Events for families and adults
Join our special events, exhibitions, talks and workshops
We've got loads of indoor and outdoor hands-on activities to celebrate the new season. Children can create their own animal models to take home as well as experience real animal and insect life with our pond dipping, bug hunting and other family events. And our temporary exhibition Animal Record-Breakers is on now.
Download What's on Tring - April - June 2012 PDF (1.9 MB)
Events
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Animal Record Breakers exhibition
6 February 2012
to 8 July 2012
This year, the Olympic Games come to London and we will witness some incredible record-breaking spectacles. But if you think our human skills are amazing, check out the rest of the animal kingdom.
Free exhibition
Suitable for all ages -
Fun with Fossils
5 June 2012 10:15 - 11:15, 14:00 - 15:00,
7 June 2012 14:00 - 15:00
Get your hands on real fossils and create your own fossil cast using plaster of paris.
Tickets £2.50, advance booking required.
Most suitable for children aged 5 and over. -
Bugs Count
6 June 2012 14:00 - 15:30
Bugs really do count. Join us to investigate insect life on the Museum's grounds. Our summer survey will record valuable scientific data through the Open Air Laboratories programme. For more information see www.OPALexplorenature.org.
Free, advance booking required.
Most suitable for adults and children aged 8 and over. -
Pond Dipping at Ashridge
8 June 2012 10:15 - 11:15
Join us at the Ashridge Estate for our popular pond dipping event.
Which creatures will you discover in the murky depths?
Meet at Ashridge visitor centre.
Advance booking required, tickets £2.50.
Not suitable for children under 5. -
House Mouse
12 June 2012 10:15 - 10:45, 14:00 - 14:30,
28 June 2012 10:15 - 10:45, 14:00 - 14:30
Craft and decorate your own mouse to take home.
Most suitable for under 5s.
Tickets £1.50, available on the day. -
Animals After School
21 June 2012 16:00 - 16:45
A great time to enjoy the Museum - with more animals and fewer people. Discover some incredible animals and make something wild to take home.
Tickets £1.50, available on the day.
Most suitable for children aged 5 and over -
Lear in Liverpool
21 June 2012 19:00 - 20:00
Edward Lear was an artist and poet, most famous for his Owl and the Pussycat nonsense verse. To celebrate the bicentenary of Lear's birth, Dr Clemency Fisher explores the time he spent working at Knowsley Hall, near Liverpool, as an artist for the 13th Earl of Derby and his experiences while painting animals from the Earl's exotic menagerie.
Tickets £3.50, advance booking required.
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Tring Schools Go Global
23 June 2012
to 14 July 2012
This vibrant display created by local primary school pupils explores life in other countries around the globe. Inspired by visits to the Museum, it is part of Hertfordshire's Cultural Olympiad, a special programme of events inspired by London 2012.
Booking an event
For event enquiries or to book an event, please call +44 (0)20 7942 6163, Monday to Friday 10.00 - 16.00.
Some events need to be booked in advance. Please see individual events for details.
