Free family trails
Hamlyn family trails – free
Available from the Families desk in the Great Court
at weekends and every day during school holidays, 10.30–16.30.
Activities can take between 30 minutes and an hour.
Chasing rainbows with Mama Wata
About colour and shapes
Suitable for ages 3–5
Dancing with Shiva
A counting trail
Suitable for ages 3–5
Revelling round the world
About celebrations
Suitable for ages 6–11
Spreading the word
About writing and communication
Suitable for ages 6–11
Travelling in time
Ancient Greece through the ages
Suitable for ages 6–11
Sailing on the Nile
A voyage through ancient Egypt
Suitable for ages 6–11
Funded by the Helen Hamlyn Trust
Relic trails – free
Available from the Families desk in the Great Court
at weekends and every day during school holidays, 10.30–16.30.
Related to the children's series
Relic: Guardians of the Museum
Showing on cbbc and available on BBC iPlayer.
Trail 1:
Coins, Clocks, Roman Britain and Anglo-Saxons
Trail 2:
Egypt, Assyria, Prints & Drawings and China
