Holiday Fun - Rugby Art Gallery & Museum
24 - 31 May
A feast of Maytime merriment. Get creative in our fabulous workshops and enjoy exploring the galleries with the traditional treasure hunt. Can you find all the mini statues of local heroes that are hidden around the building?
Bug Hunt
19 July - 9 August
FREE
Can you find all the hidden bugs around the building. Complete the hunt and be in with the chance to win a prize!
Mini Architects Hunt
12 - 30 August
FREE
Complete the hunt and be in with the chance to win a prize!
Open-ended Toddler Play
A stay & play session for the under 5s. These sessions invite your toddler to discover, learn and explore.
Saturday 1 April
10am - 11am and 11.15am - 12.15pm
£2.50 per child, adults are free but must book a place.
Animal Antics Family Yoga Play
A family yoga session in the gallery space.
Monday 3 April
10am-10.45am – suitable for 2.5-6 years
11am-11.45am - suitable for 7-12 years
£3.00 per child, adults are free but must book a place.
Relaxed Sessions
Monday 3 April 2.30pm-3.30pmThese sessions are primarily for neurodivergent children and adults, and any other visitors with sensory needs who prefer a more relaxed experience, plus their families, friends, and carers. Come along to explore the gallery and take part in a creative activity.
May Holiday Activities
Relaxed Hour
Monday 11 August
Suitable for children of all ages. Children must be accompanied by an adult.
10.30am-11.30am
FREE but must be booked.
This session is primarily for neurodivergent children and adults, and any other visitors with sensory needs who prefer a more relaxed experience, plus their families, friends, and carers.
Cardboard Construction Dens
Tuesday 12 August
Suitable for children 6+
10am - 11am
11.15am - 12.15pm
£2.00 per child
Children must be accompanied by an adult.
Unleash your creativity by building your own dens in this cardboard construction workshop; a fantastic way to spark imagination and have loads of fun!
Cyanotype Prints
Wednesday 13 August
Suitable for children 6+
10am - 11am
11.15am - 12.15pm
£3.00 per child
Children must be accompanied by an adult.
Discover the magic of sun-powered art and create your own stunning blueprints.
Meet Waffle the Wonder Dog
Friday 15 August
Suitable for all ages
1.45pm-3.45pm
FREE but pre-booking essential.
Children must be accompanied by an adult.
Ahead of the new series of Waffle the Wonder Dog on CBeebies, meet Waffle aka Scarlet in this special opportunity!
Meet and greet timeslots are available in 5 minute intervals, and include time for that all important photo op!
Pom Pom Pals
Tuesday 19 August
Suitable for children 6+
10am - 11am
11.15am - 12.15pm
£3.00 per child
Children must be accompanied by an adult.
Get the googly eyes ready and have a ball creating your own charming animal-themed pom poms.
Automata Moving Animals
Wednesday 20 August
Suitable for children 8+
10am - 11am
11.15am - 12.15pm
£3.00 per child
Children must be accompanied by an adult.
Discover the magic of movement by creating your own mechanical animals with Automata Moving Animals
Bug Hotels
Thursday 21 August
Suitable for children 6+
10am - 11am
11.15am - 12.15pm
£3.00 per child
Children must be accompanied by an adult.
Calling all busy bees! Join us to craft your own bug hotel with natural materials.
Stained Glass Wings
Thursday 22 August
Suitable for children 2-5years
10am - 11am
11.15am - 12.15pm
£3.00 per child
Children must be accompanied by an adult.
Join us for a fun-filled workshop designed for your little ones, where they can craft their own colourful wearable wings! Leave with a dazzling pair of wings that are perfect for basking in the sunshine!
Create, Learn, Discover and Enjoy at Rugby Art Gallery and Museum this Summer!
Pre-booking reccomended. Children must be accompanied by an adult at all times unless otherwise stated. Please book the child only.
