This page shows the events that The Bowes Museum is currently planning
and are available for booking.
Available Events:
Clockwork Garden Live Event- Sunday
30 July 2017, 11:00 - 16:00
This summer at The Bowes Museum, Tulips are bursting forth in the galleries, a whirring Clockwork Garden is filling one of the rooms upstairs while outside in the grounds a trail of tasks, challenges and stories has appeared. For two special days all this will be brought to life, with live characters, artists and musicians leading visitors in brilliant investigations and activities.
Prices:
Adult - £5.00; Child - Free
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Clockwork Garden Live Event- Monday
31 July 2017
This summer at The Bowes Museum, Tulips are bursting forth in the galleries, a whirring Clockwork Garden is filling one of the rooms upstairs while outside in the grounds a trail of tasks, challenges and stories has appeared. For two special days all this will be brought to life, with live characters, artists and musicians leading visitors in brilliant investigations and activities.
Prices:
Adult - £5.00; Child - Free
Click here to make a booking
Silk Painting – Turkish Tulips, 10.00
03 August 2017, 10:00 - 12:00
Explore and sketch in the Turkish Tulips exhibition before learning how to create a silk painting to take home.
Prices:
Child - £4.50; Adult - Free
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Silk Painting – Turkish Tulips, 1.30
03 August 2017, 13:30 - 15:30
Explore and sketch in the Turkish Tulips exhibition before learning how to create a silk painting to take home.
Prices:
Child - £4.50; Adult - Free
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Felting – Turkish Tulips, 10.00
04 August 2017, 10:00 - 12:00
Join us for this wet felting workshop and create a colourful 2D tulip to take home. During the workshop you will also have the opportunity to explore and sketch in the Turkish Tulips exhibition.
Prices:
Child - £4.50; Adult - Free
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Felting – Turkish Tulips, 1.30
04 August 2017, 13:30 - 15:30
Join us for this wet felting workshop and create a colourful 2D tulip to take home. During the workshop you will also have the opportunity to explore and sketch in the Turkish Tulips exhibition.
Prices:
Child - £4.50; Adult - Free
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Painting workshop - Plein Air Painting
04 August 2017
Enjoy a day in The Bowes Museum grounds with artist Linda Birch to paint in the style of the Impressionists.
Please bring with you: Oils or acrylics, two canvases, an easel and stool.
Prices:
Adult - £35.00; Friend - £33.00
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Summer School – Arts Award
07 August 2017, 10:30 - 11 August 2017, 12:30
If you enjoy art this is the perfect Summer School for you! Throughout the week you will explore different parts of the Museum’s amazing collections via a variety of craft activities. As well as being a great way to meet new friends, learn new skills and get your creative juices flowing, you will also get a Discover Arts Award!
Prices:
Child - £30.00 (only 8 Child tickets left!); Adult - Free
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Teddy Bears’ Picnic, 10.00
16 August 2017, 10:00 - 11:30
Bring along your favourite bear and take part in our teddy bears’ picnic! Children and parents will also have the opportunity to explore the Museum, make a ‘crafty’ creation, and enjoy a play and song time.
Prices:
Child - £2.50; Adult - Free
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Teddy Bears’ Picnic, 1.00
16 August 2017, 13:00 - 14:30
Bring along your favourite bear and take part in our teddy bears’ picnic! Children and parents will also have the opportunity to explore the Museum, make a ‘crafty’ creation, and enjoy a play and song time.
Prices:
Child - £2.50; Adult - Free
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Tick Tock! 10.30
17 August 2017, 10:30 - 12:00
Back by popular demand. Explore the Museum and see how many clocks you can see before decorating your very own working clock to take home!
Prices:
Child - £4.50; Adult - Free
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Tick Tock! 1.30
17 August 2017, 13:30 - 15:00
Back by popular demand. Explore the Museum and see how many clocks you can see before decorating your very own working clock to take home!
Prices:
Child - £4.50; Adult - Free
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Wild Adventures in the Woods
18 August 2017, 10:00 - 12:00
Back by popular demand - take part in the den building, wood carving and much more in the Museum's beautiful grounds with Rachel Dawber. Children must be accompanied by an adult, for whom there is no charge for the event. Ages 7+
Prices:
Child - £7.00; Adult - Free
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Wild Adventures in the Woods
18 August 2017, 13:30 - 15:30
Back by popular demand - take part in the den building, wood carving and much more in the Museum's beautiful grounds with Rachel Dawber. Children must be accompanied by an adult, for whom there is no charge for the event. Ages 7+
Prices:
Child - £7.00; Adult - Free
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Stone Age to Iron Age, 10.00
29 August 2017, 10:00 - 12:00
See a variety of Stone, Bronze and Iron Age artefacts in the galleries before making a clay pot in the style of a Bronze Age beaker.
