Indian Summer: family activities

Every Monday to Friday between
Monday 27 July – Friday 28 August
All events are free, some sessions have limited places

Enjoy family activities inspired by Garden and Cosmos: The Royal Paintings of Jodhpur and India Landscape. There will be different activities each day of the week, including storytelling and creative art sessions.

Mondays

Indian patterns and prints workshop
27 July, 3, 10, 17, 24 August
11.15–12.15, 13.30–14.30, 15.00–16.00
Ford Centre for Young Visitors
Make a beautiful printed textile piece inspired by Indian designs to take home. With textile artists Stitches in Time.
Suitable for children aged 5+
Free, limited places available


Tuesdays

Indian dance workshop
28 July, 4, 11, 18, 25 August
11.30–12.10, 13.30–14.10, 15.00–15.40
Room 33
Tell stories through movement, sound and rhythm
in this dance workshop. With dance tutor
Susmita Banerjee.
Suitable for all ages
Admission free, just drop in


Wednesdays

Stories from India
29 July 5, 12, 19, 26 August
11.30–12.10, 13.30–14.10, 14.30–15.10
Room 33
Storytellers Seema Anand and Vayu Naidu bring the epics and landscapes of India to life.
Suitable for children aged 6+
Admission free, just drop in


Thursdays

Building an Indian palace
30 July, 6, 13, 20, 27 August
11.30–15.30
Great Court
Build a pleasure palace fit for a maharaja, decorate it and take it home. With artist David Allsop.
Suitable for children aged 5+
Admission free, just drop in


Fridays

Enlightened elephants
Friday 31 July
11.30–15.30
Great Court
Make a spinning toy of elephants running in the monsoon rain. With artist David Allsop.
Suitable for children aged 5+
Admission free, just drop in

The great Indian Summer mural
Fridays 7, 14, 21, 28 August
11.30–13.00, 14.00–15.30
Ford Centre for Young Visitors
Be inspired by the landscapes of India and help create an enormous mural that will be displayed in the Museum. With artist Stuart Simler.
Suitable for all ages
Admission free, just drop in

 

Download Indian Summer family programme

Image: Death of Vali; Rama and Lakshmana Wait out the Monsoon (detail). Illustration from the Ramcharitmanas of Tulsidas(1532–1623) Jodhpur, c. 1775; 62.7 x 134.5 cm. © Mehrangarh Museum Trust


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