This is a brilliant guest post from Jennifer of Jennifer’s Little World about the MAD Museum in Stratford-upon-Avon Continue reading
16Sep/14
Category Archives: museum
09Jun/14
Stonehenge, Amesbury, Wiltshire
How to introduce Stonehenge? Surely. there is no-one alive who couldn’t recognise Stonehenge on a picture?
Stonehenge is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. It is a mystery, and a wonder. It has been attracting visitors since it was built hundreds of years ago. Although archeologists and other people whose job I can’t spell are able to have a good idea of when and how Stonehenge was built, we really still don’t know why.
31May/14
Fort Paull, Paull, East Yorkshire
This is a guest post from Meredith, aged 9, and is an entry into the MAD Blog Awards 2014 Kid Blog of the Year.
“My FAVOURITE way to spend a sunny day outside is…visiting somewhere new with my family.
Here’s what we did when we visited Fort Paull, on the East Yorkshire coast.
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29May/14
Jorvik Viking Centre, York, North Yorkshire
Jorvik Viking Centre tells the story of the Viking history of York, and is somewhere we visited a couple of times as children. Superbreak gave us some tickets so we could take our own children and see what had changed in the last twenty or so years.
12Apr/14
The Maritime Museum, Hull, East Yorkshire
The Maritime Museum (known locally as the Town Dock Museum) is one of Hull’s free city-centre museums. It is a collection of all things nautical, particularly local history, and things connected to trawling and whaling. It is in one of Hull’s most famous buildings – the 19th century Docks offices buildings which were used, amongst other things, to administer migration from Eastern Europe to the Americas. If you love boats, local history, and sea-faring adventure, this museum is pretty good.
29Mar/14
The Hull and East Riding Museum, Hull, East Yorkshire
This post is part of our FREE Family Days out in Yorkshire series
The Hull and East Riding Museum in Hull’s museum quarter is worth an hour of your time. You can combine it with a trip to the Streetlife Museum next door, or as a stop off point on the Hull Fish Trail.
21Oct/13
The York Dungeon, York, North Yorkshire
At The York Dungeon throughout Halloween 2013, accompanied children in spooky fancy dress get free entrance. (Please check the website for more details), so when we were given some adult tickets to try them out, we whacked some costumes on the kids and headed off!
31Aug/13
Hands on History, Hull, East Yorkshire
UPDATE – This museum is open to the public only on selected Saturdays through 2014 due to cutbacks. Please see their website for more information.
Hands on History is a free museum in Hull City Centre. It is a brilliant way of passing an hour with children. It can be incorporated into a visit to other Hull museums, like Streetlife Museum, and is located about a quarter of the way round on the Hull Fish Trail.
Hands on History is a free museum in Hull City Centre. It is a brilliant way of passing an hour with children. It can be incorporated into a visit to other Hull museums, like Streetlife Museum, and is located about a quarter of the way round on the Hull Fish Trail.
28Aug/13
York’s Chocolate Story, York, North Yorkshire
York’s Chocolate Story is an indoor attraction in York City Centre. It is located on Kings Square which is at one end of The Shambles, towards the imposing York Minster.
22Aug/13
Beamish, County Durham
Beamish Museum is a huge open air museum just north of Durham in County Durham. It’s about fifteen years since I last went and it’s over a two-hour drive from our house, but we made a massive effort to get up and visit it because I remember it being such a good day out and I was sure our two older girls would love it. We left the younger children with grandparents and spent the day at Beamish.