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February Half Term at Blackburn Museum and Art Gallery

18/02/2025 – 22/02/2025

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February Half Term at Blackburn Museum and Art Gallery


🎨🖍✂️ FREE FEB HALF-TERM WORKSHOPS! ✂️🖍🎨
Looking for something fun to do with the kids this February half-term? Look no further! 👀
We have a range of FREE drop-in activities all week to get involved in, including:
18/02/2025 (12-3PM) ARTIST-LED WORKSHOP
Make a bird finger puppet or headdress with artist Cath Ford, using scrap paper and card inspired by our bird collection!
19/02/2025 (12-3PM) ARTIST-LED WORKSHOP
Decorate a wooden heart inspired by the Lancashire Rose with Cath Ford.
20/02/2025 (12-3PM) ARTIST-LED WORKSHOP
Use scrap paper and card to create your own mask inspired by Picasso and the Cubist artists, with local artist Cath Ford.
21/02 – 22/02/2025 (11AM-3PM) PRINT RALLY
Visit all four locations across town to build your own Blackburn print. Venues include: Blackburn Market, Blackburn Central Library, Ask-Me The Mall, Blackburn, Blackburn Museum & Art Gallery
22/02/2025 (11AM-3PM) The Obscura Collective
Take an old-school selfie using a 70-year-old camera, learn about the traditional photographic process and capture your portraits.
ALL WEEK (11AM-4PM) ‘GET CRAFTY’ AND MUSEUM ACTIVITIES
Crafts, still life drawing, trails, and quizzes, inspired by the local work in the ART OPEN 2025 exhibition!
(Please note, all children must be supervised by an adult)

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