Weston Museum

Craft Café
2025-04-01 10:30 - 12:30, 2025-04-22 10:30 - 12:30, 2025-04-29 10:30 - 12:30 (Europe/London) | Clara’s Café
Discover the joy of learning a new craft as our friendly volunteers guide you through the exciting world of creativity. Unleash your inner artist, and let your creativity flow in the company of like-minded individuals who share your love for all things handmade.
If you’re a seasoned crafter, we invite you to showcase your skills and be a part of our vibrant community. Bring your own craft to the museum and watch as your talent inspires others to embark on their creative journey. Craft Café celebrates the beauty of sharing knowledge and the magic of learning from one another.
Whether you’re a curious beginner or a seasoned pro, Craft Café is the place where inspiration thrives and friendships blossom. Every Tuesday from 10:30 – 12:30 in term time. See you there!

Weston Museum's 50th Birthday Exhibition
2025-04-02 10:00 - 16:00, 2025-04-03 10:00 - 16:00, 2025-04-04 10:00 - 16:00, 2025-04-05 10:00 - 16:00, 2025-04-08 10:00 - 16:00, 2025-04-09 10:00 - 16:00, 2025-04-10 10:00 - 16:00, 2025-04-11 10:00 - 16:00 (Europe/London) and 13 more dates | Weston Museum, Burlington Street, Weston-super-Mare, Somerset, BS23 1PR, United Kingdom
Weston Museum’s 50th Birthday Exhibition
Weston Museum
Friday 07 March 2025 – Saturday 05 July 2025 (The Museum is CLOSED on Sundays and Mondays, as well as a one-off closure on Friday 20 June 2025)
An exhibition celebrating Burlington Street’s Museum will be featured in the Community Gallery space at Weston Museum.

This Community Gallery exhibition celebrates 50 years of the museum in the Gaslight building! Did you know that the museum opened here on 30th June 1975?

Produced by a museum volunteer, the exhibition includes; oral histories, newspaper cuttings, and photographs charting the last 50 years, with objects from the stores selected by the South West Heritage Trust curator.

Come and see the story of your local museum, how it was saved when threatened with closure and the support of the Friends of the Museum.

Teen Textiles - KS3 Workshops for Home Educators
2025-04-02 10:30 - 11:45 UTC | Weston Museum, Burlington Street, Weston-super-Mare, Somerset, BS23 1PR, United Kingdom
Hands on and exploratory sessions focusing on learning a textile technique, including its history and practise. This pair of workshop sessions will explore wool felting; both needle felting and wet felting. We will explore some of the history of wool and felted materials before deciding a design and choosing materials. The project resources are then taken home to work on during the break between sessions and in the second session the textile piece is finished to take home.
Dates and Times
Wednesday 19th March – 10:30-11:45
Wednesday 2nd April – 10:30-11:45
Ages and Abilities
These sessions are aimed at key stage 3 level, roughly ages 11-14. If you would like to let us know about any specific considerations for your children then we would welcome this, just get in touch.
Price and How to Book
Tickets cost £15 per attendee for the pair of sessions (including the loan of equipment between sessions and the textile materials of the finished piece) and can be booked via Ticketsource or by popping into or phoning the museum directly.
Attendees will be encouraged to continue their learning at home between sessions by utilising links and resources emailed out.

Heritage Talk - Greek Easter
2025-04-03 14:30 - 15:30 (Europe/London) | Weston Museum, Burlington Street, Weston-super-Mare, Somerset, BS23 1PR, United Kingdom
Find out about the ‘other’ Easter and why. The heritage talk is given by museum volunteer, Chris Fisher, who lived on the island of Zakynthos for 10 years. Chris experienced Easter the Greek way, which is celebrated slightly different on the mainland and on each island.

