Audience: Children

Christmas dinners haven’t always looked the way they do now! Hunt through the museum and galleries to uncover hidden facts about Christmas dinners from the past.

£3 per child with a sweet treat prize. No need to book – just drop by to take part.

Recommended for ages 4 – 11. Smaller ones are very welcome – they’ll just need a bit of extra help from a grown-up!

Available from Sunday 26th November – Thursday 21st December during our standard opening hours.
Wycombe Museum is closed Mondays and Saturday. Please check our opening hours here.

If you’re pre-booking, just bring your confirmation email to the front desk on any given day the trail is running to take part.

Experience Christmas on the Home Front!

• Try making your own festive rations recipes
• Have a go at some make do & mend craft
• Try your hand at playing some Christmas music
• Learn how people spread festive cheer during wartime with our activity trail

Our cafe will be open for food and drink for the duration of the event.

Recomended age 4 – 11. Smaller ones welcome, but will require help from a grown-up.

Tickets £6.00 per child. Adults don’t require tickets.

Select your entry time when booking. Please arrive at the start of your entry time. The event lasts around 1hr.

Make a beeswax candle and Christmas gift box. Perfect as a festive decoration or homemade gift.

Recommended for age 4 – 11. Smaller ones are welcome but will need help.

Tickets £4.50 per child. Tickets not needed for accompanying adults. Pre-booking essential.
Sessions last 45 minutes – choose you time slot when you book tickets.
Friends get 10% off. Find out about becoming a Friend here.

Sessions start at:
10.30 – 11.15am
11.45am – 12.30pm
1.15 – 2pm
2.30pm – 3.15pm

Interactive learning workshops aimed at home educators, targeted at different age groups.

Sessions will be run on a different theme, with role play, museum object handling, crafts and activities.

This session will run on the theme of ‘The Romans in Wycombe’, and children will learn about the Roman villa on the Rye, how the Romans changed the town, and how they would have lived.

Tickets are only required for participating children, and children must be accompanied by an adult throughout the sessions.

Tickets £7 per child

Time slots:

• Ages 4 – 6: 11am – 12pm
• Ages 7 – 11: 12.30 – 1.30pm

Please note these age ranges are recommendations rather than rules, and is an indication of who the session will be best for.

If you have multiple children who fall into different age categories, it’s okay to bring both to one session. Please select whichever session you think will be most appropriate for your children. We’ll do our best to accommodate children who fall outside of the recommended age range, and will have resources available from both sessions that can be made available. Please note that if bringing younger children to the 7-11 session, some of the museum objects we offer for handling might require closer adult supervision.

Interactive learning workshops aimed at home educators, targeted at different age groups.

Sessions will be run on a different theme, with role play, museum object handling, crafts and activities.

This session we will go on a walking tour around High Wycombe town centre, learning about the history of different streets, buildings and features. The tour will take around an hour, with a short talk before and after. Please dress suitably for the weather!

Tickets are only required for participating children, and children must be accompanied by an adult throughout the sessions.

Tickets £7 per child

Suitable for children agof all ages, but please do be aware there will be alot of walking involved.

Please note these age ranges are recommendations rather than rules, and is an indication of who the session will be best for.

Make your own felted picture, see if you can master the tricky art of spinning wool into yarn, and find out about natural fabric dyeing. Learn about the history of cloth fulling mills on the river Wye in High Wycombe.

Discover & Make are Wycombe Museum’s regular holiday activity workshops. They combine a learning ‘discover’ activity – often a trail worksheet around the museum’s galleries – with a hands-on ‘make’ portion to further explore the topic of the session.

Recommended for age 4 – 11. Smaller ones are welcome but will need help.

Tickets £4.00 per child. Tickets not needed for accompanying adults. Pre-booking essential.
Sessions last 45 minutes – choose you time slot when you book tickets.
Friends get 10% off. Find out about becoming a Friend here.

Sessions start at:
10.30 – 11.15am
11.45am – 12.30pm
1.15 – 2pm
2.30pm – 3.15pm

Make your own felted picture, see if you can master the tricky art of spinning wool into yarn, and find out about natural fabric dyeing. Learn about the history of cloth fulling mills on the river Wye in High Wycombe.

Discover & Make are Wycombe Museum’s regular holiday activity workshops. They combine a learning ‘discover’ activity – often a trail worksheet around the museum’s galleries – with a hands-on ‘make’ portion to further explore the topic of the session.

Recommended for age 4 – 11. Smaller ones are welcome but will need help.

Tickets £4.00 per child. Tickets not needed for accompanying adults. Pre-booking essential.
Sessions last 45 minutes – choose you time slot when you book tickets.
Friends get 10% off. Find out about becoming a Friend here.

Sessions start at:
10.30 – 11.15am
11.45am – 12.30pm
1.15 – 2pm
2.30pm – 3.15pm

Learn to craft your own crochet projects with Gen of Woollywonka’s.

Best for ages 6 – 13. Children must be accompanied by an adult throughout the session.

Tickets £8 per child. Pre-booking essential.