School Holidays The Silk Museum, Macclesfield
Head to Silk Museum in Macclesfield this school holidays for lots of fun family events and activities.
They have a variety of fun in-store for all ages and budgets with lots of the sessions free and drop in.
Here’s what they have in-store
Do Something Summer
Saturday 27th July to Saturday 24th August 2024
Each Thursday morning and Saturday afternoon over the summer holidays the museum will be running the following free, drop-in activities in the museum for families.
Each week the activities will link to a different area of the museum collections and local history.
Do Something Summer Clothes
Saturday 27th July, 1.00 pm to 4.00 pm
Enjoy a fun workshop looking at children’s clothes, expect dressing up and the opportunity to design your own.
Do Something Summer Football
Thursday 1st August 10.00 am to 1.00 pm and Saturday 3rd August, 1.00 pm to 4.00 pm
Linked to the new football exhibition, kids can enjoy a fun workshop and build excitement and get ready for the 24/25 season.
Do Something Summer Victorian Toys
Thursday 8th August 10.00 am to 1.00 pm and Saturday 10th August, 1.00 pm to 4.00 pm
Play with and make Victorian toys with lots of cheers of ‘Hoopla!’
Do Something Summer Printing
Thursday 15th August, 10.00 am to 1.00 pm and Saturday 17th August, 1.00 pm to 4.00 pm
Have fun at a printing workshop as you decide which pattern or picture to put on a printing block. Free and drop in.
Do Something Summer Weaving
Thursday 22nd August 10.00 am to 1.00 pm and Saturday 24th August – 1.00 pm to 4.00 pm
While visiting the museum you can see the old looms and machinery used for weaving silk and the workshop you can have a go yourself!
Do Something Summer Ancient Egypt
Saturday 24th August 1.00 pm to 4.00 pm
Make your own pectoral designs inspired by Tutankhamun and also playing the ancient board game Senet.
Watercolour Painting Family Workshop
Friday 2nd August 2024
Explore watercolour painting in a workshop run in memory of Estelle Sherman where you can be fun and get creative!
The session will run at 12.00 pm. It is free, booking required and suitable over 5’s.
Egyptian Family Experience
Friday 9th August to Friday 30th August 2024
Join the museum for a morning of Ancient Egyptian fun.
There will be a tour of the Egyptian gallery with Marianne Brocklehurst and translate the hieroglyphs on the mummy case.
Then move to the classroom and get creative making your own Anubis Mask.
Suitable for everyone ages 6 and over, the sessions will run on the following days:
- Friday 9th August 2024 – 10.00 am to 12.00 pm
- Wednesday 21st August 2024 – 10.00 am to 12.00 pm
- Friday 30th August 2024 – 10.00 am to 12.00 pm
Booking is required and tickets cost:
- £7.50 per person
- £20.00 for a 3 person group ticket (1 adult with 2 children or 2 adults with 1 child)
- £24.00 for a 4 person group ticket including at least one adult and one child
Family Silk Experience
Saturdays 10th August and Saturday 17th August 2024
Enjoy a tour of the recently reopened Paradise Mill and discover the working conditions for Victorian people in Macclesfield. You will also see the machinery in it’s original setting and talk about the jobs you would have done.
Following your tour you will head to the Silk Museum for a weaving activity in the classroom.
Suitable for everyone ages 6 and over, the sessions will run on the following days:
- Saturdays 10th August 2024, 10.00 am to 12.00 pm
- Saturday 17th August 2024, 10.00 am to 12.00 pm
Booking is required and tickets cost
- £7.50 per person
- £20.00 for a 3 person group ticket (1 adult with 2 children or 2 adults with 1 child)
- £24.00 for a 4 person group ticket including at least one adult and one child
Treacle Tots
Sunday 25th August 2024
Youngest visitors can discover what life was like for child in Victorian Macclesfield.
They will explore our cottage, dress up, do a craft activity and play games.
At the end of the session, you will be welcomed into the museum cafe for a complimentary juice and a biscuit for the children.
The sessions will run 12.00 pm to 4.00 pm, cost £3.50 and booking is required.
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