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Discover - Make And Create, Handle And Discuss Objects

Kelvingrove's Discover - Make And Create, Handle And Discuss Objects weekly sessions offer free hands-on fun designed for families with children!

Discover - Make And Create, Handle And Discuss Objects

About Discover - Make And Create, Handle And Discuss Objects

18th January 2025
25th January 2025
1st February 2025
plus 46 more date(s), see below for more info
1.30pm - 4pm
Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum
Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum Argyle Street, Glasgow West End G3 8AG
This is a free event
Event organiser/part of Glasgow Museums
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Come along and participate in our Discover sessions. Join us every Saturday to explore and learn from the museum collection. It's a chance to make and create, or handle and discuss objects. It's free hands-on fun designed for families with children.

Meet in the Centre Hall. 1.30 -4.00pm. Free, drop in, no need to book.

Additional Dates: 25 January 2025, 01 February 2025, 08 February 2025, 15 February 2025, 22 February 2025, 01 March 2025, 08 March 2025, 15 March 2025, 22 March 2025, 29 March 2025, 05 April 2025, 12 April 2025, 19 April 2025, 26 April 2025, 03 May 2025, 10 May 2025, 17 May 2025, 24 May 2025, 31 May 2025, 07 June 2025, 14 June 2025, 21 June 2025, 28 June 2025, 05 July 2025, 12 July 2025, 19 July 2025, 26 July 2025, 02 August 2025, 09 August 2025, 16 August 2025, 23 August 2025, 30 August 2025, 06 September 2025, 13 September 2025, 20 September 2025, 27 September 2025, 04 October 2025, 11 October 2025, 18 October 2025, 25 October 2025, 01 November 2025, 08 November 2025, 15 November 2025, 22 November 2025, 29 November 2025, 06 December 2025, 13 December 2025, 20 December 2025

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