What's On

This friendly and social group welcomes beginners and more experienced alike.  Other outside and evening meetings are arranged.

Sessions alternate between ‘Open Topic’ and more specific activities.

Admission £5.00 (Inc. Light refreshments)

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These FREE  sessions are for children age 6-11 and can booked online via Eventbrite (booking fee applies) or at the Museum.

The first session of our 5 sessions will introduce children to the concept of ‘oral’ history’. The theme of the workshop will be childhood, and we’ll be thinking about what childhoods were like in the past and what they are like now! We’ll be decorating memory jars and using tablets as part of scavenger hunt and you’ll go home with a prize.

Over the course of this 5-session programme, children will gain an appreciation for oral history as a source, learn digital skills, explore historical imagination, and gain familiarity with the many histories of East London and Essex, of which they themselves are a part, all while having fun and being creative during their summer holidays!

Workshops have been designed to be enjoyed as a 5 session programme however sessions can also be booked individually.

Please bring your own refreshments to the session.  Children must be accompanied by an adult.

This week’s topic is –  Competitive events and tournaments

ADMISSION £3.  Admission includes entry to the Museum and refreshments.  Sessions take place from 1.30pm to 3.30 pm.

Bring your photographs and memories to share or just come to listen to others.

These sessions are sponsored by Mullis & Peake Solicitors LLP, Romford.

All are welcome to these friendly sessions.

Museum Galleries Opening Times

Wednesday – Friday
11:00 – 16:30
Last entry to the galleries – 15:30
Last entry to the shop – 16:00

The public galleries are closed on Saturdays, Sundays, Mondays & Tuesdays.

We may be open at other times for talks, events,  room bookings and private hire.

A great family event where children learn how to make things fly and get to do crazy and fun experiments plus craft activity. Suitable for 4-10 year olds.

Can be booked online via Eventbrite (booking fee applies) or in person at the Museum

A great family event where children learn how to make things fly and get to do crazy and fun experiments plus craft activity. Suitable for 4-10 year olds.

Can be booked online via Eventbrite (booking fee applies) or in person at the Museum

Art Appreciation – Animals in Art

Wednesday 7th August 13:30 – 15:30

These are fun, informal and friendly and assume no previous knowledge. Attendees are encouraged to engage with a variety of artists within the designated topic and build up their repertoire in appraising art.

Admission £5 (inc. light refreshments)

Advanced booking advised.

A great family event where children learn about how to make things fly and get to do crazy and fun experiments plus craft activity.   Suitable for 4-10yr olds.  £5.00 . Can be booked online via Eventbrite (booking fee applies) or in person at the Museum.

Thursday 8th August , 11-12:30 – £5.00. These  sessions are for children age 5-11 and can be booked online via Eventbrite (booking fee applies) or at the Museum

Calling all festival queens and kings. Come along and get creative at our Dandelion Crown session this summer, where you will be crafting  a knitted dandelion crown that you can take home and use again and again.. it’s a busy time for festival fun !

Please bring your own refreshments to the session. Children must be accompanied by an adult.

Thursday 8th August, 1:30 – 3pm –  £5.00. These  sessions are for children age 5-11 and can be booked online via Eventbrite (booking fee applies) or at the Museum

Calling all festival queens and kings. Come along and get creative at our Dandelion Crown session this summer, where you will be crafting  a knitted dandelion crown that you can take home and use again and again.. it’s a busy time for festival fun !

Please bring your own refreshments to the session. Children must be accompanied by an adult.

These FREE  sessions are for children age 6-11 and can booked online via Eventbrite  or at the Museum.

Please bring your own refreshments to the session. Children must be accompanied by an adult.

In light of recent news events, we would also like to reassure you of our security procedures during the summer holiday period. The entrance door to the museum will be secure and manned at all times during opening hours

This week’s topic is –  Being British

ADMISSION £3.  Admission includes entry to the Museum and refreshments.  Sessions take place from 1.30pm to 3.30 pm.

Bring your photographs and memories to share or just come to listen to others.

These sessions are sponsored by Mullis & Peake Solicitors LLP, Romford.

All are welcome to these friendly sessions.

Museum Galleries Opening Times

Wednesday – Friday
11:00 – 16:30
Last entry to the galleries – 15:30
Last entry to the shop – 16:00

The public galleries are closed on Saturdays, Sundays, Mondays & Tuesdays.

We may be open at other times for talks, events,  room bookings and private hire.

