Digital Collection Tours
During the closed period we have delivered live collection tours on Facebook. You can watch them all here:
- Archaeology Collection
- Blacksmiths
- Carts and Carriages
- Clothing Collection
- Flora Day Collection and short focused film on Flora Day
- Gardening Collection
- Henry Trengrouse Collection and short focused film on Henry Trengrouse
- Musical Instruments
- Photographic Collection
- Poster Collection
- Printing Collection
- Radio and TV Collection
- Serpentine Workshop
- Village Shop
- WW2 Collection
- WW2 Occupational Therapy Needlework Set
Digital Museum Makes….
Inspired by the museum collection each week during the closed period we shared making ideas on Facebook. These are all things to make based on things we think you will already have at home. Watch our videos below and have a go and see what you can create:
- Archaeology Snap with Activity Sheet
- Bookmaking – make your own books, bookmarks and paper-projectors
- Cards – make your own envelopes and pop-up cards
- Carts & Carriages – make your own model cart from cardboard
- Drawing with Thread – make a gift inspired by our embroidery collection
- Flower Dome – make your own Victorian inspired flower display
- Lucky Horseshoe – make your own mobile
- Musical Instruments – play your own instruments made from recycling
- Peg Dolls – design your own outfit for a Peg Doll
- Paint – homemade paint from things in your kitchen cupboard
- Photo-collage – use old photos to make new artworks
- Printing & Packaging – create your own letters to make packaging
- Signalling – learn to communicate using semaphores, cup-telephones and aircraft moving hand signals with an Activity Sheet to help.
- Toys – design your own Jigsaws, dominoes and snap cards
- WW2 Spitfire – make your own paper aeroplane with an Activity Sheet to help.