Summer Family Fun

Dolly the Sheep’s Big Birthday Card 

Ages: 5+

Celebrate Dolly’s 30th birthday by adding a message to our giant birthday card. 

Rag Rug 

Ages: 5+

Help us complete our Dolly the sheep rag rug using donated fabric scraps.  

Object Handling  

Ages: 5+

Get up close to some fascinating objects and learn more about the world’s most iconic sheep.  

Make Your Own Clone Craft 

Ages: 3+

Design your own Dolly the sheep with our simple colouring craft activity. 

Book Nook 

Ages: Under 3s

Enjoy sheep-themed colouring in and mini looms for little ones in our early years zone.

Bug Detectives 

Ages: 5+ 

Grab your magnifying glass and help us classify different insects. 

Object Handling  

Ages: 5+ 

Marvelous moths, beautiful butterflies, delightful dung beetles (yes, you read that right), we’ve got them all. Get up close to our incredible specimens and discover the weird and wonderful world of insects.  

Gallery Mini Trail 

Ages: 7+ 

We’re going on a bug hunt! Pick up a copy of our mini trail at the object handling trolley and head off to find some of the fascinating insects on display in the museum. 

Book Nook 

Ages: Under 3s. 

Cosy up in our book nook for some quiet reading or get scribbling with our colouring sheets for little ones. 

Build a Bug workshops

Times: 10:30, 11:30, 13:30 & 14:30 

Location: Event Space, Level 2 

Ages: 5+ 

Free, sign up on the day in the Grand Gallery.  

Insects come in all different shapes and sizes and are good at different things. Learn about their different body parts and what they’re used for, then work together to create your own insect using every day and second-hand objects.  

Workshops are around 30 minutes long. Children under 16 must be accompanied by at least one adult over the age of 18.

Dinosaur Trail  

Ages: 5+ 

Pick up a copy of our Discovering Dinosaurs trail to take with you as you explore the museum. Available in English and Gaelic.  

Book Nook  

Ages: 3+ 

Get comfy in our beanbag corner for some quiet reading or get hands-on with dino-themed activities for imaginative play. 

Fossil Finders 

Ages: 5+ 

Discover how fossils are made and what we can learn from them. Have a go at being a palaeontologist and see what you can uncover. 

Dino Detectives 

Ages: 5+ 

Uh oh, our dinosaurs are all jumbled up! Can you help us match the dinosaur objects to the correct dinosaur? 

 Mission Control 

Ages: 7+ 

Humans have brought lots of things back from space but what have we left behind? Find out in our Space Trash game.   

Research Hub 

Ages: 7+ 

Join our Learning Team to discover fascinating facts about space and how we can use what we learn to look after planet Earth. Embark on a mission and discover practical ways you can help your home planet.     

Gallery Quest  

Ages: 7+ 

Pick up the Gallery Quest from our Research Hub to take with you as you explore the museum. Available in English. 

Book nook

Ages: Under 3s 

Cosy up in our book nook for some quiet reading or get scribbling with our colouring sheets for little ones. 

Object Handling  

Ages: 5+ 

Get hands-on with incredible objects and learn what life was like in ancient Egypt. 

Amulet craft 

Ages: 5+ 

Make your own ancient Egyptian-inspired amulet to take home with you.  

Journey to the Afterlife:  

Ages: 7+ 

Get hands on with some of our replica objects and learn what the ancient Egyptians believed happened after death. Is your heart lighter than a feather? 

Hedjet’s Ancient Egyptian Adventure Trail 

Ages: 5+ 

Pick up a copy of our Hedjet’s Ancient Egyptian Adventure trail to take with you as you explore the museum. Available in English.  

Object Handling  

Ages: 5+ 

Pink, yellow, blue and green, we’ve got birds you’ve (probably) never seen. Join our Learning Team and get up close to some of the most colourful bird specimens in our collection.  

Bird (Flying) Highlights 

Ages: All ages 

Read some good news stories from bird conservation projects around the world.  

Colourful Crafts 

Ages: 5+ 

Drop by our craft tables and get colourful with our bird-themed crafts. 

Book Nook 

Ages: Under 3s 

Cosy up in our book nook for some quiet reading or get scribbling with our colouring sheets for little ones.