Join us for a fantastic line-up of family fun Easter activities, including The Sand Dragon: Puppet Show & Puppet Making Workshop. Get hands-on with egg-cellent Science and step back in time with our Anglo-Saxons workshops for an unforgettable experience. With even more hands-on fun to discover, there’s something for everyone to enjoy! Plus enjoy our Easter Egg Trail on every day of the holidays.
MUSEUM
✨Light Fantastic – the science of optics
Hands-on science is back at the museum with another brilliant exhibition from Science Projects Ltd. This time exhibits explore the science of optics – the way we see things and how light behaves. Have fun experimenting with lenses, mirrors, reflections, lightning and luminosity.
Discover eye-boggling and brain-baffling exhibits! Investigate optical illusions and find out how images merge into moving pictures and how your brain influences what you see.
The Light Fantastic science exhibits will be in the exhibition space where you will also find displayed the wonderful entries and competition winners in our Bucks Photography Exhibition.
Explore, discover, experiment!
✨Get ready for a paws-itively fun journey on our museum Animal Trail!
✨Discover the soothing magic of our Dark Den sensory room.
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ACTIVITY / CRAFT
Monday 7 April and 14 April – Eggcellent Science
Take part in our best-selling Easter science workshop as we delve deep into egg-related science: learn to dissolve an egg-shell, make a bouncy egg and more.
£7 per child+1 free adult. £3 for each additional adult
Timings:10.15am-11.15am, 12.15pm-1.15pm and 2.15pm-3.15pm
Suitable for ages 5-11
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Tuesday 8 April – Hatch A Dinosaur
Make your very own cuddly dinosaur toy, paint a dinosaur egg and decorate a nest for them to hatch in.
£4 per participant.
Timings:10am – 3pm
Suitable for ages 4-11
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Wednesday 9 April – Bucks Back In Time: Anglo-Saxons
Step back into Anglo-Saxon Bucks with our hands-on family workshop: try your hand at wattle and daub, weave your own lucet cord, try out using natural Saxon dyes and more.
£5 per participant.
Timings:10am – 3pm
Suitable for ages 4-11
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Thursday 10 April – Make A Pinhole Camera
How did photography work before modern cameras? Make your very own pinhole camera, create a picture using the cyanotype method and experiment with shadow portraits.
£4 per participant
Timings: 10am – 3pm
Suitable for ages 4 – 11
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Friday 11 April – Matilda’s Brilliant Bookbags
Explore our Roald Dahl’s Children’s Gallery, visit Matilda’s Library and decorate your very own bookbag to take home. This event is part of our 2025 Aylesbury Children’s Book Festival.
Free with Roald Dahl Children’s Gallery entry
Timings: 10am – 3pm
Suitable for ages 3-11
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Tuesday 15 April – Get Inspired
Experiment with paint, clay, paper and more and let your creativity soar!
£5 per participant.
Timings:10am – 3pm
Suitable for ages 3-11
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Wednesday 16 April – The BFG’s Dream Bottles
Explore our Roald Dahl’s Children’s Gallery, make up a wondercrump dream and create your very own dream bottle to take it home in. This event is part of our 2025 Aylesbury Children’s Book Festival.
Free with Roald Dahl Children’s Gallery entry
Timings:10am – 3pm
Suitable for ages 3-11
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Thursday 17 April – The Sand Dragon: Puppet Show & Puppet Making Workshop
While on holiday Edie and her Daddy find a magical pebble on the beach that can grant you one wish. Can you guess what Edie wished for? Join Theatrix Arts to experience this magical story- be ready for songs, a host of puppets and even a magic trick or two! After the show, you’ll have the chance to meet the puppets and create your very own Sand Dragon Puppet.
£10 per child + 1 free adult, £5 per additional adult
Timings: 11am-12.45pm and 2pm-3.45pm
Suitable for ages 4-11
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Friday 18 April – Eggcellent Egg-Hunters
Hunt for Easter eggs in the oldest building in Aylesbury: explore our museum, complete Easter challenges and earn yourself a sweet reward.
Please book your timeslot in advance.
£9 per participant.
Timings: 11am – 2.30pm
Suitable for ages 3-10
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Saturday 19 April – Meet the Author: Mark Grist – part of our Aylesbury Children’s Book Festival
Step into the whimsical world of words with Mark Grist, an award-winning poet, rapper, and children’s author, as he hosts enchanting family-friendly sessions that blend the magic of rhymes and the charm of children’s books.
Morning Session: “Rhymes and Reads: A Family Adventure with Mark Grist” (10.30am – 11.30am)
Afternoon Session: Big Box Bonanza Show (1.30pm – 2.30pm)
Suitable for ages 5-11
All tickets include FREE access to the museum and any free temporary exhibitions on that day.
Each session Adult £8, Each session Child £8, Morning & Afternoon Combined Ticket £15, Under 3s Free
For an extra £3 per child you can also visit the Roald Dahl Children’s Gallery. Adult tickets include access to the Roald Dahl Children’s Gallery on this day.
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Monday 21 April – Easter Biscuits
Decorate a delicious Easter biscuit to take home.
£4 per participant.
Timings: 12pm – 2pm
Suitable for ages 3-11
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ROALD DAHL CHILDREN’S GALLERY
Come and discover the famous Roald Dahl Children’s Gallery, a space bursting with interactive displays and engaging activities inspired by Roald Dahl’s wonderful stories that encourage learning through play. Children can step inside the Giant Peach, explore sound with the BFG and crawl through Fantastic Mr Fox’s tunnel. They can appear in their own drawings on TV and even freeze their own shadows! Come along and explore for yourselves.
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Please book your tickets online following the links above to secure your place, tickets can be bought on the day but are subject to availability.
Café
Treat yourself to light snacks, hot and cold drinks in our café.
What else is there to do?
Make a day of it and visit the Roald Dahl Children’s Gallery, our exciting Celebrating Bucks Photograph Exhibition and the the rest of the Museum too!
