Every Saturday we have a range of fun family crafts in the main gallery for you to make and take home. All materials are provided, and it’s all free!
Top 5 Family-Friendly Things To Do at Pontefract Museum
Haven’t explored Pontefract Museum yet, or not been for a while? Here’s why you should visit us on your next family day out!
Pontefract is very proud of its history and heritage – and rightly so! At Pontefract Museum we celebrate all things Ponte throughout the ages. There’s something for everyone, and here’s some of our favourite ways you and your little explorers can get involved:
1. FREE FUN CRAFTS EVERY SATURDAY
2. STACK SOME SWEETS WITH OUR LIQUORICE SOFT PLAY
Pontefract’s liquorice heritage takes a sweet and squishy form in our soft play area! Let your imagination run wild and come up with allsorts of creations – will you rule over a candy kingdom, or start your own factory inspired by the cases around you?
3. TAKE HOME SOME TREASURE
Make your own copy of a coin from the Ackworth Hoard – treasure potentially buried by Henrietta Maria in the 1640s! Can you find the original coin in the case next to the big replica? Which of the coins or jewellery is your favourite?
4. HORSE AROUND AT PONTEFRACT RACES
Get dressed up for the Pontefract Races and ride alongside historic paintings! What would your champion horse be called? Cheer on your friends and family! [Ages 3+]
5. SET UP SHOP AT THE MARKET STALL
Pontefract has been a busy market town since the Middle Ages, and we need you to run the Museum Market! What’s on special offer today?
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