Twilight at the Museum Tuesday 29th October, 5pm - 7.30pm Join us for family fun after hours at Ely Museum. Explore the galleries in the dark with your torch, listen to a spooky story and follow the cryptic clues of our Twilight trail, all included in your Twilight ticket. With renowned storyteller, Marion Leeper. Suitable […]
Creepy Crafts Thursday 31st October 2024, 10.30am-1pm Make a spooky ghost and a plump pumpkin! Drop-in anytime between 10:30am-1pm This activity is suitable for children aged 7 and under. Tickets are £3 per child plus your usual admission ticket or annual pass.
Love Time Team and Digging for Britain? Or perhaps have a budding archaeologist in your family? If so, join us at the museum for an archaeology themed day. Supported by Oxford Archaeology, discover how archaeologists dig up the past, record what they find, piece together the clues and discover the story in their hunt for […]
A Golden Age of Summer A temporary exhibition at Ely Museum from 26 July - 14 September 2025 You are invited to a summer of relaxation and play at Ely Museum! Inspired by the long, lazy, summer days of the Edwardian period, our summer exhibition encourages you to linger and lounge: play at a picnic, […]
Make your own flying machine with paper, or using junk modelling, and then test it out by completing the Flying Circus Challenge! How far can it fly? How accurate is it? How agile is it? Can it fly through a hoop or hit a target? Enjoy lots of fun challenges and try out different designs […]
As part of our 'Birds and Planes and Things that Fly' week, come and meet some amazing birds of prey live at Ely Museum with the Raptor Foundation. The Raptor Foundation is a team that provides a rescue service, care and rehabilitation facilities for injured raptors. They also provide a permanent home for unwanted raptors. […]
Today is the day the teddy bears have their picnic! Bring your favourite teddy bear down to the museum today for games and some surprises. Join in with our imaginative play teddy bears' picnic in the museum galleries, listen to a story and have a game of hide and seek with our mischievous bears, how […]
Family fun day for October Half Term Complete the spooky challenges around the museum, collect the ingredients and add them to the witch's cauldron. 10.30am - 4pm No pre-booking required. Included with your standard admission ticket or valid annual pass.
Use the junk provided and your imagination to make a monster or a Halloween friend. How many legs will it have? How many eyes? Is it a friendly monster or a really scary one? Friday 31st October 10.30am - 3pm No pre-booking required. Included with your standard admission ticket or valid annual pass.
Festive Family Evening at Ely Museum Bring your family along to our festive fun pre-Christmas evening at Ely Museum. Enjoy festive stories with Marion Leeper, play games in the galleries and make some Christmassy crafts. We'll be all decorated for Christmas with many trees and twinkly lights to get you in the mood for some […]
Father Christmas at Ely Museum Saturday December 6th and Sunday December 7th 10.30am - 1pm and 1.30pm - 4pm. Father Christmas will be taking time out of his busy schedule to visit Ely Museum for the weekend. Come along and meet him and his elves and leave with a lovely gift. Drop in event, no […]
Banish the Winter Blues: See Ely Museum in a new light! Tuesday 20th January - Friday 23rd January 3pm - 5pm We will be dimming the gallery lights at dusk and illuminating the museum to banish the winter blues. Pop in to see the museum in a different light, using torches for a scavenger hunt or […]
