Summer Family Fun Days

Summer Family Fun Days

Wednesday, August 7th 2024 10:00am - 2:00pm
Throughout the Museum

This event is also on at the following times:
Wed, 07/08/2024 10:00am - 2:00pm

Join us as we explore our museum collections through craft, activities and have a go sessions.

Suitable for all ages. These are free drop-in events.

Wed 7 Aug | Storytelling Theme

You can look forward to a whole museum takeover - get creative in our craft den, explore our discover zone, go on one of our family tours and have fun searching the galleries on our museum trails. A great day out for all the family.

Get creative in our craft den (auditorium)

  • Make a story cube & challenge your friends to a game
  • Create mini trow puppet characters
  • Design your own skekler masterpiece using Shetland oat straw.

Discovery Zone (Learning room)

  • Create your own ‘Night in the Shetland Museum’ comic strip
  • Have a go at telling Shetland’s story - if you were in charge of choosing which items go into the museum what would you pick..let your imagination run free!
  • Chill with a book in our story corner.

Trowie story readings

  • Every half hour we will be heading into the museum’s trowie knowe for a short story read by a member of our visitor experience team.

Museum Trail

  • Help us hunt through the galleries for creepie craalies and see if you know their names in Shetland dialect.

Category: Childrens Activities, Family Events, Community Events