An intergenerational family are playing in a soil pit filled with soil and toy bugs.
Event

Spring Explorers

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National Museum of Rural Life

Free with museum entry and Annual Pass

About Spring Explorers

Become a Spring Explorer this April at the National Museum of Rural Life.  

Our Spring Explorers family activities are back, and this time they’re all about pollination! Get hands on with seeds, soil and planting. Sign up for storytelling, and visit musical light sculpture In Bloom in the Garden Detectives gallery.   

Hands on activities

Times: 10:30-2:30 & 13:30-15:30, drop-in
Location: Learning Centre

Sunflower planting 
Use our paper potting tools to make your own pot from newspaper and plant a sunflower seed to take home.   

Make a Seed Bomb
Make your own seed bomb from mulched paper and wildflower seeds, then take it away to seed bomb a green space near you.   

Soil exploration station
Learn all about soil and take part in some free play at the soil station. Using our mini trowels and forks, find out what’s inside our soil patch. 


Storytelling

Times: 11:00-11:20, 12:30-12:50 & 14:00-14:30, sign up on the day
Location: Theatre

Join our storyteller for familiar rhymes, songs and lots of joining-in opportunities in one of three 20-minute sessions, perfect for under-fives and their adults. 

 

In Bloom

Location: Garden Detectives gallery

Musical light sculpture In Bloom represents a plant being pollinated. Play and interact with the sculpture for a unique light and sound experience for all ages. 

Accessibility and facilities

Getting around the museum

The museum galleries and displays are accessible via lifts and a continuous ramp at a gradient of 1:16. 

Lift dimensions can be found on the AccessAble website. 

You can check our museum map or ask a member of our Visitor Experience team for the nearest lift. 

Facilities

There are toilets on both floors of the museum. These include accessible toilets and baby changing facilities. 

The toilets on the first floor are situated to the left of the information desk as you enter the museum. The toilets on the ground floor are next to the People gallery. 

Seating

There is seating throughout the main museum building if you need a rest. 

Lighting and noise

The lighting levels in some of the galleries are low for the protection of the exhibits. 

Visit our accessibility page for full access information for the National Museum of Rural Life. 

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