Events schedule - 2012
Easter Holidays – chicks and woolly jumpers (Saturday 31 March – Friday 13 April)
Boaters Crafts demonstration and rope making (1 April)
Make your own ‘woolly pom-pom Easter chicks’ to take home (2 April)
Learn to knit with our Boaters Craft Group (2 April – 11.30 a.m.)
Story telling – the story of canals in sand (3 April – 1.00 p.m.)
Knot tying (4 April – 2.00 p.m.)
Live chicks at the museum (5 April to 23 April)
Easter Bunny Trail – around the Museum (6 April – 9 April)
Lambs from Gloucester City Farm (dates tbc).
Make your own ‘woolly pom-pom’ Easter chicks to take home (9 April).
Easter Tea and Cake Cruises on the Gloucester & Sharpness Canal (8 & 9 April)
Story telling – the story of canals in sand (10 April – 1.00 p.m.)
Wild Over Waterways crafts – boats, butterflies and birds (11 April)
Learn to knit with our Boaters Craft Group (12 April – 11.30 a.m.)
Knot tying (12 April – 2.00 p.m.)
Docks guided tour (13 April - 2.00 p.m.)
Wild Over Waterways crafts – boats, butterflies and birds (14 & 15 April)
Boat Jumble (Sunday 1 April)
The car park outside the Museum will be filled with vendors selling anything and everything boat-related.
Eric Gaskell – Canal Linocut Prints (Monday 2 April – 31 May)
The Museum will be hosting an exhibition of Eric Gaskell’s work. http://www.canalprints.co.uk/
Museum at Night (Friday 18 May 7-9 p.m.)
Visitors can meet some of the real-life canal characters behind our exhibits in a Museum tour by torchlight. Delivered with the help of performing arts students at Gloucestershire College and Museum volunteers.
Museum at Night (Saturday 19 May 7-9 p.m.)
We open the Museum at night for a drinks and canapés reception with visitors entertained by musical performances from ‘Dark Island’ folk group (alexlouisewest@yahoo.co.uk).
Tour the Museum by torchlight.
Olympic Torch Celebrations (Weekends of 12-13 May and 19-20 May)
The Olympic torch will be visiting Gloucester Docks on 24 May. We are giving our younger visitors the chance to make their own Olympic Torch to wave during the procession.
Olympic Torch Celebrations (Thursday 24 May)
Join the celebrations at the Docks. Another chance to make an Olympic Torch for the procession.
Musical entertainment from ‘Glosfolk’.
Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Celebrations (Saturday 2 to Sunday 10 June)
Our Museum and boats will be adorned with bunting.
Children will be able to make their own crowns (all week).
Tea and cakes Jubilee cruises will be scheduled throughout the week (£7.50 adult, £5.50 child).
Jubilee celebrations with Victorian games and dressing up for the children.
Mikron Theatre Company – celebrates 40 years of Mikron Poster Art (July, August and September)
The Museum will be hosting an exhibition of the Mikron Theatre Company’s poster art. http://mikron.org.uk/picGallPosters.php
School summer holidays (Saturday 21 July – Sunday 2 September)
Weeks 1 and 2: Have a go at brass rubbing using canal related brasses
Weeks 3 and 4: Make your own skipping rope using traditional rope-making equipment.
Weeks 5 and 6: Storytelling. Learn how and why canals were built during this interactive story using sand and models.
August: Jonathon’s Jungle visits the Museum with his menagerie of bugs and creatures (date tbc)
August: Muddy Waters book signing (tbc)
Lock 200 Project (Saturday 8 September)
Join in the 200 year celebration of the opening of Gloucester Lock. Events all day at the Museum, on the Quayside and around the Docks.
The Big Draw (Saturday 20 October – Sunday 28 October)
Lots of arty activities as the Museum will be taking part in the national ‘Big Draw’.
Roses and Castles Canal Art Course: our canal artist will stage a weekend course for adults who want to learn the traditional art of ‘roses and castles’ painting. (Date tbc).
Roses and Castles demonstration for all the family. (tbc)
Museum Takeover Day (Saturday 11 November)
Young people will be given the opportunity to take over the running of the Museum for a day as part of this national initiative.
Christmas cruises (Saturday 8 December – Monday 24 December )
Santa will be in his on board grotto. All children get a present and everyone gets a 45 min cruise with Santa. Mince pies and drinks on board. FREE museum entry with ticket. (weekend of 8 December, and 15 – 24 December inclusive)
Christmas Carvery cruises: Christmas lunch on board the King Arthur pleasure boat. 2 hour canal cruise
Christmas disco cruise: party the night away with Christmas dinner and discos. 4 hour cruise on the River Severn.
Regular monthly events
Artists club: Every 2nd Tuesday in the month our resident artist will run our art classes. All welcome. Book in advance. From 13 March
Knitting Circle: Every 3rd Wednesday in the month our crafter volunteers will run knitting lessons. All welcome. All abilities. Book in advance. 2 – 4.00 p.m. from 21 March.
