Find out about the Museum’s greatest benefactor, Chauncy Hare Townshend, a poet, artist, and a voracious collector of paintings, anitquities, decorative arts, natural history and...
18th Jul 2026
- 26th Sep 2026 10 AM - 4PMFind out more
Workshops
Family Day: Ancient Greece
Step into Ancient Greece through hands‑on crafts, lively activities, and delicious food tasting that brings the ancient world to life.
No need to book, just drop-in...
Discover some of the surprising objects in the Townshend Collection and get creative with themed crafts and activities inspired by these unusual objects.
No need to...
We are delighted to be hosting Alison Crouch of the Ferry Project Cookery School and Fascinating Food for a cookery demonstration and talk inspired by literature this...
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