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  FULLY BOOKED: Curator Tour: Brought to Light – The Remarkable Bateman Collection

  Wednesday 6 July 2022 | Weston Park | Talks and tours

  Join Sheffield Museums’ Curator of Archaeology, Martha Jasko-Lawrence for a tour around the latest exhibition to open at Weston Park Museum, Brought to Light: The Remarkable Bateman Collection.

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  Fridays Under 5s - Get Stuck In!

  Friday 8 July 2022 | Weston Park | Family

  Join us for hands-on creative fun for you and your little ones.

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  FULLY BOOKED: Lunchtime Talk - Demolished Sheffield

  Tuesday 12 July 2022 | Weston Park | Talks and tours

  Historian Mike Higginbottom explores the reasons why much-loved landmarks bite the dust, and queries whether some of them could have had a future.

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  Fridays Under 5s - Get Stuck In!

  Friday 15 July 2022 | Weston Park | Family

  Join us for hands-on creative fun for you and your little ones.

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  Workshop: Skeletons of the Past – The History of Human Bone Archaeology

  Saturday 16 July 2022 | Weston Park | Workshops and classes

  In this unique workshop led by specialist forensic anthropologist Dr Chris Aris, you’ll have a first-hand insight into how experts learn from historic skeletal remains.

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  Fridays Under 5s - Get Stuck In!

  Friday 22 July 2022 | Weston Park | Family

  Join us for hands-on creative fun for you and your little ones.

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  Summer Holidays: Bronze Age Jewellery

  Tuesday 26 July 2022 | Weston Park | Family

  Recreate Bronze Age jewellery using paper beads strung together to make a stunning design.

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  Tour: Connecting the Dots - The Story of Two Mummies, Thomas Bateman and Sheffield City Museum

  Wednesday 27 July 2022 | Weston Park | Talks and tours

  How did a local man, who never stepped foot in Egypt, acquire these specific human remains and why did he seek to obtain them for his collection?

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  Festival of Archaeology

  Friday 29 July 2022 | Weston Park | Family

  We’re celebrating the Festival of Archaeology with a host of interactive activities around the museum for you to you to try!

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  Summer Holidays: Investigating Skeletons

  Tuesday 2 August 2022 | Weston Park | Family

  Find out which bones help a hare jump further or a snake eat something bigger than its stomach.

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  Summer Holidays: The Benty Grange Helmet

  Tuesday 9 August 2022 | Weston Park | Family

  Learn the secrets of an amazing Anglo-Saxon helmet and make your own to take home.

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  Summer Holidays: From Sheffield with Love

  Tuesday 16 August 2022 | Weston Park | Family

  Use old postcards to create awesome new artworks to keep or share with your family and friends.

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  Summer Holidays: Fabulous Fossils

  Tuesday 23 August 2022 | Weston Park | Family

  Get hands-on with ancient sharks’ teeth, plants and ichthyosaur backbones and make a fossil rubbing to take home.

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  Lunchtime Talk: Thomas Bateman and Ethnography Collections at the Pitt Rivers Museum

  Thursday 8 September 2022 | Weston Park | Talks and tours

  How did Thomas Bateman bridge local interests with global objects?

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  Lunchtime Talk: Whatever the Weather – A History of Weston Park Weather Station

  Tuesday 20 September 2022 | Weston Park | Talks and tours

  Find out more about the Weston Park Weather Station in a lunchtime talk from our Curator of Natural Sciences, Alistair McLean.