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Wonderlab+

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Science Museum
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Want to continue the Wonderlab experience after your visit? Explore hours of hands-on activities, quizzes and more on our new, free family-friendly website.

Work Experience Week in the Language Department

23rd - 27th March 2026
10am-4pm
Goethe-Institut
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Would you like to gain hands-on experience in an international cultural institution? Join this one-week work experience programme at the Goethe-Institut London and explore the work of our language and educational services departments. Apply now!

Image credit: © Madeleine Famurewa

Workshop: Make a Felted Christmas Decoration

6th Dec
10am– 12:30pm or 1:30pm – 4pm
Design Museum
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Inspired by the handmade puppets in Wes Anderson’s films and by Christmas decorations, create your own felted figure in this hands-on workshop. Design and make your own figure using wool and scrap fabrics.

Workshop: Make Festive Paper Streamers with Bethan Laura Wood

14th Dec
11am-3pm
Design Museum
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Join designer Bethan Laura Wood as she guides you in creating swaying festive streamers from laminated paper pieces, inspired by seaweed and kites.

Young Design Museum

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Design Museum
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Whether you’re looking for ideas to entertain the children, or are simply after some creative fun to fill an afternoon, check out the Young Design Museum strand. Bring the world of design to life through everyday materials and household objects.

Young Design Museum for Schools

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Inspire students' creativity and passion with the Design Museum's fantastic range of ready made lessons. Make a wiggle side chair, redesign your kitchenware or design your own environmentally friendly packaging - with everyday materials and household objects.

Young V&A opening in July

Opening 1st July 2023
V&A South Kensington
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Young V&A will showcase the transformative power of creativity, displaying remarkable and optimistic stories of children’s ingenuity alongside 2,000 works from the V&A’s collection of art, design, and performance.

Yuletide at Sambourne House

11th Dec
6:30pm & 7:30pm
Leighton House and Sambourne House
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Christmas as we know it has its roots in the Victorian era. What better way to immerse yourself in the spirit of the season than with a festive tour of Sambourne House?