Have you ever visited the Museum at night? Families with children aged 7+ are invited to come and explore the displays, follow our Awesome Autumn trail, see what curious objects catch your eye and enjoy this special place as darkness falls. Listen for the Jackdaws as they roost in Stratford Park, and look out - you may meet characters from Stroud’s past as you wander around the Museum.

For families with children aged 7+. No need to book, just come along, drop in and enjoy exploring. Please bring a torch!

Admission FREE, donations welcome. With Spaniel in the Works Theatre Co.

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.

From the Boneshaker to the BMX, don’t miss this fabulous celebration of bikes and cycling! Come along to the Museum to see a fantastic display of vintage and replica bicycles, enjoy live e-bike demos, and meet Mr Pedersen, inventor of the world-famous Pedersen cycle - there’s one on display upstairs in the Museum. If you can, dress up your own bike with festive, colourful decorations and pedal your way here. Or cycle in and make decorations when you arrive.

Children and young people can have a go a making music with special guest Rinky Dink, the legendary pedal-powered sound system. Miss Daisy’s Pop Up Cafe will be serving delicious drinks and homemade goodies in the Walled Garden Pavilion.

This free, fun, family-friendly event celebrates Sustainable September and cycling as a sustainable mode of transport. Everyone welcome, drop in and enjoy!

Think about switching to bars or refills and reusing instead of disposing by exploring some objects to do with making sustainable choices, and play our sorting and recycling game.

Drop in family activities for all ages, for children, parents and grandparents to enjoy together. FREE but donations welcome. Come for as little or as long as you like.    

Think about repairing, repurposing and passing on by exploring some objects to do with repairing, and have a go at some mending by learning how to sew a patch.

Drop in family activities for all ages, for children, parents and grandparents to enjoy together. FREE but donations welcome. Come for as little or as long as you like.    

Come and join us as we see what’s blooming and buzzing in the beautiful Walled Garden. Hot and cold drinks and cakes from Miss Daisy, free informal session for all ages, donations welcome. Don’t forget to pick up your copy of the new ‘Wild About Nature’ what’s on brochure too - lots going on in Stroud and surrounding district.

Back by popular demand! Switch off your smartphones and digital devices and come along to find out what games our great great grandparents played. Hands-on, interactive fun for all ages – drop in between 11am and 3pm and head up to the Garden Pavilion!

Come along to design and make your own mini museum. A museum is a collection of interesting things, displayed so that people can enjoy looking at them and finding out about them. Perhaps you will decide to fill your mini museum with fossils you are fascinated by, dinosaurs you dream about, artworks you admire, or objects from history and long ago. Maybe you will create labels to help people learn about what is in your museum and take it home to offer your family and friends a guided tour of it.

This fun activity can be enjoyed by children of all ages (though some little ones might need some grown-up help) and we look forward to seeing what you imagine, design and make. For families with children aged 5+. A drop in workshop, no need to book, cost £1 per child .

Taking inspiration from the beautiful park and walled garden make a leafy mask to celebrate the coming of summer. Led by artist Alison Cockcroft, this creative drop in workshop is for families with children aged 5+, suggested donation £1 per child. Drop in, no need to book!

Come along to the Museum and find out about Walking the Land’s ‘Growing Places’ project, and have fun with art activities as a family. Your work may even feature in the Growing Places exhibition at the Museum next year! Come and help us imagine a magical Ginger Bread House which will be made for the project, and moved from farm to farm.

FREE drop in art activities recommended for families with children aged 5+.

Come and meet Stroud Buzz Club and find out what’s happening in the Walled Garden this Autumn. All ages welcome, a chance to find out more about the world of pollinators and how we can all do our bit to help wildlife thrive. There will also be some yummy cakes made by Miss Daisy, and hot and cold drinks. This time, Peter will be hosting our festive annual candle dipping. Free, but donations towards Buzz Club Ghana very welcome. Click here for a copy of the Buzz Club poster.