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Home Educators: Discovering Darwin
Date:
6 February 2026Time:
10:30am - 12:00pm
The Square, Shrewsbury, SY1 1HL
About this event
Discover, Create, and Explore!
Join us for a series of engaging, hands-on history, science and art workshops designed especially for home educated children. Held in the inspiring setting of the museum, these sessions combine creativity, history, and fun learning experiences tailored to curious minds. Suitable for children age 5-11 years.
Discovering Darwin – Friday 6 Feb 2026
Who is Charles Darwin and why are we so proud of him in Shrewsbury?
Why do we see him as such a significant individual?
This workshop will give children a deeper understanding of who Darwin was, his background and those around him. They will come face to face with portraits of Darwin’s family, discover exotic taxidermy and consider the way people lived over 200 years ago here in Shrewsbury. The children will classify some of their own specimens which will help them to understand the key terms adaption and extinction.
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