It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas at St Albans Museum + Gallery and Verulamium Museum!
We've got lots of festive activities to keep the whole family entertained.
Christmas at St Albans Museum + Gallery
Explore our current exhibitions Maria Meyer: Thingchronicity (and don't forget to create your own Thingamabob and add it to our Thingamabob Gallery) and Catching the Chain.
Christmas dates: we're closed 24th, 25th, 26th, 31st December and 1st January. Otherwise we're open 11am-5pm daily. Free entry
Daily free activities including:
🗝️ Handling trolley - handle historic objects from our collection
🔎 Explorer buckets - perfect for younger visitors
🎅 Stocking trail - can you find all the stockings hidden in St Albans Museum + Gallery
🐑 Felipe the Sheep St Albans city trail - pick up your entry for a St Albans-wide trail
🪀Thingamabob gallery - create your own thing...
👗 Dressing up as historic St Albans characters
🎨 Colouring in - great for artists of all ages!
Christmas at Verulamium Museum
Discover the Verulamium collection and our new exhibition "Mapping an Uneven Path" on health, medicine and disability in Roman Verulamium.
Christmas dates: we're closed Sundays and 24th, 25th, 26th, 31st December and 1st January. Otherwise we're open Monday - Friday: 10am - 4.30pm (last admission at 4pm). Saturday: 11am - 3.30pm (last admission at 3pm).
Daily activities including:
💍 12 days of Christmas trail - can you find all the hidden objects to complete the 12 days of Christmas challenge?
🌿 Crafts in the Colonnade - make a Roman laurel wreath (£2 per participant)
🗝️ Handling Trolley - touch genuine Roman objects and find out more with our team
🔎 Explorer buckets - perfect for young museum visitors
👩 Tessa Wheeler trail - follow in the footsteps of archaeologist Tessa Wheeler around Verulamium
💠 Mosaic making in the gallery
🛡️ Dressing up - as your favourite Verulamium character
