Need a digital detox in the holidays? We will also be providing our workshops as activity booklets, complete with materials, which will also be posted to you.

Each booklet will cost £8 which includes the full colour booklet, any craft resources you need, and postage and packing.

(You will need some basic bits like pencils and scissors, but we will send the rest!)

To purchase your pack:

Call the Museum on 020 8332 1141, between 10am and 3pm, Tuesday to Saturday

  Starry, Starry Night

Discover how The King’s Observatory has helped us explore

the universe around us and create your own constellation cube

The Planets

Discover how The King’s Observatory has helped us understand

our solar system and make your own mobile of the planets!

Summer Holidays: A Palace Called Home

Tuesday 27 July to Friday 30 July

George III loved staying at Kew with his family.

Discover the plans he had to build a palace fit for a King, and create your own palace models!

Summer Holidays: Wild Weather

Tuesday 10 August to Friday 13 August

Learn how weather used to be recorded at the King’s Observatory.

Make your own mini ‘weather station’ to carry out your own observations!

Summer Holidays: A Georgian Summer

Tuesday 24  August to Friday 27 August

Find out why George III made his summer home in Kew.

Have a go at some of the games and crafts his children would have enjoyed.

October Half Term: Ghosts of Richmond Palace

Tuesday 26 October to Friday 27 October

Discover the ghostly goings on in the remains of Richmond Palace.

Make your own haunted palaces to help decorate your home this Halloween!