Weston Museum

Weston Museum's 50th Birthday Exhibition
2025-03-21 10:00 - 16:00, 2025-03-22 10:00 - 16:00, 2025-03-25 10:00 - 16:00, 2025-03-26 10:00 - 16:00, 2025-03-27 10:00 - 16:00, 2025-03-28 10:00 - 16:00, 2025-03-29 10:00 - 16:00, 2025-04-01 10:00 - 16:00 (Europe/London) and 9 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.

SOLD OUT Flat Holm and Steep Holm: A Talk About Both Islands
2025-03-21 19:00 - 20:30 (Europe/London) | Weston Museum, Burlington Street, Weston-super-Mare, Somerset, BS23 1PR, United Kingdom
Tim Orrell from Cardiff Council and Steve Parker from the Kenneth Allsop Memorial Trust present an educational and informative talk about the histories of both Flat Holm and Steep Holm Islands!
Times:
doors open: 19:00talk starts: 19:30talk ends (approximately): 20:30
Cost:
£5.00 per person
🎟️ Limited Spaces Available: Book your tickets today to secure your place! Booking required to avoid disappointment.
Ticket Link:
https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/westonmuseum/t-gakmxvq

Spring Fondant Making Workshop
2025-03-22 10:00 - 15:00 (Europe/London) | Weston Museum, Burlington Street, Weston-super-Mare, Somerset, BS23 1PR, United Kingdom
🐇 Unleash your inner artist with The Icing Centre: Spring Fondant Making Workshop! 🐤
Join us and Annie for a delightfully delicious workshop where we’ll all try our hand at making some fantastic fondant accessories, from bunnies, to different types of baby bird! All the necessary equipment will be provided – all you need to bring is yourself!
Workshop Times:
10:00 – 11:00
12:00 – 13:00
14:00 – 15:00
Cost:
£10.00 per person
🌳 Unleash your creativity: During this engaging 60-minute session, Annie will show you how to make 3 different animals made from delicious fondant, ready to go on a cake or be enjoyed as they are!
🎂 All Equipment Provided: We’ll provide all the necessary materials and tools you need to create your edible treats. Just bring your enthusiasm, creativity, and willingness.
🎟️ Limited Spaces Available: To ensure an intimate and personalized experience, we have limited spaces available. Reserve your spot today to secure your place!
Ticket Link:
https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/westonmuseum/e-xjavrk

Mother's Day Sand Art Workshop
2025-03-29 10:00 - 13:00 (Europe/London) | Weston Museum, Burlington Street, Weston-super-Mare, Somerset, BS23 1PR, United Kingdom
🌷 Rainbow Sands presents our Mother’s Day Sand Art Workshop! ⭐
Prepare for a colourful and sand-filled time as we dive into a variety of themed activities. Join us for a fun-filled workshop where you’ll get the chance to take part in 4 separate activities that ignite your imagination.
Workshop Times:
10:00 – 10:45
11:00 – 11:45
12:00 – 12:45
Cost:
£9.00 per person
🏡 Take your activities home: Once your creations are all complete, it’s time to take them home with you! Arms loaded full of activities, you can proudly show them off to your family and friends. Activities include: sand art picture, sand art bracelet or scratch art wristband, personalise a coaster and colouring in! Please note that activities may be subject to change.
🎟️ Limited spots available: Due to the popularity of our Sand Art Workshops, we highly recommend securing your spot in advance. Don’t miss out on the chance to experience this exciting and engaging activity!
Ticket Link:
https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/westonmuseum/e-aevovp

🛍️ Monthly Market 🩷
2025-03-29 10:00 - 14:00 (Europe/London) | Weston Museum, Burlington Street, Weston-super-Mare, Somerset, BS23 1PR, United Kingdom
🛍️ Come along to our Monthly Market, and support your local small businesses! 🩷
🗓️ We will be joined by a wonderful bunch of local businesses and makers on the last Saturday of every month (excluding December) in our wonderful and atmospheric Courtyard!
🧡 With our wide and wonderful range of local stallholders and businesses, we’re sure you’ll find the perfect gift for a loved one (or yourself!). Our stallholders also change regularly, meaning every month has a unique mix of stalls!
🍴 Clara’s Café will have its usual tempting treats, alongside some occasional seasonal specialities!
🎟️ Entry to the Monthly Market is FREE, FREE, FREE!
❓ Looking to be a stallholder at our Monthly Markets ❓ Please fill out the registration form here: https://forms.gle/wGkoxPTQmBfoqJHF9 and we will be in touch in 5 working days!