Relaxed Hour
Festival of Archaeology
Monday 20 July 10.30 - 11.30
FREE, Booking Required
FREE session for neurodivergent children, where young visitors who would benefit from a more relaxed environment can enjoy and explore our Archaeology Gallery and Art Gallery exhibitions and take part in activities. This session will have a special Archaeology theme to celebrate The Festival of Archaeology.
Bones & Beyond: Exploring Animal Archaeology
Festival of Archaeology
Tuesday 21 July 10.00 - 12.00 & 13.00 - 16.00
FREE, Drop-In
Join this fun, hands-on drop-in session to explore animal bones, shells, and snails. Learn how archaeologists use these finds to understand how people lived, farmed, and cared for animals in the past.
Build a cow bone jigsaw puzzle, discover Roman objects made from animal bone... and more!
Scratch Art Pots
Festival of Archaeology
Wednesday 22 July, 10.15 - 11.15 & 11.30 - 12.30
£3 per child Suitable for 6+
Get creative and discover the art of ancient pottery! In this hands-on archaeology themed workshop, children will design and make their own scratch art pot inspired by ancient Greek and Roman ceramics. Using special scratch art techniques, they'll create colourful patterns and designs while learning about the decorated pots used by people in the past.
Sensory Splats
Thursday 23 July, 10.30 - 11.30
£7 per child Suitable for ages 6 months or sitting to 3 years
Join us for a fun-filled sensory adventure where little ones can dig, scoop, squish, and explore their way through a variety of themed messy play activities. Inspired by buried treasures and discovery, babies and toddlers can enjoy trays filled with different textures, colours, and materials designed to spark curiosity and encourage learning through play.
Spare clothing is recommended as things may get messy!
Gelliplate Printing
Tuesday 28 July 10.15 - 11.15 & 11.30 - 12.30
£3 per child
Suitable for 6+
Design, print, and create your very own robot masterpiece! In this fun, hands-on workshop, children will use gel printing plates, textures, and colourful paints to create unique Gizmobots inspired prints.
This creative session encourages experimentation, imagination, and artistic play, with every child taking home their own artwork.
Messy Marble Runs
Wednesday 29 July, 10.15 - 11.15 & 11.30 - 12.30
£2 per child
Suitable for ages 2-6
Build, play, and get creative in this hands-on workshop for young children! Using cardboard tubes, paper, and other materials, children will work together to create giant marble-style runs on a large scale. Once the runs are built, they'll experiment with rolling balls through paint to create colourful tracks, patterns, and artwork.
Spare clothing is recommended.
Robotics Club
with STEM Goes Wild
Thursday 30 July, 9.30 - 16.00
£30 per child
Suitable for ages 9+
This full-day workshop is packed with hands-on activities that bring science, technology, engineering, and maths to life in a fun and engaging way.
Through interactive challenges and creative problem-solving, children will explore robotics, engineering, and technology, led by an experienced, DBS-checked workshop leader.
Adult supervision not required.
Please bring a packed lunch, drinks, and any snacks needed for the day.
Waffle the Wonder Dog
Meet and Greet
Friday 31 July, 13.45 - 15.45
FREE 5 minute slots, booking essential
Meet Waffle the Wonder Dog, star of the CBeebies show, meet Waffle aka Scarlett in this special opportunity! Meet and greet timeslots are available in 5 minute intervals, and include time for that all important photo op!
Bookings go live on Friday 10 July
Baby Hour
Monday 3 August, 10.00 - 11.00
FREE Drop-In, Suitable for under 2's
Time to enjoy our exhibitions for mums, dads, guardians and their children under 2. Come and experience our current art exhibition free of worry about tears or tantrums, a safe space for your and your baby to relax and enjoy, surrounded by others who wish to do the same. There will also be sensory light play for the babies.
