May half term at Pontefract Museum

Wacky Word Art

Wednesday 31 May 2023

10am to 12.30pm and 1pm to 3pm

Free & drop-in

Medieval writers illustrated letters in their writing with strange and beautiful pictures.  Get creative and combine words and pictures to make your own wacky word art inspired by objects in the museum.

This workshop is part of WordFest 1-31 May 2023 #MakeWordsCount #WordFest

 


Let’s Take Some Photos!

Thursday 1 June

10am to 12pm

Booking required

Join us to take your own fantastic photographs inspired by pics from Pontefract’s past!

We’ll start at Pontefract Museum, exploring some of the wonderful old photos in our collection. We’ll then walk through the town centre together up to Pontefract Castle, taking photos of our surroundings and comparing them to the old images as we go.

Participants will need to use their own cameras, phones or tablets for this workshop.

Ages 6+

£2.50 per child, accompanying adults free

Booking required – https://bit.ly/WMandCTickets

 


5 Salter Row, Pontefract WF8 1BA


01977 722740
museums@wakefield.gov.uk
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