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.

Spring Messy Play
2025-04-04 11:00 - 14:00 (Europe/London) | Weston Museum, Burlington Street, Weston-super-Mare, Somerset, BS23 1PR, United Kingdom
🐰 Art in Mind presents our first ever Messy Play! Our theme this month is Spring and Easter! 🥚
Prepare for a fun-filled session, with a different range of sensory and messy play activities for your little ones to build, imagine, experience, investigate, explore, and create.
Times:
11:00 – 12:00
13:00 – 14:00
Cost:
£8.00 per child (maximum 1 adult per child)
💥 Messy Fun: During this sensory session, you will have the opportunity to get messy with a range of 7 activities.
🎨 Equipment Provided: We’ll provide the messy materials and tools to take part. You just need to bring yourself, a towel and a change of clothes, we will get messy!
🎟️ Limited spots available: We highly recommend securing your spot in advance. Don’t miss out on the chance to experience this exciting and engaging activity!
Please note: Safety guidelines and precautions will be followed throughout the workshop to ensure a clean and enjoyable experience for all participants.
Ticket Link:
https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/westonmuseum/e-ajlexo
Please note: Safety guidelines and precautions will be followed throughout the workshop to ensure a clean and enjoyable experience for all participants.

Easter Slime Workshop
2025-04-08 10:00 - 13:00 (Europe/London) | Weston Museum, Burlington Street, Weston-super-Mare, Somerset, BS23 1PR, United Kingdom
🎨 Art in Mind presents the ooey-gooey Slime Workshop, this time with an Easter-ific twist! 🐇
Prepare for a colourful and sensory-filled time as we dive into the world of Easter slime. Join us for an unforgettable workshop where you’ll have the chance to create your very own pot of slime, customised with scents that tickle your imagination. And the best part? You get to take your slimy creation home with you to enjoy!
Workshop Times:
10:00 – 10:30
10:45 – 11:15
11:30 – 12:00
12:15 – 12:45
Cost:
£5.00 per person
🌈 Let your creativity flow: Unleash your inner scientist and artist as you dive into the world of slime making. Our experienced instructor will guide you through the process, sharing tips and tricks to help you create the perfect slime consistency. From stretchy and squishy to fluffy and jiggly!
🎨 Customization at your fingertips: Get ready to personalise your slime to match your unique style and preferences. Explore a vibrant palette of colours, mixing and blending shades to create a slime masterpiece that reflects your personality.
🔬 The science behind the slime: Discover the fascinating science behind slime as you explore the chemistry behind its magical properties. It’s a hands-on learning experience that combines fun and education!
🏡 Take your slime home: Once your slime creation is properly slimy, it’s time to take it home with you! Place it in the provided container and proudly showcase your slimy masterpiece to family and friends. Squeeze it, stretch it, and enjoy the tactile sensation of your one-of-a-kind slime creation.
🎟️ Limited spots available: Due to the popularity of our Slime Workshop, we highly recommend securing your spot in advance. Don’t miss out on the chance to experience this exciting and engaging activity!
Ticket Link:
https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/westonmuseum/e-bvyazd
Get ready for a truly sensory experience that will leave you smiling and squishing with delight!
Please note: Safety guidelines and precautions will be followed throughout the workshop to ensure a clean and enjoyable experience for all participants.

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.

