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Painting of Napoleon Bonaparte Coronation Anne-Louis Girodet de Roucy-Trioson

Fit for a King

As part of the Museum’s celebration of King Charles III’s coronation, join one of the Museum’s award – winning guides

25 Apr 2023
Image of young people admiring paintings in the Museum picture galleries

Monkeying Around the Museum

A 40-minute guided tour for the family. Explore the animal-inspired stories in our collections and join us to find the

13 Apr 2023

Stay and Play

Time for The Bowes’ youngest visitors to explore and play in the Conversation Gallery, investigate materials and be creative in

6 Mar 2023
Detail of Ug illustration by Raymond Briggs

Get messy!

Create different effects using ink, wool and cotton buds to make a cave painting inspired by UG, Boy Genius of

9 Jan 2023
Detail of hands playing with felt

Fuzzy Felt Fun

Get soapy with fuzzy felt and create your own textile felt piece inspired by the seasons.   The Fuzzy Felt

9 Jan 2023
Detail from the Elephant and the Bad Baby illustration by Raymond Briggs

Sculpture and Collage

Take inspiration from the Elephant and the Bad Baby in the Raymond Briggs exhibition and create a 3D elephant or

9 Jan 2023
Detail of Fungus the Bogeyman illustration by Raymond Briggs

Fungus the Bogeyman Crafts

Be inspired by the Raymond Briggs exhibition to create a Fungus the Bogeyman wooden spoon character with collage materials.  

9 Jan 2023
Image of an illustration of an elephant by Raymond Briggs

Raymond Briggs Family Fun Day

Celebrate the opening of Raymond Briggs: A Retrospective with lots of crafts around the Museum and very special showings of

3 Nov 2022
Image of a Christmas pudding felt decoration

Stir Up Sunday

The Sunday before advent, discover the ingredients that go into a Christmas pudding, stir The Bowes Museum’s Christmas pudding and

2 Sep 2022
Image of children during a printing workshop

Big Apple Super Saturday

Phileas Fogg arrives in New York, as part of his journey around the world in 80 days, so we celebrate

1 Sep 2022
Image of a child in a Hulk Halloween costume

Halloween Adventures

Join us in the Museum after dark for a fun Halloween Adventure, listen to spooky stories and dance to the

1 Sep 2022
Image of a spider craft

Silly Bug Day

Phileas Fogg arrives in Liverpool and this is the final day of the Journey in Colour exhibition and the end

30 Aug 2022