Shrewsbury Museum and Art Gallery

Creative Workshop with Saffron Russell

Shropshire Museums and Archives have partnered with Shropshire PACC to deliver a creative workshop for young people with SEND (11+). The event will…

Museum Tea Break

Join fellow history and art lovers for a hot drink and a chat at the Museum Café, Shrewsbury Museum & Art Gallery. Explore the museum and stay…

Sketchbook Circle

Whether you draw regularly or are an absolute beginner, come and enjoy the meditative nature of drawing in the museum galleries and support your…

Spotlight Talk: Evolving Ideas - Darwin and Beyond

Join us for this lunchtime talk as part of Shrewsbury Museum and Art Gallery’s popular Spotlight series for the DarwIN Shrewsbury Festival. This is a…

Spotlight Talk: Galapagos - The Islands, the Science, the Myths

Join us for this lunchtime talk as part of Shrewsbury Museum and Art Gallery’s popular Spotlight series for the DarwIN Shrewsbury Festival. This is a…

LEGO EXPLORER - A Darwin themed Lego® Workshop

A Darwin-themed Lego® workshop. Find out about the life of Charles Darwin and build your own Lego® model inspired by the great explorer.Please…

Spotlight Talk: The Thinking Path - Art and Science

Join us for this free lunchtime talk as part of Shrewsbury Museum and Art Gallery’s popular Spotlight series for the DarwIN Shrewsbury Festival. This…

Spotlight Talk: Darwin in the Field

Join us for this lunchtime talk as part of Shrewsbury Museum and Art Gallery’s popular Spotlight series for the DarwIN Shrewsbury Festival. This is a…

To Say Nothing of The Dog

Late Victorian and Edwardian Humorists Queen Victoria, famously, was not amused. Her subjects, and those of her son, Edward VII, were not so…

Finds Day

Found something interesting while walking, gardening or metal detecting and want to know more about it? Bring your finds to Shrewsbury Museum &…

Melting Point

Drop into this interactive talk with Dr Natasha Harlow and learn more about the Bronze Age with an opportunity to handle original artefacts. Natasha…

Early Years Storytelling Workshop - Sun & Fire

Using a magical mix of storytelling, music, art and roleplay, children will step back in time and discover how people lived a long, long time ago.…

The Bronze Age: Who, What, When Where and How?

Introductory evening talk with Dr Natasha Harlow, a freelance archaeologist and educator. She has worked in museums, schools and on archaeological…

Create and Connect

Bringing together refugee and local families in a fun, welcoming and supportive environment. Create art together, inspired by the museum collection.…

Sun & Fire - Life and death at the dawn of history

Experience life in Shropshire between 4500 and 2000 years ago. That’s roughly the time from 2500 BCE until the Romans invaded Britain in 43…

Museum Babies

A weekly drop-in, sensory play session for pre-walking babies aged 0-18 months, specially designed to help develop babies' physical and social…

Mini Mammoths

Mini Mammoths run every Thursday during term timeThis is a very popular, whole-museum experience for children aged 1-5 to discover, play, connect and…