May Half-Term Crafts @ The British Schools Museum

From bouncing frogs and beaded dragonflies, to goldfish and Lilly-pads galore, join us for fabulous kids crafts on all things "Pond Life" this May Half-Term and celebrate Spring. 

Sessions 10am-12 midday

£7.50 per participating child (accompanying adults and any younger siblings are FREE). 

Best-selling historian and author of Queen Elizabeth and Battle of Brothers, Robert Lacey talks about the late Queen Mother and her connection with St Paul’s Walden Bury, her childhood home. He’ll explore the way she taught the late Queen to read using nursery rhymes and the bible and weave in his new book Nursery Rhymes by exploring the wider importance of nursery rhymes in learning to read.

The event will include time for audience questions and will be followed by a book-signing of Nursery Rhymes. You can pre-order Nursery Rhymes and collect on the night by emailing nextpagebooks@outlook.com, and there will be copies available for purchase on the night. It is a beautifully illustrated hard back, keepsake book £20 which can be signed at the event.

Guests will also have the opportunity to view the special exhibition Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon: Her Childhood in Books, featuring a beautiful selection of books from the Queen Mother’s early years, kindly loaned by the Bowes-Lyon family.

Time for talk : 6pm - 7pm including questions, followed by book-signing of Nursery Rhymes.

7pm to 7.30pm cafe open for drinks and refreshments + book signing. 

From classics like Walter Crane's Beauty and the Beast to now unknown treasures, see the wonderful books of HM Queen Elizabeth, wife of George VI and mother to Elizabeth II, known to a generation as the Queen Mother. 

We are grateful to the Bowes-Lyon family for loaning this unique collection to the British Schools Museum from the Queen's childhood years at St Pauls Walden Bury, near Hitchin.

Open during normal Museum hours Fri-Sun, 10am - 4pm. FREE

Free playgroup for all SEND children aged 0-5, every Monday 1-2.30pm. 

Join us for  warm welcoming atmosphere, fun toys and activities, and a chance to talk to other families and the Hertfordshire Family Centre for any advice or contacts you might need. 

Children must be accompanied by a responsible adult at all times.