Thursday 15 August 11:00 am to 12:30 pm – £5.   This  session is for children age 5-11 and can booked online via Eventbrite  (booking fee applies) or at the Museum.

Come along and get creative this summer at our Circling Seagulls Seaside family session, where you will make a a seaside inspired paper plate mobile to take home and hang in your garden or a sunny room – just watch out for your chips

Please bring your own refreshments to the session. Children must be accompanied by an adult.

These FREE  sessions are for children age 6-11 and can booked online via Eventbrite  or at the Museum.

This session will be the first of two which will focus on music, and using sound bites and photographs, investigate how it has changed over the years. You will discuss your favourite songs and music and have a chance to design your own historical music star, will it mod, punk or disco, give them a name and decide on the era did they came from? There will also be a chance for some dancing if you want to.

Over the course of this 5-session programme, children will gain an appreciation for oral history as a source, learn digital skills, explore historical imagination, and gain familiarity with the many histories of East London and Essex, of which they themselves are a part, all while having fun and being creative during their summer holidays!

When booking this music workshop, you must be available and able to commit to attending both sessions.

Please bring your own refreshments to the session. Children must be accompanied by an adult.

This week’s topic is –  Music inspired nature

ADMISSION £3.  Admission includes entry to the Museum and refreshments.  Sessions take place from 1.30pm to 3.30 pm.

Bring your photographs and memories to share or just come to listen to others.

These sessions are sponsored by Mullis & Peake Solicitors LLP, Romford.

All are welcome to these friendly sessions.

Museum Galleries Opening Times

Wednesday – Friday
11:00 – 16:30
Last entry to the galleries – 15:30
Last entry to the shop – 16:00

The public galleries are closed on Saturdays, Sundays, Mondays & Tuesdays.

We may be open at other times for talks, events,  room bookings and private hire.

The museum will host traditional toy and game activities for families in the galleries.  Attendees are welcome to drop in free of charge between 11 am and 1pm.

This open day  and activities are sponsored by Moore Kingston Smith.

These FREE  sessions are for children age 6-11 and can booked online via Eventbrite or at the Museum.

This session will focus on how music has changed over the years. Children will be given the opportunity to interview a past musician, write lyrics and put instruments together to make their own songs based on sounds from the past -Mod, Rock, Punk, Disco. This is the most ambitious of our five workshops, but will hopefully challenge children’s digital skills and historical imagination.

Over the course of this 5-session programme, children will gain an appreciation for oral history as a source, learn digital skills, explore historical imagination, and gain familiarity with the many histories of East London and Essex, of which they themselves are a part, all while having fun and being creative during their summer holidays!

When booking this music workshop, you must be available and able to commit to attending both this session and the previous week’s.

Please bring your own refreshments to the session. Children must be accompanied by an adult.

Museum Galleries Opening Times

Wednesday – Friday
11:00 – 16:30
Last entry to the galleries – 15:30
Last entry to the shop – 16:00

The public galleries are closed on Saturdays, Sundays, Mondays & Tuesdays.

We may be open at other times for talks, events,  room bookings and private hire.

Friends of Havering Museum

Talk on Pompeii and the Amalfi Coast followed by a cream tea.

Thursday 29th August at 13.30

Price is £7.50 for friends,  £10 for non-friends.

An alternative cake can be provided if requested due to dietary requirements.

Advanced booking and payment required.

Book with the Museum directly.

These FREE sessions are for children age 6-11 and can be booked online via Eventbrite or at the museum 

The final session of the programme will be an opportunity for children to create their own public history video via TikTok, with the chance for it to be shared on our social media platforms for the world to see!

Children will learn about storyboards and researching some digital archive material and finally create their own TikTok video based on their own local history.

Over the course of this 5-session programme, children will gain an appreciation for oral history as a source, learn digital skills, explore historical imagination, and gain familiarity with the many histories of East London and Essex, of which they themselves are a part, all while having fun and being creative during their summer holidays!

Workshops have been designed to be enjoyed as a 5 session programme however sessions can also be booked individually.

Please bring your own refreshments to the session. Children must be accompanied by an adult.

The museum will host free summer inspired craft activities for families.  Attendees are welcome to drop in free of charge between 11 am and 12:30.

This day and activities are sponsored by Mullis & Peake.

The museum will host free summer inspired craft activities for families.  Attendees are welcome to drop in free of charge between  1:30 pm and 2.30 pm .

This day and activities are sponsored by Mullis & Peake.