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
Workshop
Beadylicious: Design and Make Freeform Workshop
Saturday 15 November
Diana Mowatt
10.30-1.00
£18 (£15 members) + £12 materials
BOOKING ESSENTIAL
Suitab ...more
Children's Parties
Birthday Parties at the Museum
Birthday Parties for 4 – 11 year olds
Book your two-hour birthday party on a Sunday afternoon between 1.00pm and 4.30pm in the Education ...more
Family Exhibition
Our Neighbours from the Past: Stone Age to Saxon Treasures
Now Open
A fascinating insight into the ways our ancestors lived, displaying some of the finest antiquities from the Thames Valley. ...more
Art Course
Art Ways Club
New courses starting 26 April & 21 June 08
10.30am - 12.30pm
£50 per child per course of 5 sessions
Saturday morning ...more
Exhibition
Gollon at Henley
10 May - 6 July
The River & Rowing Museum has commissioned a painting on the theme of the beauty and pain of sport from established B ...more
Exhibition & Activity Centre
RRM Funtime
26 July - 31 August
Back by popular demand, RRM Funtime is packed full of hands-on, interactive things to do - guaranteed to pro ...more
Summer Workshop
Insects in Silk
Thursday 29 July
10.30am-3.30pm
Age 7-11 £16 (£14 members)
BOOKING ESSENTIAL on 01491 415600 or more
Workshop
Taylor Tug's Holiday Happenings
Wed 30 July
11am-12.30pm
Age 18 months-5 years
£6.50
BOOKING ESSENTIAL on 01491 415600 or more
Summer Workshop
Pop goes the weasel
Tuesday 5 August
10.30am-12.30pm
Age 4-7 *8 (£7 members)
BOOKING ESSENTIAL on 01491 415600 or more
Family Event
Bags for Wildlife
Thursday 7 August
2pm-4pm
FREE with admission + materials (£1 a bag)
Do you want to help stop plastic bags harming wildl ...more
Summer Workshop
Animals in Print
Wednesday 6 August
10.30am-3.30pm
Age 7-11 £16 (£14 members)
BOOKING ESSENTIAL 01491 415600
Another chance to ...more
Summer Workshop
Taylor Tug's Holiday Happenings 13 Aug
Wed 13 August
11am-12.30pm, age 18 months-5 years
£6.50 BOOKING ESSENTIAL 01491 415600
Come and enjoy the summer with Ta ...more
Summer Workshop
Feeling Prickly...Here comes hedgehog
Thursday 14 August
10.30am-12.30pm
Age 4-7 £8 (£7 members), BOOKING ESSENTIAL
Meet a real stuffed hedgehog from our Muse ...more
Summer Workshop
Creepy Crawly Cafe
Tuesday 19 August
10.30am-12.30pm
Age 4-7, £8 (£7 members), BOOKING ESSENTIAL 01491 415600
Have you ever wondered what c ...more
Family Event
Toad's Picnic
Wednesday 20 August
1pm -3pm
FREE with Museum admission
Fill your picnic basket with goodies and join Mr Toad and friends f ...more
Family Event
Meet Consuta
Thursday 21 August
12pm - 4pm
Free with Museum entry
Museum Jetty
Come along to the Museum jetty to see ...more
Summer Workshop
Boat to Beijing
Tuesday 26 August
10.30am-3.30pm
Age 7-11 £16 (£14 members)
Visit the Sydney IV racing boat in the rowing gallery and th ...more
Summer Workshop
Fairytale Fiesta
Thursday 28 August
10.30am-12.30pm
Age 4-7 £8 (£7 members)
Come and make a cardboard castle that opens out to make a sta ...more
Summer Workshop
Beadylicious: Teens Earrings Workshop
Saturday 30 August
10.30am-12pm, age 12-16, £8 (£7 members) + materials
Suitable for beginners or build on your jewellery- ...more
Workshop
Beadylicious: Pendants and Earrings Workshop
Saturday 6 September
Diana Mowatt
10.30 – 1.00
BOOKING ESSENTIAL
Suitable for beginners or build on your ...more
Lecture
The Longest Race
Saturday 13 September
Leven Brown
£5 (£3 members)
2.30pm (coffee served from 2pm)
A challenge from a gutsy American ...more
Course
Drawn To It and Colour To It
Saturday 13 September
Camilla Shelley
1:30pm-4:30pm
7x3 fortnightly sessions
Explore drawing and painting taking ...more
Course
Picture This: Creative Writing
Starts Saturday 27 September
David Grubb
10am-1pm
Further your creative or academic skills through an intensive course in c ...more
Lecture
My Life on the River and other otters
Saturday 4 October
Keith Webb
£5 (£3 members)
11.30 (coffee served from 11am)
In the thirty years spent as a lock ke ...more
Lecture
The Story of W.H. Brakspear
Saturday 25 October
Michael Parsons
£5 (£3 members)
11.30 (coffee served from 11am)
For over two hundred years the b ...more
Family Event
The Longest River of Drawing
Saturday October 25
10am-5pm all ages
FREE with admission
This is your chance to take part in a nationwide event and hav ...more
Autumn Workshop
Totally Toad...Stormy Weather
Tuesday 28 October
10.30am-12.30pm
Age 4-7 £8 (£7 members)
There is nothing Mr Toad loves more than, well, Mr Toad! He l ...more
Family Event
Toad's Birthday
Wednesday 29 October
11am -4pm
Free with Museum admission
Poop Poop!!! Guess who is 100? Yes it's Mr Toad. Come and ...more
Autumn Workshop
Lord of the Wings...Meet the Moths
Thursday 30 October
10.30am-3.30pm
Age 7-11 £16 (£14 members)
Look at some real specimens and paint a moth onto some fab ...more
Autumn Workshop
Wooden Spoon Family
Friday 31 October
10.30am-12.30pm
Age 4-7 £8 (£7 members)
Decorate and dress wooden spoons to make your own set of char ...more
Lecture
Ratty goes to Chelsea
Saturday 1 November
Angela Potter & Ann Robinson of English Eden
£5 (£3 members)
11.30 (coffee served from 11am)
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Lecture
Outdoor Sculpture
Saturday 22 November
Sean Henry
£5 (£3 members)
11.30 (coffee served from 11am)
Sean Henry’s single and multiple-fig ...more
Workshop
Festive willow plant support
Saturday 29 November
Dominic Parrette
10.30-3.00pm
£36 (£30 members) + £16 materials
BOOKING ESSENTIAL
...more
Winter Workshop
Beadylicious: Teens Bracelet Workshop
Saturday 29 November
10.30-12pm
Age 12-16 £8 (£7 members)
Suitable for beginners or build on your jewellery-making skill ...more
Workshop
Christmas Table arrangement
Saturday 13 December
Christine Dromgoole
10.30-1pm
BOOKING ESSENTIAL
An easy way to make a stunning Christmas cen ...more
Family Event
Mr Toad's Christmas
Sunday 21 and Monday 22 December
11am-3pm
All ages
£1.50 per child
Come and visit Mr Toad in his caravan and tell hi ...more