Springtime Mini Rag Wreath Workshop
2025-04-10 10:00 - 13:00 (Europe/London) | Weston Museum, Burlington Street, Weston-super-Mare, Somerset, BS23 1PR, United Kingdom
🐇 Get Crafty with Art in Mind: Mini Rag Wreath Workshop! 🐝
Unleash your creativity and join us for an enchanting workshop where you’ll learn to create your very own mini rag wreath. Using scraps of fabric and wreath frames – as well as some seasonal accessories – we’ll guide you through the process of transforming these materials into a one-of-a-kind home decoration.
Workshop Times:
10:00 – 11:00
11:00 – 12:00
12:00 – 13:00
Cost:
£8.50 per person
🍃 Craft Your Unique Mini Rag Wreath: Let your artistic vision bloom as we explore the art of rag wreath making. Our skilled instructor will teach you various techniques to transform fabric scraps into beautiful wreath adornments. From rustic and charming to vibrant, your mini rag wreath will reflect your personal style and creativity.
🎁 A Handcrafted Gift with Heart: Looking for a heartfelt and unique gift? Your mini rag wreath fits the bill perfectly! Handmade with love, this charming home decoration is an ideal present for birthdays, housewarming, or any special occasion. Share your crafting skills and gift someone a one-of-a-kind piece that will bring joy and beauty to their space.
🌸 All Equipment Provided: Leave your worries behind as we supply all the necessary materials and equipment for the workshop. From wreath frames and fabric scraps to scissors and embellishments, we’ve got you covered. Just bring your creative energy, and we’ll provide the rest!
🏡 Add a Touch of DIY Charm to Your Home: Imagine the delight of showcasing your own handmade mini rag wreath in your home. Hang it on your front door, above your fireplace, or on any wall that needs a pop of colour and creativity. Every time you see it, you’ll feel a sense of accomplishment and pride in your crafty creation.
🎟️ Limited Spaces Available: To ensure an intimate and personalized experience, we have limited spaces available. Reserve your spot today to secure your place in this artistic journey of rag wreath making!
Ticket Link:
https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/westonmuseum/springtime-mini-rag-wreath-workshop/e-odmolq

Easter Toddler Crafts
2025-04-11 10:15 - 12:00 (Europe/London) | Weston Museum, Burlington Street, Weston-super-Mare, Somerset, BS23 1PR, United Kingdom
🥚 Art in Mind presents our Toddler Crafts! Our theme this month is Easter! 🐰
Prepare for a colourful and sensory-filled time as you’ll have the chance to create 5 sensory and crafty activities, this month with a special Easter twist. The best part? You get to take some of your crafty creations home with you to display and show off!
Times:
10:15 – 11:00
11:15 – 12:00
Cost:
£5.00 per child (parents go free)
🐤 Unleash your creativity: During this engaging session, you will have the opportunity to immerse yourself in all things Easter, creating something truly unique.
🥰 Customization at your fingertips: You can personalise your masterpieces to match your unique style and preferences. A perfect match to your personality!
🏡 Take your activities home: Once your creations are all complete, it’s time to take them home with you! Arms loaded full of activities, you can proudly show them off to your family and friends.
🎨 All Equipment Provided: We’ll provide all the necessary materials and tools to take part. Just bring your enthusiasm, creativity, and willingness to dive into this crafty adventure.
🎟️ Limited spots available: We highly recommend securing your spot in advance. Don’t miss out on the chance to experience this exciting and engaging activity!
Ticket Link:
https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/westonmuseum/easter-toddler-crafts/e-jkrapb
Please note: Safety guidelines and precautions will be followed throughout the workshop to ensure a clean and enjoyable experience for all participants.

Easter Sand Art Workshop
2025-04-12 10:00 - 13:00 (Europe/London) | Weston Museum, Burlington Street, Weston-super-Mare, Somerset, BS23 1PR, United Kingdom
🐰 Rainbow Sands presents our Easter Sand Art Workshop! 🌼
Prepare for a colourful and sand-filled time as we dive into a variety of themed activities. Join us for a fun-filled workshop where you’ll get the chance to take part in 4 separate activities that ignite your imagination.
Workshop Times:
10:00 – 10:45
11:00 – 11:45
12:00 – 12:45
Cost:
£9.00 per person
🏡 Take your activities home: Once your creations are all complete, it’s time to take them home with you! Arms loaded full of activities, you can proudly show them off to your family and friends. Activities include: sand art picture, fill a mini bottle with coloured sand, personalise a bookmark and colouring in! Please note that activities may be subject to change.
🎟️ Limited spots available: Due to the popularity of our Sand Art Workshops, we highly recommend securing your spot in advance. Don’t miss out on the chance to experience this exciting and engaging activity!
Ticket Link:
https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/westonmuseum/e-qyzbzo

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.
