Drop in for free creative fun this summer at the Harley Foundation.
Join us for Museum Makes on Wednesdays and Fridays for free drop-in craft activities inspired by the historic artworks in our museum. Book onto one of our paid workshops to learn new creative skills with professional artists.
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Visitor Information
All of our activities are designed with children and their grown-ups in mind, please stay with your children at all times.
These events take place at venues across the Harley Foundation, please check individual webpages for further information.
Drop-in activities are located in the Harley Museum.
Free, no booking required. Drop in between 11am – 3pm, Wednesdays and Fridays throughout the summer holidays.
Find inspiration in our world-class museum and create your own masterpiece. From pottery to painting your own miniature portrait, there’s something new to try every week. Museum Makes is best suited for children aged 3-11 and their grown-ups.
Wednesday 29 + Friday 31 July
Clay creations: Squish and squeeze air dry clay to craft your own pottery masterpiece.
Wednesday 5 + Friday 7 August
Spoon characters: Create a spoon friend complete with unique outfits inspired by our historic portraits.
Wednesday 12 + Friday 14 August
Miniature portraits: Paint a tiny portrait to treasure, inspired by our collection of miniature paintings.
Wednesday 19 + Friday 21 August
Move and make: Draw, spin, wind and roll with arty activities designed to get you moving.
Wednesday 26 + Friday 28 August
Badge making: Create your own brooches inspired by the historic gems and cameos in our museum.
For our free drop-in sessions, older and younger siblings are very welcome to join, even if they fall outside the suggested age range.
For our bookable workshops, we kindly ask that only children within the stated age group attend. These sessions have limited capacity and are designed with specific age-appropriate activities in mind.
We know that museums can often have a reputation as places where children aren’t welcome or need to be quiet. However at the Harley we believe that art is for everyone, so come on in, make some noise and get creative with us.
We are breastfeeding friendly and baby changing facilities are available in the museum. Lockers are also available in the museum.
Our building is wheelchair accessible.
The museum is on two levels, with toilets downstairs. Our accessible toilet and baby changing facilities are on the ground floor.
There are 12 blue badge car parking spaces in the main car park.
Sit down for lunch in the Harley Cafe, or if you’d like something quicker Welbeck Farm Shop has a range of deli foods and tasty treats.
Need somewhere to sit and refuel after a morning of making? Speak to a member of our team about eating in the gallery creative space.
We have a large free car park which can be accessed on the A60, 5 miles south of Worksop – look out for the brown signs for Welbeck.
The car park is a short (1 minute) walk from our museum, and is fully pushchair and wheelchair accessible.
