Children and family events

Crafts, family drop-ins, and trails for children and families.

The Friends of the Oxfordshire Museum Children's Creative Writing Competition 2026

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About the competition. The Friends of the Oxfordshire Museum are excited to announce the second annual Children’s Creative Writing…

Finds session

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Join Finds Liaison Officer Ed Caswell and explore some of our handling collection as well as bringing your own finds for reporting and…

History Hunters - Animal puppets inspired by the PAS Database

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Join the team as we explore animals from the PAS database using them as inspiration to create your very own puppet.

Creative Cobwebs

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Join us and have some creative fun making your own cobweb and insects to go onto it.

Creative Cobwebs

Black background with a white cobweb in the centre and pale yellow smiling spiders on the web in each corner. In the centre in an orange box are the words creative cobwebs.

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Join us and have some creative fun making your own cobweb and insects to go onto it.

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