Book in advance:
31 Oct 2024 | 30min sessions available from 11am-2.30pm | Free | Over 5s
Get ready to dance your heart out to celebrate Diwali at the museum. The Bollywood Co aim to inspire all ages to get excited about music, Bollywood dance and Indian culture.
1 Nov 2024 | 45 min sessions available from 11am-3.45pm | Free | Over 5s
Get really hands-on in this workshop and make a magnificent clay pot with Subrang Arts using paints, stickers and other crafts to make it your own. You can even add a tea light to lighten up your creation and create a diya lamp for Diwali.
2 Nov 2024 | 45 min sessions available from 11am-3.45pm | Free | Over 7s
Take inspiration from fashion pieces in our collection to weave your own artwork using raffia and add decorations to truly make it your own – so get your creativity at the ready. This crafty session will be led by artist-educator Anne Ogazi.
Drop in events:
28 – 30 Oct 2024| Various times 11.15am-3.30pm | Free | Over 5s
Join Albert, the gas lamplighter, as he takes you on a storytelling adventure back to Victorian London?and tells you about his life in a brave new world of technology and light. The world is a changing place as the Victorian era comes to an end – but how did this affect Londoners like you?
There’s no need to book for this session, but please try to arrive on time. We may need to limit entry if the space becomes busy.
Session timings: Session one: 11.15–11.45am; Session two: 12.45–1.15pm; Session three: 2–2.30pm; Session four: 3–3.30pm
28 and 29 Oct 2024| 10.45am – 12.45pm, and 1.45 – 3.45pm | Free | Over 5s
Create an artwork using silhouettes and the sights of London. Use images, paper and other crafts to make your creation and bring it to life with the power of light.
30 Oct 2024| 11.15 – 11.45am, and 1pm – 1.30pm | Free | Under 5s
Join entertainer extraordinaire Amber Ogunsanya to shake a tail feather and bust a move in our London lights party. There’s no need to book, just drop in to this 30-minute session and join the fun.
31 Oct 2024| 11.45 – 11.50am, 12.45 – 12.50pm, and 1.45 – 1.50pm | Free | All ages
Celebrate Diwali with some Bollywood music and dance for all ages from The Bollywood Co London. Get ready to enjoy some music, dance and atmosphere in this Diwali-inspired spectacle.
31 Oct – 1 Nov 2024 | 11.30am – 12pm, 1–1.30pm, and 2.15–2.45pm | Free | Over 5s
Hear tales of light with storyteller Debbie Guneratne and learn a hand dance. Settle in for stories including the Dhanteras legend, representing the first day of Diwali and the story of the oil lamp maker and the king.
30 Oct 2024 | 10.30am – 2pm | Free | Under 5s
Dive deep in the river, stack cargo, put on a puppet show or build the tallest tower! Tots at the docks is an unticketed, drop-in play session that usually takes place on the last Wednesday of the month between 10.30am – 2pm.
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