Delightfully scaly, family events in February

 Delightfully scaly

events at Buxton Museum and Art Gallery

February 2019

Two events from shallow pools, glittering meres or the depths of a wild sea....

Thursday February 21^st: Mermaids, sea monsters and some friendly fish: 

join us to make quick watery people. You might make a mermaid or a fish or a lobster or some dreadful creature no-one has ever seen before: the choice is up to you. This is a quick and cheerful activity making beautiful shimmery puppets

This event is free and no booking is needed: just drop by and join in - it usually takes 30 - 45 minutes to make one of these puppets

Materials and creative guidance but no salt water provided

When: 10.30 - 12.30

Where: Buxton Museum and Art Gallery, Terrace Rd, Buxton, SK17 6DA

Tel: 01629 533540 

Children under 7 need to bring a grown-up with them and these events are often busy so older children might well appreciate having their own adult nearby, too

Saturday 23^rd, Wilder mermaids:  

and then we’d like to invite you to join us for an activity with a bit of fiddling, a bit of care, and a bit more mess, thinking and planning and building as we go to make fiercer, stranger, maybe more beautiful water-people….

When: 12.30 - 3.30pm

Where: Buxton Museum and Art Gallery, Terrace Rd, Buxton, SK17 6DA

Tel: 01629 533540 

Children under 7 need to bring a grown-up with them and these events are often busy so older children might well appreciate having their own adult nearby, too

There is a bit of a Mermaid theme running through a lot of the BM125 activities. You can find out more and see pictures and film and read about our merfolk adventures starting here and following Rob Young's other posts on the Museum blog.

Buxton Museum and Art Gallery is 125 this year and to mark that anniversary, the BM125 project will bring together experienced with new and emerging artists with 12 months of artistic initiatives

Wilder Mermaids is a BM125 event. Other BM125 events are coming for March and April, so watch out for more announcements – there should be minerals, scimitar-tooth cats and some golden treasures. We are hoping that a mermaid tide will come in again in May!