What's On
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ExhibitionsThe River & Rowing Museum has an interesting and varied programme of special exhibitions, family events, adult and children’s workshops and art courses. To book tickets for workshops and lectures call 01491 415600 or email: edbookings@rrm.co.uk unless otherwise stated.
All Events
Exhibition
Not So Dawdling: Magdalen's 150 years
Schwarzenbach International Rowing Gallery, June 2009-May 2010
Oscar Wilde was one of its most famous members, but Magdalen College Rowin ...more
Exhibition
The Rowing that China Forgot
Schwarzenbach International Rowing Gallery, June 2009-May 2010
The foreign community in Shanghai enjoyed a rowing club from 1863 to 1940, ...more
Exhibitions
Water Water Everywhere: Exploring Flooding on the Thames
Treasures Gallery
June 2009 – June 2010
Flooding has been affecting people's lives for centuries...fi ...more
Children's Workshop
Taylor Tug's Under Fives Club
Wednesdays during term time 10am - 11:30am or 1pm - 2:30pm
Interactive sessions for parents to enjoy with their children.
Age 1 ...more
Children's Workshop
Artways Club
Come and join a Saturday Art Club . Five -week courses exploring ways of making art in a wide range of media. The five- week blocks alternate betwe ...more
Fun for ALL
Guided Tours of Ratty's Refuge
Fridays at 11.30am: April 9, May 21, June 4 & June 18
30 minute tours of Ratty's Refuge garden and Mill Meadows ...more
lecture
Hydropower Seminar
Monday 15 March, 10.30am - 12.30pm (coffee from 10am)
Following on from the success of our first Hydropower Seminar in M ...more
lecture
The Romans in Hambleden
Saturday 20 March, 11.30am (coffee from 11am)
Dr Jill Eyers is a local archaeologist and Director of Chiltern Archaeolog ...more
adult workshop
Make Beautiful Bridal Jewellery
Saturday 20 March, 10.30am - 1pm
Design and create a beautiful bridal bracelet, using the finest Swarovski crystals and ...more
adult workshop
Bridal Posy Bouquets
Saturday 20 March, 2pm - 4.30pm
Learn how to create a beautiful bridal posy bouquet. Step-by-step demonstrations show t ...more
adult workshop
Woven Willow Plant Supports
Saturday 27 March, 10.30am - 4.30pm - SOLD OUT
Choose from three plant support designs and create your own woven structu ...more
children's workshop
Majestic Medals
Tuesday 6 April, 10.30am - 12.30pm
Be inspired by our collection of sporting medals and trophies. Make some of your own ...more
Fun for ALL
From Riverbank to Wild Wood
Wednesday 7 April, 10.30am - 4pm (drop in anytime). FREE with Museum admission
Discover the different environments of ...more
children's workshop
Action Painting
Thursday 8 April, 10.30am - 12.30pm
How do you suggest movement and dynamism in your painting? Watch clips of rowing ch ...more
children's workshop
Quack Attack!
Tuesday 13 April, 10.30am - 12.30pm
Be a duck for the morning and find out all about them. Make a duck hat, cardboard w ...more
children's workshop
Taylor Tug's Easter Happening
Wednesday 14 April, 11am - 12.30pm - SOLD OUT
Join Taylor Tug to paint, play and make all sorts of things to celebrate s ...more
children's workshop
Volcano...Loads of Lava
Thursday 15 April, 10.30am - 12.30pm
Visit the Henley Gallery to look at a large Roman pot found near Hambleden. Then f ...more
lecture
A Century of Olympic Posters
Saturday 15 May, 11.30am (coffee from 11am)
Margaret Timmers was Head of Prints at the V&A Museum and has written wi ...more
adult workshop
What a Relief!
Sunday May 16, 10.30am - 4.30pm
The Museum has many examples of reliefs to draw inspiration from. In this workshop you ...more
children's workshop
Operation Otter...Find Portly
Tuesday 1 June, 10.30am - 12.30pm
In the story of The Wind in the Willows poor little Portly the otter gets lost in the Wild Wood. Have ...more
Fun for ALL
K'nex...Build a Bridge
Wednesday 2 June, 10.30am - 4pm (drop in anytime). FREE with Museum admission
Rise to the challenge of building a bridg ...more
children's workshop
Amazing Architects
Thursday 3 June, 10.30am - 12.30pm
Be an architect for a morning and build a model of the Museum in wood, card, paper an ...more
adult workshop
Botanical Illustration Master Class
Saturday 5 June, 10.30am - 4.30pm
This workshop is for beginners and those with some watercolour experience who admire f ...more
lecture
Lord Desborough of Taplow Court: 'Athlete and Man of Affairs'
Saturday 12 June, 11.30am (coffee from 11am)
Roger Bettridge is County Archivist of Buckinghamshire at the Centre for Bu ...more
lecture
Sporting Life in a Laptop
Saturday 26 June, 11.30am (coffee from 11am)
Christopher Dodd is a journalist and the Museum's Rowing Historian. Th ...more