Prices:
Child - £4.50; Adult - Free
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Stone Age to Iron Age, 1.30
29 August 2017, 13:30 - 15:30
See a variety of Stone, Bronze and Iron Age artefacts in the galleries before making a clay pot in the style of a Bronze Age beaker.
Prices:
Child - £4.50; Adult - Free
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Leaving Their Mark: Conscientious Objectors & the Richmond Castle Cell Block
09 September 2017, 14:30
Dr Meghan Leyland will explore the experiences of conscientious objectors during WW1. This talk will uncover some of the very personal and often moving stories of individuals held at Richmond Castle during WW1, whilst placing these stories in the context of local and national events to introduce the wider history of war resistance between 1914 and 1918. Cost includes refreshments.
Prices:
Adult - £3.00
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Painting workshop - Tulip Fever
15 September 2017
Join artist Linda Birch to make a vibrant tissue collage painting using tulips, in celebration of the Turkish Tulips exhibition.
Please bring with you: Oils or acrylics, two canvases, an easel and stool.
Prices:
Adult - £35.00; Friend - £33.00
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Painting workshop - Still Life in Pastel
23 October 2017
Join artist Linda Birch to create a still life painting, using the many examples in The Bowes Museum’s collection as inspiration.
Please bring with you: Pastels, two different coloured surfaces to work on and an easel. Still life will be provided.
Prices:
Adult - £35.00; Friend - £33.00
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Halloween Crafts, 10.30
25 October 2017, 10:30 - 12:00
Be brave and take part in fun Halloween themed craft activities.
Prices:
Child - £4.00; Adult - Free
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Halloween Crafts, 1.30
25 October 2017, 13:30 - 15:00
Be brave and take part in fun Halloween themed craft activities.
Prices:
Child - £4.00; Adult - Free
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Halloween Crafts, 10.30
26 October 2017, 10:30 - 12:00
Be brave and take part in fun Halloween themed craft activities.
Prices:
Child - £4.00; Adult - Free
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Halloween Crafts, 1.30
26 October 2017, 13:30 - 15:30
Be brave and take part in fun Halloween themed craft activities.
Prices:
Child - £4.00; Adult - Free
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The Photography Project
04 November 2017, 10:00
In this half day workshop, photographic artist Lee Karen Stow shares thoughts and tips on how to create and sustain a personal photography project or long-term body of work. Learn how to turn your chosen theme or passion into an individual narrative, expressing what you love about life. She will also look at ways to share your work, to exhibit and ways to get your work seen. Suitable for photographers with moderate to advanced level of experience.
Prices:
Adult - £10.00 (only 9 Adult tickets left!)
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Poppies: Woman, War & Peace
04 November 2017, 14:30
Join photographer Lee Karen Stow to discover more about the inspiration behind her international touring exhibition Poppies: Women, War, Peace. The project remembers women whose lives have been affected by war, from WW1 to conflicts of today, alongside a botanical series of the poppy wildflower in all its colours. Her work is inspired by Moïna Bell Michael and Madame Anna E Guérin who immortalised the Flanders Fields poppy as a symbol of remembrance a century ago.
Prices:
Adult - £3.00
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Painting workshop - Gentle Abstract in Coloured Pencil
20 November 2017
Join artist Linda Birch to make an abstract work by adapting a painting from The Bowes collection, experimenting with colour and shape.
Please bring with you: Coloured pencils, an A3 heavyweight cartridge pad (or coloured pencil paper, eg. Stonehenge), a sketchbook, 2B pencil and an Ipad/other tablet if you have one.
Prices:
Adult - £35.00; Friend - £33.00
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Painting workshop - Doll’s House Diptych
08 December 2017
Join artist Linda Birch to make a miniature painting with doors on the theme of a dolls house, richly coloured in watercolours or acrylic.
Please bring with you: Coloured pencils, an A3 heavyweight cartridge pad (or coloured pencil paper, eg. Stonehenge), a sketchbook, 2B pencil and an Ipad/other tablet if you have one.
Prices:
Adult - £35.00; Friend - £33.00
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