Children’s events and workshops
Our programme of our children's events and workshops July - Sept 2022

To make you booking, please click on the ‘booking essential’ text, which will take you to our bookings page. If you are having difficulty, please contact the office by email: [email protected], or phone: 01392 274727
July | Day | Event | Times | Event Information |
14th June – 5th August | Exhibition: Motherhood in Devon | This exhibition throws light on mothers’ lives and experiences of motherhood, both historic and contemporary. | ||
2nd | Saturday | Herbs and healing, parent and child session* | 10.30 – 12 noon | Children 5+ / 8 places / booking essential |
9th | Saturday | Reading: Children’s author Anna Starobinets will be reading from her Beastly Crimes series | 10.30 – 11.30am | Children 8+ / drop in |
16th | Saturday | Bookworms junior members club – Mum’s the Word | 10.30 – 12 noon | Children 5+ / 12 places / booking essential |
23rd | Saturday | Living books, sharing stories* | 11 – 3pm | Drop in |
August | ||||
6th August to 29th October | Exhibition: Ingrid Pollard in Devon | Artist, Research Partner and Turner Prize Nominee; Pollard has created a new piece of work in response to the histories of Devon and the South West. | ||
6th | Saturday | Nature box making workshop* | 1.30 – 3pm | 8 – 12 year olds / 8 places / booking essential |
13th | Saturday | Illuminated manuscripts – Cathedral Green pop-up!* | 11 – 2pm | Children 8+ / drop in, we will be outside on the Green |
20th | Saturday | Bookworms junior members club – Nature box making | 10.30 – 12 noon | Children 5+ / 12 places / booking essential |
27th | Saturday | Illuminated manuscripts – display and workshop* | 11 – 2pm | Children 8+ / 8 places / booking essential |
September | ||||
9th – 18th September | Heritage Open Days | |||
10th | Saturday | Make a Kaleidoscope workshop* | 10.30 – 12 noon | Children 8+ / 12 places / booking essential |
17th | Saturday | Bookworms junior members club make astounding inventions! | 10.30 – 12 noon | Children 5+ / 12 places / booking essential |
*Funded by the National Heritage Lottery Fund
Bookworms is our monthly Junior Member Club, suitable for children aged 5-8 years old. Junior Membership is available to anyone aged under 18 and is currently £12 per year. Bookworms recieve an annual activity pack and priority access to children’s events at the Institution.
Children under 11 years old must be accompanied by a parent / carer and we ask that parent / carers remain on site for events and workshops. Children between the ages of 11-16 years old may visit the institution unaccompanied but must make themselves known as an ‘unaccompanied minor’ at the reception desk. We will then follow our Safeguarding policy to support your visit. Young people between the ages of 16-18 years old may visit independently.