Plan your visit
19/08/2025
11:00 AM - 3:00 PM
Free
Event information
Time
11:00 AM - 3:00 PM
Price
Free
What
Summer with the Museums,
Family events
Where
Norris Museum

The Norris Museum, 41 the Broadway, St Ives, Cambs, PE27 5BX

Holt Island Nature Reserve, Church St, St. Ives PE27 5BY

The St Ives Methodist Church, 4 The Waits, St Ives, Cambridgeshire, PE27 5BY

Who
Families

Drop in

Enjoy storytelling sessions throughout the day with the wonderful Marion Leeper, get creative with river-inspired crafts, follow exciting trails, and help build a giant junk-modelled Ouse Monster in the museum garden. 

Collect your free activity passport and earn a stamp from each venue to earn a prize! 

Take to the water with special river trips offered by the St Ives Electric Boat Company, departing from The Waits. These boat rides will be available at a reduced cost for the day – tickets will be on sale from The Norris Museum. 

Learn more about local nature and conservation with the Wildlife Trust. 

Refreshments available at the Methodist Church.

 

 

Included Events

Illustration of a squirrel with pawprints
Professor Filbert’s Plant Heroes
10:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Free

Join Professor Filbert on our summer trail and search for some amazing plant discoveries

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Daily Crafting: Following the Pawprints. 24 July-29 Aug. Tues-Fri, 10am-5pm
Following the Pawprints
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Free

Get crafty and explore the Museum from a dog's-eye view!

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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. 

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A cartoon of two children walking holding hands and wearing backpacks. One holds a map in front of them and the other drags along a teddy bear.
Gallery Trail Summer Sticker Book
10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Free

Complete a trail at the Norris Museum each week to earn stickers for your sticker book.

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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 >
Individuals seated on the grass, engaged in conversation and relaxation
Play Pavilion
12:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Free

Play Pavilion: free family fun in August, whatever the weather.

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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 >