Friday 18 May
Museum Monkeys
Come and meet Charlie the chimp at Chertsey Museum.
Museum Monkeys meets on a Friday morning once a month for singing, stories, arts and craft as well as a drink and biscuit.
Activities are aimed at under 5s with parental involvement required!
Doors open at 9.30am for a fun and fabulous museum experience!
Cost: £4:50 per child, additional sibling £2 (1 to 5 year olds)
Brothers and sisters under 1 are free.
Advance booking required

Friday 18 May
Fun with fabrics
2pm to 3.30pm.
Creative craft for adults
These tutor-led sessions offer a relaxed environment for adults to have fun with fabric in good company and with refreshments! Learn how to quilt or weave, embroider or stencil - all materials provided.
Cost: £5 per person booking essential

Friday 18 May
Museums at Night 
6.30pm to 9.30pm (last entry 9pm)
An annual after hours celebration!
This year, to tie in with our exhibition on Thomas Holloway and our NEW display on the history of St. Peter’s Hospital, we are giving visitors the chance to make their own Victorian cure-all, a medicinal potion based on Holloway’s famous ointment.

The event is FREE but booking is essential to ensure adequate ingredients!

Saturday 19 May
Runnymede Young Archaeologists Club
Roman & Greek Gods
11am to 12.30pm or 2pm to 3.30pm
Do you know your Zeus from your Mercury? Find out about the classical Gods and Goddess, what they were in charge of, and what myths and legends surrounded them. Then create your own cartoon of a myth or legend.
Cost: £4:50 per session per child
Age range 8 to 16 years
Advance booking required

Saturday 2 June
15 Minutes of Fun
1.30pm to 3.30pm
Create a Jubilee crown & bunting
Free family craft activities
You don’t need to book just come along and join in!

Wednesday 6 June
Holiday Activities
10am to 11am, 11.30am to 12.30pm or 2pm to 3pm
Suncatchers
Make a simple sun catcher to hang at home or anywhere near a window to catch the light and brighten up your room.
5-12 years old (must be booked in advance)
Cost: £2:50 per child

Friday 8 June
Holiday Activities
11am to 12.30pm or 2pm to 3.30pm
Junk Weaving
There is a use for lots of old scraps - you can weave them together and turn them into wall art.
5 to 12 years old (must be booked in advance)
Cost: £4:50 per child

Saturday 9 June
Refashioning the Past
10.45am to 12.30pm
Historical Costumier Louise Taylor, winner of the 2011 Patterns of Fashion Award, will give a talk illustrated with her own work and items from the Olive Matthews Collection.  Louise will explore the complex construction techniques required to reproduce accurately not only historic gowns but also suitable undergarments to wear beneath them.
Cost: £7:50 or £5:00 for Friends of Chertsey Museum
Booking is essential

Friday 15 June
Museum Monkeys
Come and meet Charlie the chimp at Chertsey Museum.
Museum Monkeys meets on a Friday morning once a month for singing, stories, arts and craft as well as a drink and biscuit.
Activities are aimed at under 5s with parental involvement required!
Doors open at 9.30am for a fun and fabulous museum experience!
Cost: £4:50 per child, additional sibling £2 (1 to 5 year olds)
Brothers and sisters under 1 are free.
Advance booking required

Friday 15 June
Fun with fabrics
2pm to 3.30pm.
Creative craft for adults
These tutor-led sessions offer a relaxed environment for adults to have fun with fabric in good company and with refreshments! Learn how to quilt or weave, embroider or stencil - all materials provided.
Cost: £5 per person booking essential

Saturday 16 June
Runnymede Young Archaeologists Club
Neolithic Dig
11am to 12.30pm or 2pm to 3.30pm
It’s time again for our annual mock excavation– this time with a Stone age theme! Meet at the museum first, be prepared come rain, wind or shine—we will battle the elements to get the job done! What will we find from the stone age? Did they have metal?
Cost: £4:50 per session per child
Age range 8 to 16 years
Advance booking required

Saturday 23 June 2012
Friends day trip to Smallhythe Place and Hastings
Following the excellent talk on Ellen Terry given at the museum by Veronica Isaac, our Keeper of Costume, we now have the chance to visit the actress's former home and to see items from Smallhythe's costume collection, not normally on show to the public. We will also have a private guided tour of Smallhythe Place. Then, we will set off for the seaside to spend the afternoon at your own leisure in Hastings.

The coach will depart Chertsey Museum at 9am, and depart Hastings at 4.45pm.

Cost: £17 
Booking is essential

Last updated 3 May 2012 (SF)