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Workshop
Museum
All ages

Migration Celebration! February half term

12 Feb 2024 - 18 Feb 2024

Free

London For Toddlers: Migration Celebration! February half term
London For Toddlers: Migration Celebration! February half term
Workshop
Museum
All ages

Migration Celebration! February half term

Museum of London Docklands

No.1 Warehouse, West India Quay, E14 4AL

12 Feb 2024 - 18 Feb 2024

Free

February half term is packed with activities on the theme of migration.

Choose from tasty cookery lessons taught by a French/Tunisian chef, storytelling with a Caribbean theme, music and folktales inspired by Eastern Europe, energetic toddler parties with music from around the world, and craft activities celebrating London’s diverse cultures and languages.


Treats from the Middle East

Tue 13, Wed 14, Thu 15 Feb

10.30–11.30am, 12.15–1.15pm & 2–3pm

Spice up and sweeten your life with our Middle Eastern and North African cookery class.


Party fun

Wed 14, Thu 15 & Fri 16 Feb

10.30–11.15am, 12–12.45pm & 2.15–3pm

Bop and boogie along to anthems from around the world.


Rainforest tales

Wed 14, Thu 15 & Fri 16 Feb

11.30–12.15am, 1.15–2pm, 3–3.45pm

Travel across the Caribbean Sea with traditional stories and songs of animal tricksters and magical shapeshifters.


Customise our global blanket

Mon 12 – Sun 18 Feb | 10.30am–12.45pm & 2–4.30pm

Bring cultures and languages from across the world to life by helping to build our truly one-of-a-kind multicultural and multilingual blanket.


Object handling

Mon 12 – Sun 18 Feb | 10.30am–12.45pm & 2–4.30pm

Touch, feel and examine objects from migrants and the museum’s collection. Get hands-on with coins and gaming tokens brought by Roman soldiers, marvel at clay pots from medieval France, and find out where modern technology was imported from.


Folktales and klezmer music

Tue 13 Feb | 11.00–3pm

Be transported to another world with immersive storytelling and dance along to lively klezmer music from three different performers.


Noah on the Earth 11–11.45am | Sign-up required on arrival

Zingt! Yiddish 1–1.30pm

Worlds Apart 2.30–3pm | Sign-up required on arrival


Tots at the Docks: Where in the world?

Wed 14 Feb | 10.30am–3pm

Pop along to our popular, free monthly toddler drop-in session – this time with a global theme to celebrate migration in London.


Share your migration story

Wed 14 Feb | 10.30am–4.30pm

Capture your own family's migration story for generations to come, with help from our friends at the Migration Museum.


Chilean and Polish migration stories

Wed 14 – Sun 18 Feb | 10.30am–4.30pm

Visit Felix Taylor's immersive sound art installation for a compelling journey around migration and belonging., drawn from the museum's oral history collection of Chilean and Polish voices.

BOOKING INFO

All our activities are free and require no advance booking. Some popular workshops are first come, first served – please reserve your places with our families desk upon arrival.

EVENT INFORMATION

Dates:

12 Feb 2024 - 18 Feb 2024

Time:

Varied times

Prices:

Free

Age:

All ages

GETTING HERE
ADDRESS

No.1 Warehouse, West India Quay

E14 4AL

PARKING

There is a public car park behind the museum on Hertsmere Road.

VENUE INFORMATION
HIGHLIGHTS

Mudlarks interactive gallery - need to book ahead

Trails for under 5s

PLACES TO EAT

The café is open for snacks, drinks and hot beverages between 10am-4.30pm

FAMILY FACILITIES

Baby changing facilities available, the museum is fully accessible to buggy and wheelchair users

ACCESSIBILITY

There is full physical access to all public areas of the museum, including galleries, classrooms, shop, café and theatre. If you have any requirements, please ask the Visitor Hosts at the Information Desk on arrival. The museum has original floorboards which are uneven in places