1. Craft Along with Cyfarthfa Castle

Join Christopher Parry and his children for a crafty video tutorial, from sculpting a scarab to creating a thaumatrope! Watch the videos.

2. Remix the museum with University of Cambridge Museums [ENDED]

The collections of the University of Cambridge Museums span four billion years and all seven continents. Now, they are inviting young people aged 16+ to help remix and retell the stories behind their objects. Each month they’re setting a new creative challenge and inviting you to create your own interpretation. The first challenge is sound. Can you create a podcast, poem, piece of music, soundscape or another audio format piece inspired by one of these objects? Visit the website.

3. Create your own museum with Pontefract Museum

Design your own imaginary museum using the beautiful Arts and Crafts Pontefract Museum as your inspiration. Look at the My Little Museum pack.

4. Become a detective with the STEAM Museum

Though you might not be able to hop on a train at the moment, you can still explore the history of the Great Western Railway with these detective trails from the STEAM Museum.

5. Go around the world in a day with the British Museum

Let the British Museum and Samsung take you on a virtual journey across the globe and across time, from the comfort of your own home! Discover some of the world’s most amazing architecture and be inspired to create your own design. What you build and how you build it is totally up to you. Use your favourite digital drawing app, have a go on Minecraft, sketch ideas on paper, or build something using cardboard. Share your creations on social media using #MuseumFromHome and tagging @SamsungUK. Find out more.

6. Discover the life of Victorian children with Portland Basin Museum

Portland Basin Museum has brought its most popular school workshop online, looking at the gruesome, boring and downright dangerous jobs children did in Victorian times. Visit the website.

7. Enter the Young People’s Photography Competition with Torre Abbey [ENDED]

Torre Abbey and the Royal Photographic Society are inviting young people to share an image of their world during lockdown. They are looking for fun, emotional or inspiring pictures to show what you’re doing and feeling during these strange times. There are a fantastic selection of prizes to be won! Find out how to enter.

8. Make your own board game with Guildford Museum

Design your own boardgame with this handy guide from Guildford Museums. Decide on your game’s rules, theme and name, then try it out on your family. Read the guide.

9. Try a 1898 School Entry Test with Ironbridge Gorge Museums

Can you answer the exam questions tackled by 11-year-olds applying for places at King Edward’s School in Birmingham in 1898? Give it a go.

10. Journey through the Solar System with Armagh Observatory and Planetarium

Why do we have day and night? How many moons does Jupiter have? What is Saturn made of? Explore the plants of our solar system with these fun and informative videos from Armagh Planetarium and Observatory.

 

Next week will be the final edition of our top 10 activities series, in line with the English school term. Thank you to all those who have been following along!