Tag Archives: children’s activities

Royalty in Havering

Over the next two weeks Havering Museum will be excitedly preparing for the opening of its next temporary exhibition Royalty in Havering. This exhibition is inspired by the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee in June this year. Did you know Edward III visited Havering … Continue reading

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Easter Family Fun Activities

Havering Museum has some exciting and entertaining Family Fun activities this Easter Holiday. African Music & Dumming – Saturday 31 March 2012, 12 noon to 1 pm This fun and energising activity will focus on African musical skills and learning to … Continue reading

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Be a detective this February half-term

On Saturday 14 January 2012 Havering Museum’s second temporary exhibition was opened by the Mayor, Councillor Melvin Wallace and the Deputy Lieutenant of Havering, Mark Bryant . The day was filled with activites including; retro police cars and bike marking in Romford Market … Continue reading

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Christmas Family Fun

Havering Museum started its Christmas festivities in style by attending the Romford Christmas Light switch on, on Thursday 17 November 2011. Havering Museum had a stall where we were promoting our Christmas Family Fun programme and giving away hand made … Continue reading

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Exciting October half term activities

Are you looking for somewhere to take your children this October half term? Havering Museum has some exiciting and entertaining activities to occupy your children. To celebrate Black History Month this October, Havering Museum welcomes the Academy of African Arts … Continue reading

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Haunted Havering

Havering Museum was shocked to discover the residents of Havering love learning about paranormal activity! Every Ghost Talk the Museum has held, has been sold out weeks in advance! To meet popular demand, an additional ghost talk has been added to … Continue reading

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Summer at Havering Museum

Havering Museum has played host to Romans, Egyptians, Tudors and teddy bears over the last few weeks! At our Classic Ancients afternoon, our young visitors had the opportunity to explore the world of the Ancient Romans and Egyptians, discovering their fascinating … Continue reading

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Summer at Havering Museum

Over the past few weeks Havering Museum has welcomed many new families to our Summer Family Fun activities. It kicked off in style with an Archaeology Fun Afternoon on Thursday 28 July. Our young visitors learnt what life would be like as … Continue reading

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A year of Havering Hedgehogs

Similar to Havering Museum celebrating its 1st anniversary back in June, our Havering Hedgehogs children’s club also became 1 this week! The Hedgehogs, who meet on Saturdays, have spent the past year learning about the history of Havering as well as different art and … Continue reading

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Havering goes wild

If we asked you to think about what sort of wild animals you might expect to see around Havering, cheetahs are probably not one of the first animals that would spring to mind. Yet back in the 1930s, a small … Continue reading

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