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June - August Events at Cecil Higgins Art Gallery & Bedford
Museum
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Event
Location
Time and Date
Cost
Exhibition: Inspired! Work by children and young people inspired by Art Gallery & Museum collections
Bedford Museum
1st May – 18th July
FREE
Exhibition: The Unknown Artist: Stanley Lewis and his contemporaries
Bedford Gallery
Sat 12th June – Sun 5th September
FREE
Lunchtime Talk: Stanley Lewis: an introduction
Bedford Gallery
Wed 23rd June 1 – 1.30pm
FREE
Family Day: Beekeeping Day
Bedford Museum
Sun 27th June 2 – 4.30pm
FREE
Lunchtime Talk: An extraordinary outbreak of talent – The Royal College of Art in the 1920’s
Bedford Gallery
Wed 7th July 1 – 1.30pm
FREE
Lunchtime Talk: The RCA Sketchbook – an illustrated talk
Bedford Gallery
Wed 21st July 1 – 1.30pm
FREE
Archaeology Study Day: We are hosting an archaeology Study Day for adults interested in finding out more about archaeology
Bedford Museum
Sat 24th July 11am – 4.30pm
Call 01234 353323 to book£15
Exhibition: Space and Time – an exhibition of work by artists with disabilities
Bedford Museum
Sat 24th July – Sun 29th August
FREE
Holiday Activity: Tick-Tock, Tick - Tock - fun with clocks.
Bedford Museum
Wed 28th July
11.15am – 12.30pm and 2 – 3.15pm
Age 3 – 5 yrs
Booking Essential£2.50
Holiday Activity: Wooden Wheels - Design and construct a mobile wooden vehicle.
Bedford Museum
Thurs 29th August
11.15 – 12.45 for 5 – 7yr olds
2 – 3.30 for 8+
Booking Essential£5
Holiday Activity: Present Ma’am – life as a Victorian schoolchild
Bedford Museum
Fri 30th July,
11am – 1pm and 2 – 4pm
Family Drop-in£2
Lunchtime Talk: Drawn to perfection – Nash, Spencer & Carrington at the Slade School of Art
Bedford Gallery
Wed 4th August, 1 – 1.30pm
FREE
Holiday Activity: Bedford Bobbies – Explore police in Bedford, past and present
Bedford Museum
Wed 4th August
11.15am – 12.30pm and 2 – 3.15pm
Age 3 – 5 yrs
Booking Essential£2.50
Holiday Activity: Siege Castle – Make a mini model of Bedford Castle
Bedford Museum
Thur 5th August
11.15 – 12.45 for 5 – 7yr olds
2 – 3.30 for 8+
Booking Essential£5
Holiday Activity: Happy Birthday Andy Warhol – paint like Andy Warhol
Bedford Museum
Fri 6th August
11am – 1pm and 2 – 4pm
Family Drop-in£2
Holiday Activity: Peg People – create your own dolly-peg toy
Bedford Museum
Wed 11th Aug
11.15am – 12.30pm and
2 – 3.15pm Age 3 – 5 yrs
Booking Essential£2.50
Holiday Activity: Picture-Me – Portrait painting fun
Bedford Museum
Thur 12th August
11.15 – 12.45 for 5 – 7yr olds
2 – 3.30 for 8+
Booking Essential£5
Holiday Activity: Secret Spy Box – Disguise a box for your spy secrets
Bedford Museum
Fri 13th August
11am – 1pm and 2 – 4pm
Family Drop-in£2
Lunchtime Talk: Augustus John
Bedford Gallery
Wed 18th August, 1 – 1.30pm
FREE
Holiday Activity: Mini Moore Sculpture – sculpt like Henry Moore
Bedford Museum
Wed 18th August
11.15am – 12.30pm and
2 – 3.15pm Age 3 – 5 yrs
Booking Essential£2.50
Holiday Activity: Henry Moore Sculpture – Sculpt like Henry Moore
Bedford Museum
Thur 19th August
11.15 – 12.45 for 5 – 7yr olds
2 – 3.30 for 8+
Booking Essential£5
Holiday Activity: We’ll Meet Again – WW2 Drop-in day
Bedford Museum
Fri 20th August
11am – 1pm and 2 – 4pm
Family Drop-in£2
Holiday Activity: Something About a Soldier – try on soldier’s kit and make a helmet
Bedford Museum
Wed 25th August
11.15am – 12.30pm and
2 – 3.15pm Age 3 – 5 yrs
Booking Essential£2.50
Holiday Activity: G-G-G Gargoyles! – make great gargoyles and grotesques
Bedford Museum
Thur 26th August
11.15 – 12.45 for 5 – 7yr olds
2 – 3.30 for 8+
Booking Essential£5
Holiday Activity: Hello Dolly – Re-create a traditional cardboard dress-up doll.
Bedford Museum
Fri 27th August
11am – 1pm and 2 – 4pm
Family Drop-in£2
For booking and further information call us on 01234 353323
Cecil Higgins Art Gallery & Bedford Museum
Castle Lane, Bedford, MK40 3XD
01234 353323