited to gradually and collaboratively pull threads from a large, printed textiles piece depicting the grassland environment on Rodborough Common, echoing the path erosion that is gradually reducing this rare wildflower habitat. Participants are then invited to reweave the pulled threads, working together to create a new collaborative fabric which carries traces of the printed image of the commons.

This is a free, drop-in workshop suitable for all ages, no previous weaving experience necessary. Do come and join us in the Walled Garden Pavilion. Drop in between 11am and 3pm.

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Autumn Adventures: Pumpkins in the Park with SVP & Friends
Oct
27
2:00 PM14:00
October Half Term

Autumn Adventures: Pumpkins in the Park with SVP & Friends

Stroud Valleys Project and friends invite you to bring along your very own carved pumpkin lantern to the Museum and help create a magical trail to enjoy with your family at 5.30pm (drop off your pumpkin between 2.30pm and 5pm!). Celebrate Autumn with drop in craft activities - these will be running between 2.30pm and 5pm. Free, donations welcome, for further details click here.

Do ask for our special Awesome Autumn museum explorer trail too! You can enjoy this FREE indoor trail between 2pm and 4.30pm - ask at the Front Desk.

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Display: Souling and Scaring - A Halloween Guessing Game
Oct
8
to Nov 10
October Half Term, Collections Display

Display: Souling and Scaring - A Halloween Guessing Game

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For centuries it has been customary to play games at Halloween, from apple-bobbing to divination rituals. In the seasonal spirit of Hallowmas, we invite you to examine our selection of spooky and mysterious objects. What are they and how might they be connected to Halloween? Come and see the display to find out the answers.

Staircase Hall

FREE, donations welcome

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