Join us for a Twits-filled half-term
Wednesday 30 September
Celebrate Mr and Mrs Twit this spooky season
As the nights draw in and half-term looms, we’re busy planning some wonderful hands-on activities for October half-term. This year will be putting on a packed schedule of activity for longer than a week with workshops and events running from Thursday 22 October to Sunday 1 November.
Every day you can join in with:
- Storytelling from The Twits and Revolting Rhymes
- A Triumphant Tricks Trail around the galleries
- Halloween Bingo in the galleries
- Drop-in crafts
All included with Museum admission!
Or make your visit even more special with one of our workshops.
Book your tickets
Add Museum admission tickets first, then you can add any workshops running that day.
Wondrously tricksy workshops
Head out of the Museum on our Terrific Twits Trek. Professional actor Michael Parkhouse will show you the local sights that inspired the stories, with some readings from the books featuring some fantastic – if slightly naughty – TRICKS.
Find out about newts in water jugs, pheasants in prams and dead mice in sweet jars. Don’t try any of this at home, though — you have been warned!
Monday 26 October at 11.45am and 2.15pm
£5 per person in addition to Museum entry, under 18 need to be accompanied by a paying adult.
Terrific Tricks Trek
If foulsome food is more your thing, be inspired by the tricks that the Twits played on each other then create your own clay dinner plate in our Disgusterous Clay Dinners workshop. Will you hide birds in the pie or worms in the spaghetti?
- Thursday 22 to Sunday 25 October, 11am, 12pm, 2pm, and 3pm
- Monday 26 to Friday 30 October, 10.30, 11.30am, 12.30pm, 1.30pm, 2.30pm, and 3.30pm
£5 per maker, in addition to Museum entry
Disgusterous Clay Dinners
Step into the strange and supernatural world of Silver Serpent and the Wild Ice Child with author David Gilbert. You’ll enjoy a Halloween family workshop where Anglo-Saxon history meets ghosts, mystery and storytelling. Complete with an interactive reading a spooky craft activity.
Inspired by the real archaeology of Cookham Abbey, the workshop takes children back more than 1,200 years to discover how clues from the past can inspire new stories.
Saturday 31 October at 11am and 2.30pm
£5 per child in addition to Museum entry (or £12.50 for a workshop ticket plus a signed copy of the book – a great keepsake of your visit!).
Spooktacular Stories: Ghosts, Mysteries & Anglo-Saxon SecretsTake a peek behind the scenes with our Head of Collections, Will.
Families with children aged 8 and up will get a rare, up-close look at real archive treasures and uncover scrumdiddlyumptious secrets from Matilda, The BFG, and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. This 30 minute experience in the Museum’s Reading Room is an exciting dive into Dahl’s world!
On Tuesday 27 October at 11am, 12pm and 2pm
£5 adults and children in addition to Museum entry. Children must be accompained by a paying adult.
Peek Behind the PagesLate Night Tricks
For the most spooky, Halloween fun make sure you visit our Late Night Tricks on Thursday 29 October, 5.30pm to 8pm.
- Miss Mrs Trunchbull.
- See our glow juggler.
- Explore Great Missenden on our Trick or Treat trail and get a chocolate treat.
- See pop-up performances of The Witches by the Lane End Players.
- Play with shadows in the spooky courtyard.
- Enjoy potion and slime play.
- Listen to storytelling from The Witches.
Tickets £12 each for all visitors age 5 and up (under 5s free – no discount for annual ticket holders)
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