Robot sculpture workshop
with Mark Haig
Tuesday 4 August, 10.00 - 11.30, 11.30 - 13.00, 13.30 - 15.00, 14:30 - 17.00
£10 per child
Suitable for ages 7+
Join artist Mark Haig, creator of the Gizmobots exhibition, for a fun and imaginative 1.5 hour workshop where creativity meets invention. Inspired by Mark's unique robot sculptures, children will use recycled materials and their own ideas to design and build a one-of-a-kind Gizmobot sculpture to take home.
This hands-on session is perfect for young makers who love creating, building, and bringing their ideas to life. Along the way, children will discover how everyday objects can be transformed into fantastic robot characters full of personality and charm.
Children must be accompanied by an adult at all times.
Sorting Superheroes
with Discover Materials
Wednesday 5 August, 10.00 - 12.00 & 13.00 - 16.00
FREE, Drop-In
Put on your cape and transform into a Recycling Superhero in this hands-on material science workshop. Learn how to distinguish between different materials while on a mission to understand the importance of reducing waste and protecting our environment.
Robot Hands
Thursday 6 August, 10.15 - 11.15 & 11.30 - 12.30
£3 per child, Suitable for Ages 7+
Become an engineer and build your own moving robot hand! In this hands-on workshop, children will use cardboard, string, and simple construction techniques to create a robotic hand that can bend and grip just like a real one.
A fun and creative introduction to engineering, design, and robotics.
Robot Draw-Along
with Jessi Illustrates
Friday 7 August, 10.00 - 11.00 & 11.30 - 12.30
£4 per child, Suitable for ages 6+
Join local illustrator Jessi Illustrates for a fun and interactive draw along, inspired by the Gizmobots exhibition! In this step-by-step workshop, children will learn how to draw their own imaginative robots while picking up useful sketching tips and techniques along the way.
Relaxed Hour
Circuits and Robots
Monday 10 August, 10.30 - 11.30
FREE, Booking required
FREE session for neurodivergent children, where young visitors who would benefit from a more relaxed environment can enjoy and explore our Gizmobots exhibition and take part in activities. This session will have a special circuit and robot theme, circuit building with snap circuits and robot driving with Spherobots.
Big Robot Art
Tuesday 11 August, 10.15 - 11.15 & 11.30 - 12.30
£2 per child
Suitable for ages 2- 6
A fun, hands-on workshop, where children will bring large cardboard boxes to life as giant robots!
They'll use paint and recycled materials to decorate and personalise them, with colourful details and robot inspired features.
Printing Club
with UNFOLD Workshops
Thursday 13 August, 9.30 - 16.00
£30 per child, Suitable for ages 10-14
A creative full-day workshop for young artists to dive into abstract art through hands-on printmaking using found objects, handmade blocks, and materials like foam stickers and bubble wrap. The workshop includes fun challenges such as a Texture Treasure Hunt and Pattern Laboratory, fostering skills in mark-making and design. Led by an experienced, DBS-checked workshop leader.
Adult supervision not required.
Please bring a packed lunch, drinks, and any snacks needed for the day.
Sunprinted Robots
Friday 14 August, 10.15 - 11.15 & 11.30 - 12.30
£3 per child
Suitable for ages 7+
Create a robot using the power of sunlight! In this creative workshop, children will use nuts, bolts, and a variety of interesting objects to design their own robot on special sunprint paper. By arranging their pieces and exposing the paper to light, they'll produce striking prints with amazing detail.
Learn about this fascinating photographic process while experimenting with shapes, patterns, and robot designs.
Robot Draw-Along
with Jessi Illustrates
Tuesday 18 August, 12.30 - 13.30 & 14.00 - 15.00
£4 per child, Suitable for ages 6+
Join local illustrator Jessi Illustrates for a fun and interactive draw along, inspired by the Gizmobots exhibition! In this step-by-step workshop, children will learn how to draw their own imaginative robots while picking up useful sketching tips and techniques along the way.
