This August, come join our new polar story hour, a chance to listen to a selection of stories from the Arctic and Antarctic regions. Before Kat started at the Polar Museum, she was a primary school teacher, and she loves finding the chance to read her favourite polar books aloud. We'll also have a special object handling activity at the end to help bring the stories to life!
This August, come join our new polar story hour, a chance to listen to a selection of stories from the Arctic and Antarctic regions. Before Kat started at the Polar Museum, she was a primary school teacher, and she loves finding the chance to read her favourite polar books aloud. We'll also have a special object handling activity at the end to help bring the stories to life!
Pop in to the Polar Museum for crafts, trails and activities all based around the world's coldest places. We'll have special objects out from our handling collection and the chance to chat with our friendly staff and volunteers about what's cool according to us.
Drop in between 10am and 1pm - no need to book.
This event is part of Summer at the Museums 2026. We look forward to seeing you!
Pop in to the Polar Museum for crafts, trails and activities all based around the world's coldest places. We'll have special objects out from our handling collection and the chance to chat with our friendly staff and volunteers about what's cool according to us.
Drop in between 10am and 1pm - no need to book.
This event is part of Summer at the Museums 2026. We look forward to seeing you!
Pop in to the Polar Museum for crafts, trails and activities all based around the world's coldest places. We'll have special objects out from our handling collection and the chance to chat with our friendly staff and volunteers about what's cool according to us.
Drop in between 10am and 1pm - no need to book.
This event is part of Summer at the Museums 2026. We look forward to seeing you!
Pop in to the Polar Museum for crafts, trails and activities all based around the world's coldest places. We'll have special objects out from our handling collection and the chance to chat with our friendly staff and volunteers about what's cool according to us.
Drop in between 10am and 1pm - no need to book.
This event is part of Summer at the Museums 2026. We look forward to seeing you!
Drop in to meet Earth scientists Jeannie Booth, Mengyao Du and Simon Crowhurst and explore amazing, tiny 5000-year-old fossils under powerful microscopes.
Discover what these microfossils can tell us about oceans and climates thousands of years ago. Compare the features of different microfossils and get stuck into making your own microfossil model out of clay, to take home.
This event is part of Summer at the Museums 2026.
Join us as we celebrate the pioneering 19th century palaeontologist, Mary Anning. Hear about her revolutionary fossil discoveries by ‘meeting’ Mary in person, and find out about her experience as a working-class woman scientist in the 1800s.
Investigate Mary's fossil finds with her, and find out how some of her most spectacular discoveries came to be in our Museum collection. Step back in time and have fun dressing up as Mary and her brother Joseph.
Drop in to meet volcanologist Julian Pahl and explore beautiful lava minerals under powerful microscopes, handle real (cooled!) lava, and use syrup and fizzy drinks to learn how lava flows.
Chat with Julian about his expeditions to Hawaii and find out what it's like to investigate volcanoes as a job.
This event is part of Summer at the Museums 2026.
Drop in and meet Dr Rayssa Martins-Pimentel, a cosmochemist who studies the chemistry of meteorites to find out what planets are made of.
Handle real meteorites, have fun spotting the difference between space rocks and Earth rocks, and chat with Rayssa about her work.
This event is part of Summer at the Museums 2026.
