Title: Schools
Weekend & school holiday activities

Free family activities are held at Birmingham Museums and Art Gallery every weekend afternoon and every week day during school holidays. Please choose a museum site to view the coming months activities:

Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery - July Events and Activities

Saturday 28th June
1pm – 4pm

Family craft activity in Activity Zone
2.30pm

Guided tour - Art of the Victorians, meet in the Round Room.
   
Sunday 29th June
1pm – 4pm

Family craft activity in the Activity Zone.
2.30pm Guided tour - Treasures of the Museum, meet in the Round Room.
   
Saturday 5th July
1pm – 4pm

Family craft activity in the Activity Zone.
2.30pm Guided tour - Birmingham's Art, please meet in the Round Room.
   
Sunday 6th July
1pm – 4pm

Family craft activity in the Activity Zone.
2pm Jazz for the Jazz Festival with Carol Sudhalter in the Round Room.
2.30pm Guided tour - Femmes Fatales, please meet in the Vestibule.
   
Monday 7th July
1pm Jazz for the Jazz Festival with Django's Castle – in the Waterhall.
   
Saturday 12th July
1pm – 4pm

Family craft activity in the Activity Zone.
2.30pm Guided tour - Art in Our Lives, please meet in the Round Room.
   
Sunday 13th July
1pm – 4pm

Family craft activity in Activity Zone.
2.30pm Guided tour - Holidays in Pictures, please meet in the Round Room.
   
Thursday 17th July
1pm Introduction to the Body and Soul exhibition with curator Brendan Flynn, in the Waterhall.
   
Saturday 19th July
1pm – 3pm

'How to See' Cartooning workshop with Hunt Emerson in the Activity Zone.
2.30pm Out and About, a guided tour, please meet in the Round Room.
   
Sunday 20th July
1pm – 4pm

Family craft activity in the Activity Zone.
2.30pm Guided tour - Those That Fly, please meet in the Round Room.
   
Wednesday 23rd July
11.30am, 12.30pm, 2.00pm and 3.00pm

Theatrical storytelling with Richard Stokes in the Myths and Monsters Exhibition (there is a charge for entry into this Exhibition).
11am – 4pm Drop in family art activity in the How Art is Made Gallery
   
Thursday 24th July
11am – 12pm

Myths and Monsters storytime with staff from the Birmingham Central Library's Centre for the Child

1pm – 4pm Family craft activity in Myths and Monsters (there is a charge for entry into this Exhibition).
1pm Meet the Artist – Juginder Lamba - Body and Soul Exhibition in the Waterhall.
   
Friday 25th July
11am – 4pm

Family craft activity in Myths and Monsters exhibition (there is a charge for this exhibition).
11am – 4pm Drop in family art activity in How Art is Made gallery.
   
Saturday 26th July
2.30pm Guided tour - Pre Raphaelite Wives and Lovers, meet in the Round Room.
   
Sunday 27th July
2.30pm Guided tour - Treasures of the Museum, meet in the Round Room.
   
Monday 28th July
11am – 4pm

Drop in family craft workshop in Myths and Monsters (there is a charge for this exhibition).
11am – 4pm Drop in family art activity in How Art is Made gallery.
   
Tuesday 29th July
11.30am, 12.30pm, 2.00pm and 3.00pm

Storytelling to enthral the whole family in the Myths and Monsters exhibition. With Cath Shotton (there is a charge for this exhibition).
11am – 4pm You've Been Framed – explore stories surrounding hair and create a hair-tastic framed collage in the Activity Zone.
   
Wednesday 30th July
11.30am, 12.30pm, 2.00pm and 3.00pm

Theatrical storytelling with Richard Stokes in Myths and Monsters (there is a charge for this exhibition).
11am – 4pm Drop in family art activity in How Art is Made gallery.
   
Thursday 31st July
11am – 12pm

Myths and Monsters storytime with staff from Birmingham Central Library's Centre for the Child.
1pm – 4pm

Drop in family craft activity in Myths and Monsters (there is a charge for this exhibition).
11am – 4pm 3D Hairstyles in the Activity Zone – drop in activity for families.

For more events and activities see the Community Museums page.

Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery exterior

 

Two children with masks

 

A child making a mask

 

A child with a mask

 

Art activity

All family activities, unless otherwise stated are suitable for children around the age of 7 and their families though they may also be of interest to older or younger children. This programme is subject to change. Please note we may be unable to accommodate large organised groups at family workshops due to space. For more information about the activities or other events visit www.bmag.org.uk or contact the Public Programmes Manager, Julia Kirby on 0121 303 2836.