CD Etching
Wednesday 19 August, 10.15 - 11.15 & 11.30 - 12.30
£3 per child
Suitable for ages 10+
Using recycled CDs as printing plates, participants will draw and etch their own designs before inking and printing them to create unique artworks with rich lines and textures.
This hands-on session introduces the traditional printmaking technique of drypoint in a safe and accessible way, encouraging creativity, experimentation, and artistic skill development.
Big Tissue Paper Art
Thursday 20 August, 10.15 - 11.15 & 11.30 - 12.30
£3 per child
Suitable for ages 2-6
In this hands-on workshop, young artists will use bright tissue paper, glue, and their imaginations to create large-scale works of art. Children can tear, scrunch, layer, and stick tissue paper to make vibrant pictures full of colour, texture, and shape.
This fun and accessible activity encourages creativity, fine motor skills, and sensory exploration.
Paper Engineering
with University of Warwick
Friday 21 August, 10.00 - 12.00 & 13.00 - 16.00
FREE, Drop-In
Paper doesn't have to be flat, drawings don't have to stay still: find out how to make your crafts come to life with paper engineering. This workshop will teach you how to make your own pop-up card mechanisms with templates, ideas, and help from the outreach team from WMG at the University of Warwick.
Outdoor Bubble Play
Tuesday 25 August, 10.15 - 11.15 & 11.30 - 12.30
£2 per child
Suitable for ages 2-6
Join us for a fun-filled bubble adventure in the Percival Guildhouse Gardens! Little ones can explore, chase, pop, and create bubbles in this playful outdoor session designed especially for young children.
With plenty of opportunities for movement, discovery, and sensory play, Bubble Play is a great way for children to enjoy the outdoors, make new friends, and have lots of bubbly fun.
Please dress for the weather as this is an outdoor activity.
Circuit Spinning Art
Wednesday 26 August, 10.15 - 11.15 & 11.30 - 12.30
£3 per child
Suitable for ages 7+
Combine art, science, and engineering in this exciting hands-on workshop! Children will build their own simple electrical circuit to power a spinning motor, then use it to create colourful spin art patterns and designs.
As they experiment with colours, speed, and movement, participants will learn the basics of circuits and how electricity can be used to make things move. Best of all, they’ll be able to take their circuit kit home to continue creating and exploring.
Waffle the Wonder Dog
Meet and Greet
Friday 28 August, 13.45 - 15.45
FREE 5 minute slots, booking essential
Meet Waffle the Wonder Dog, star of the CBeebies show, meet Waffle aka Scarlett in this special opportunity! Meet and greet timeslots are available in 5 minute intervals, and include time for that all important photo op!
Bookings go live on Friday 17 July
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Relaxed Hour
Monday 25 March
This session is primarily for neurodivergent children and adults and any other visitors with sensory needs. Includes a craft activity.FREE
10.30am - 11.30am
Early Years Play Sessions
Shape and Texture
Tuesday 26 MarchSuitable for under 6s
10am - 11am and 11.15am - 12.15pm
£2.50 per child
Children must be accompanied by an adult.
Colour and Light
Tuesday 2 AprilSuitable for under 6s
10am - 11am and 11.15am - 12.15pm
£2.50 per child
Children must be accompanied by an adult.
Coming for May Half Term
For our May half-term hunt we're asking you to find the animals who have escaped from the art collection and hidden themselves around the building! Our drop-in hunts are free. Also on offer to keep the kids busy we have a programme of bookable fun activities. May half-term booking to go live in coming days.
Wednesday 5 April, 11am
FREE entry, spaces bookable and drop in
Join Louise and Rene, her assistance dog, in a short introduction to the Guide Dogs charity.
Louise will demonstrate how Rene assists her in her daily life and will talk about The mission of the Guide Dogs society which is to ensure that no one living with sight loss is left out of life!
Dog-tastic fun for you and your furry friend
Saturday 15 April, 10am-1pm
Creative activities for the whole family and an extra special dog show.
Percival Guildhouse Gardens.