Events for families and adults

Join our special events, tours and friendly workshops

Get outdoors and enjoy sowing wildflowers, bug hunting and pond dipping, or join our workshops and make arty spring creations. There's lots of family fun this season.

For adults, we've got some great talks and tours, including the chance to find out about our new colossal squid specimen and learn more about the man behind the Museum, Walter Rothschild.

Events this season

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
Archer Fish - The Best Shot

13 February 2012 10:15 - 10:45, 10:45 - 11:15, 11:15 - 11:45, 11:45 - 12:15, 14:00 - 14:30, 14:30 - 15:00,
14 February 2012 10:15 - 10:45, 10:45 - 11:15, 11:15 - 11:45, 11:45 - 12:15, 14:00 - 14:30, 14:30 - 15:00
Archer Fish accurately squirt their prey with water. See if you can compete by making your own squirting crafty card fish.
30 minute workshops

Tickets £1.50 available on the day
Suitable for all ages
Wildlife Photography Workshop

14 February 2012 10:15 - 12:00
Calling all budding photographers. Bring your camera along to Tring Reservoirs to pick up some useful tips and improve your photography skills with wildlife photographer Jill Pakenham.

Tickets £4, advanced booking required
Most suitable for adults and children aged 8+
Penguins - The Fastest Swimmers and Deepest Drivers of the Bird World

15 February 2012 10:15 - 10:45, 10:45 - 11:15, 11:15 - 11:45, 11:45 - 12:15, 14:00 - 14:30, 14:30 - 15:00
Make your own rockhopper penguin to take home.

Tickets £1.50, available on the day
Suitable for all ages
Komodo Dragon - Largest Lizard

16 February 2012 10:15 - 10:45, 10:45 - 11:15, 11:15 - 11:45, 11:45 - 12:15, 14:00 - 14:30, 14:30 - 15:00,
17 February 2012 10:15 - 10:45, 10:45 - 11:15, 11:15 - 11:45, 11:45 - 12:15, 14:00 - 14:30, 14:30 - 15:00
The Komodo dragon is one of the most feared lizards. Keep out of danger and make your own friendly dragon.

Tickets £1.50, available on the day
Suitable for all ages
Saving Species: The Role of Zoos in Species Conservation - evening event

16 February 2012 19:00 - 20:00
Senior Curator at Whipsnade Zoo, Nick Lindsay, will explain how knowledge gained in zoos is being used by the Zoological Society of London's Conservation Breeding and Reintroduction Programme to assist the conservation of wild populations.

Tickets £3.50, advance booking required
Suitable for adults
Animals After School - Animal Giants

23 February 2012 16:00 - 16:45
Looking for after-school activities? Discover some incredible animals and make something wild to take home.

Tickets £1.50, available on the day
Most suitable for children aged 5+
Tropical Fish

13 March 2012 10:15 - 10:45, 14:00 - 14:30
Use your hand and fingers to paint a shoal of colourful fish.

Tickets £1.50 available on the day
Most suitable for children under 5
The Rothschilds in Tring

17 March 2012 14:00 - 15:00
Join our guided walk and take in the key buildings and features of Tring from the Rothschild family heyday, the 1870s to the 1940s, with local historians Tim Amsden and Mike Bass. There will also be an opportunity to visit the new Tring Local History Museum (free admission).

Tickets £3.50, advance booking required
Suitable for adults
Animals After School - Sharks

22 March 2012 16:00 - 16:45
Looking for after-school activities? Discover some incredible animals and make something wild to take home.

Tickets £1.50, available on the day
Most suitable for children aged 5+