27/08/2021
11:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Normal museum admission applies
Event information
Time
11:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Price
Normal museum admission applies
What
Family events
Where
Centre for Computing History
Who
Families

Do you fancy yourself a bit of a racer? Have you got the drift boost down to a fine art? Not scared of a little snaking? Then try out your skills on Mario Kart 8 at this Centre for Computing History event.

Children under 13 only.

Included Events

Farmland Museum logo and text "Denny Abbey and the Farmland Museum Life in the Fens" with clipart of countryside objects and animals around the outside.
Life in the Fens
10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Crafts are included with standard admission.

Discover weekly family fun at the Farmland Museum with hands-on crafts celebrating Fenland life - from countryside creatures to mighty farm machines. 

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Farmland Museum logo and text "Denny Abbey and the Farmland Museum Life in the Fens" with clipart of countryside objects and animals around the outside.
Life in the Fens
10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Crafts are included with standard admission.

Discover weekly family fun at the Farmland Museum with hands-on crafts celebrating Fenland life -from countryside creatures to mighty farm machines. 
 

Find out more >
Farmland Museum logo and text "Denny Abbey and the Farmland Museum Life in the Fens" with clipart of countryside objects and animals around the outside.
Life in the Fens
10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Crafts are included with standard admission.

Discover weekly family fun at the Farmland Museum with hands-on crafts celebrating Fenland life -from countryside creatures to mighty farm machines. 

Find out more >
Farmland Museum logo and text "Denny Abbey and the Farmland Museum Life in the Fens" with clipart of countryside objects and animals around the outside.
Life in the Fens
10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Crafts are included with standard admission.

Discover weekly family fun at the Farmland Museum with hands-on crafts celebrating Fenland life - from countryside creatures to mighty farm machines. 
 

Find out more >
Painted maps of the Arctic and Antarctic
Family Friendly Drop-In: Map Making
11:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Free

Drop in for a craft, object handling and the chance to learn all about the art of navigation. 

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Burwell Museum exterior, a black barn with a mill in the background.
Summer Holiday Kids Activities
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM, 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM
Child: £6.50

Visit Burwell Museum on Thursdays in August to create your own artworks based on objects in the Museum's collections.

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Moving Monsters poster
Moving Monsters
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM, 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM
£12.50

Build your own pneumatic monster and discover how air pressure can be used to make things move with the Cambridge Museum of Technology.

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Building and coding a cube-shaped robot
Build-A-Bot: Introducing Q-B
2:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Workshop participant: £50 | Accompanying adult: £12

Build your very own cube-shaped robot named Q-B at the Centre for Computing History.

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Farmland Museum logo and text "Denny Abbey and the Farmland Museum Life in the Fens" with clipart of countryside objects and animals around the outside.
Life in the Fens
10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Crafts are included with standard admission.

Discover weekly family fun at the Farmland Museum with hands-on crafts celebrating Fenland life - from countryside creatures to mighty farm machines. 

Find out more >
Two hessian bags on an orange table decorated with smiley faces.
Rag Pictures
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM, 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM, 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM, 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM, 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Child: £5

Re-use materials to make a rag picture with St Neots Museum.

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Children work on art at a table surrounded by supplies and jars. On the left is text reading: “Crafting the Past. A Summer of Making. This summer, join us as we explore the forgotten trades and crafts of the past with FREE hands-on workshops.” Below the text, a trail of footprints leads out of the image.
Stinging String Superstar
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Free

What job might you have had in Cambridge 300 years ago? This summer explore the forgotten trades and crafts of the past at the Museum of Cambridge.

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A brightly decorated stick with thread and beads.
Magic Wishing Sticks: Family Workshop with Ricki Outis
9:45 AM - 12:15 PM, 1:00 PM - 3:30 PM
One child: £12 | Two children: £22 | Three children: £30

Make your own beautifully decorated Magic Wishing Stick with the Norris Museum.

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