Amazing Artefacts - Home Educators Monthly Sessions
2025-04-09 10:30 - 13:00 UTC | Weston Museum, Burlington Street, Weston-super-Mare, Somerset, BS23 1PR, United Kingdom
Welcome to the Spring Season of Amazing Artefacts – Home Educators Monthly Sessions!
Each month, we will take part in a variety of different hands on activities inspired by one or more items from the collections. Each season, we will explore a new theme, which for the Spring Season will be ‘The History of Art’. We will spend our first of the three sessions thinking about what ‘Art’ means to us and exploring a big range of materials, colours, artists and movements in order to find what everyone is most interested in focussing on. The following two sessions will then look at 2D and at 3D Fine Art, particularly picking up on what attendees have expressed an interest in within the first session. We will make some different pieces inspired by chosen artists, styles, colours or mediums and have fun getting messy!
Dates and Times
Spring season dates and times are as follows:
Wednesday 12th March (10:30-11:30 Juniors, 12-1 Seniors)
Wednesday 9th April (10:30-11:30 Juniors, 12-1 Seniors)
Wednesday 14th May (10:30-11:30 Juniors, 12-1 Seniors)
Ages and Abilities
Sessions are designed to be active and accessible for a mix of ages and abilities with 2 separate sessions for younger or older children. The morning session will be aimed at slightly younger children aged approximately 5-8 or approximately key stage 1, nicknamed our Juniors, and the afternoon session will be aimed at the slightly older children aged approximately 9+ or approximately key stage 2, nicknamed our Seniors. If you would like to attend as a family group with mixed ages, then just pick whichever session you feel would be most suitable for the group as a whole.
If you would like to let us know about any specific considerations for your children then we would welcome this, just get in touch.
Accompanying Adults
Tickets need to be purchased for each child attending, but grown ups do not need to purchase a separate ticket. It usually works best for the children who need that extra bit of support (such as those who are younger, less confident or need extra help with engaging), if grown ups stay and join in with activities. Whereas for older, more confident or more self-directed children it is usually fine for grown ups to not stay in the session, although they will need to stay within the museum building whilst the session is taking place.
Price and How to Book
Tickets cost £19.50 per child for the 3 month seasonal block and can be booked via Ticketsource or by popping into or phoning the museum directly.
The seasons work best when booked as a 3 month block as all the learning ties in together and learners can get familiar with who the other attendees will be joining for a season. The sessions don’t require any pre-existing knowledge in order to enjoy them, so if you aren’t sure whether you can attend all 3 sessions it doesn’t prohibit you from enjoying the other 2 and we advise still booking the season. It does work out cheaper per session to book all three together rather than paying for 3 single sessions on the day and it means that you know there will be a space reserved for you rather than risking being turned away on the day if the session is full (we keep maximum numbers restricted to enable more 1-2-1 engagement).
Attendees will be encouraged to continue their learning at home between sessions by utilising links and resources emailed out.
Rusty Club (YAC) Membership – Please note that we do some of the same crafts or activities in Rusty Club sessions as we do in Home Educator sessions, so if you decide to join in with both programmes there may be some sessions with duplicated topics, so we tend to advise choosing one programme or the other.

Civic Society Talk – AGM and Awards Evening
2025-04-14 19:30 - 21:00 (Europe/London) | Somerset
Join the Civic Society for their monthly talk. This month’s is their AGM and their Awards Evening.
Part of the Heritage Talk series thanks to support from Historic England and the High Street Heritage Action Zone.
Times:
doors open 19:00
talk starts 19:30
Cost:
All are welcome – entrance is free to members, and £2.00 for non-members.

Friends of the Museum Talk – The History of Cheddar
2025-04-16 14:30 - 16:00 (Europe/London) | Weston Museum, Burlington Street, Weston-super-Mare, Somerset, BS23 1PR, United Kingdom
Join the Friends of Weston-super-Mare Museum for their monthly talk. This month’s speaker is John Page, local historian and Trustee of King John’s Hunting Lodge Museum.
Times:
doors open 14:15
starts 14:30
Cost (admission price includes a cup of tea / coffee and biscuit):
£2.00 for members
£4.00 for non-members

Pub Quiz
2025-04-16 19:30 - 22:00 (Europe/London) | Weston Museum, Burlington Street, Weston-super-Mare, Somerset, BS23 1PR, United Kingdom
🎉 Join us for our Monthly Pub Quiz! 🎉
Looking for a fun-filled evening of trivia, laughter, and local history? Look no further! Our monthly pub quiz is here, and we can’t wait to challenge your wits and tickle your funny bone.
📅 Date: Wednesday 16 April 2025
⌚ Time: Doors open at 19:00 for a 19:30 start
📍 Location: Weston Museum
🧠 Test your knowledge: Gather your friends, family, or colleagues and form a dream team of up to five members. Together, you’ll delve into a range of intriguing questions covering various topics, including your community’s fascinating history. Sharpen your pencils and get ready to impress with your local expertise!
😂 Laughs guaranteed: Our pub quiz isn’t just about flexing your grey matter; it’s also a night of laughter and good times. Our talented quizmaster will keep you entertained with their witty banter and hilarious trivia challenges.
🎟️ Prebook your tables now: To ensure you secure a spot, we highly recommend pre-booking your tables. Don’t miss out on the chance to be part of the ultimate pub quiz experience!
💰 Cost: Participation is only £5.00 per team, making it an affordable and fantastic way to spend an evening with your friends. Split the cost and have a blast without breaking the bank!
Join us for our monthly pub quiz and let the games begin!
Ticket Link:
https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/westonmuseum/pub-quiz/e-rrkyvd
