Come along and enjoy a magical visit with Santa. Free entry for all children and free gift.

Join us as we open our Christmas festivities with Charles Dickens and his Christmas Carol, a Frozen wonderland with Elsa & friends Olaf and Sven. Our child visitors can get Christmas crafty when they make their own tree decorations and snow globes, not forgetting our magical Santa’s workshop and parlour and a special visit from the man himself on Saturday 21st December.

Prepare yourself for an eerie encounter with Mrs Ibbitts; plague doctor…. Careful of the rats……..

Join us for our last Sunday opening of the season. Enjoy the museum collections and Free Halloween crafts for kids.

Bacup’s rich and varied history is beautifully illustrated through the photographs and artefacts in the Bacup Museum collections, as well as the memoirs of Bacupians from days long past. A time when every street was full of happy children, playing the popular street games, whilst parents sat on their doorsteps, chatting and watching the games.

As part of the annual national Heritage Open Day festival join us as we display various artefacts and written memoirs of characters such as “Joe Spratt” a well-known firewood dealer in Newgate. Joe never wore anything on his feet but his "Sunday clogs". These had a hand-carved pattern on the uppers, the uppers and wood soles being fastened together with brass nails all around the clog, which had a pointed toe and were highly polished. Joe's claim to fame was having walked down Broadway, New York, in his clogs.

There will be events happening all over the valley throughout the HOD Festival check out the leaflet for more information.

Our last Creative History Thursday is Dinosaurs & Fossils. Make you own woodcraft dinosaur or dino print or fossil with our air drying clay. Have your photo taken with Tommy the T-Rex

Join us as we celebrate some Great Britain’s.. Make your own London scene and enjoy some great museum activities.

A world of history, nature, and culture as we showcase a curated selection of events, workshops, and displays that cater to enthusiasts of all ages. Free Crafting activities and museum quizzes for our child visitors. Refreshments available.

Come along and make your own bugs, bees and flower masks, and photo frames. Children’s entrance and all craft materials Free. Adults £5.00.

Join us for this special Saturday Open Day…

This Thursday we do all things Viking …… Make your own Viking mask and longboat have your photo taken with our Viking helmet, fun word searches, find out what your name is in Viking.

This week we celebrate the Olympics with an Olympian museum scavenger hunt, make your own winners rosette and Union Jack windmill.

Bring in your favourite finds and discuss with our expert ..

Visit us this Half Term for some family holiday fun.