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The Sheila Fell exhibition is located on the upper floors which close at 4pm.

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Children & Young People’s Activities

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Sensory Backpacks
Free
A child wearing a dark green and white striped top, holding a pair of scissors.

Children and Young People's Activities

Sensory Backpacks

14 – 28 Jun 2025
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Celebrate Different Collective
Free
A group of six stand round a table. They are looking at pieces of paper in front of them.

Children and Young People's Activities

Celebrate Different Collective

18 – 25 Jun 2025
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Mini Science Club
A group of children and adults gather round a large, red plastic bowl of water. In the bowl are a selection of toys to play with in the water.

Children and Young People's Activities

Mini Science Club

27 Jun – 17 Oct 2025

1 – 4

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Tuesday Museum Club
An adult and child taking part in a drawing activity. The adult is on the left wearing a grey top and the child is on the right wearing a pink T-shirt. Both have long brown hair.

Children and Young People's Activities

Tuesday Museum Club

01 Jul – 07 Oct 2025

5 – 11

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Exhibitions

Sheila Fell: Cumberland on Canvas
Free
A painting of a white snowy landscape with a small brown building to the left of the scene.

Exhibitions

Sheila Fell: Cumberland on Canvas

14 – 28 Jun 2025
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Adult workshops & Activities

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Creative Age
Free
A person with long waved hair and a black top adds coloured strips of fabric to hessian.

Adult Workshops and Activities

Creative Age

18 Jun – 22 Oct 2025
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Threads
Free
Five women sit around a table. They are knitting. All the women look to be retirement age. They are smiling.

Adult Workshops and Activities

Threads

01 Jul – 07 Oct 2025
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Special Events

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Teenage Market
Free
A selection of colourful toys displayed on a flat surface with a white cloth. The toys include a hot pink frog.

Special Events

Teenage Market

16 Aug 2025
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Heritage Open Days: Volunteer History Tours
Free
A group of people stand in a white gallery space. They are all turned to look at a colourful artwork on the wall.

Special Events

Heritage Open Days: Volunteer History Tours

16 – 18 Sep 2025
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