Event: Summer of Slate
National Slate Museum
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Decorating a slate at the National Slate Museum
Enjoy a Summer of Slate at the National Slate Museum between 25th July and 31st August!
- Drop in slate colouring workshops - perfect for kids and their adults!
Decorate a piece of slate to take home (Additional Charge applies of £1.50 per child / Daily 12pm - 4pm)
- Get creative with the museum's Art Cart ( Daily 12pm - 4pm / FREE)
- Make perfect patterns in the foundry sandpit ( Daily / All day /FREE)
- Build a tower of slate which is decorative and practical! (FREE)
- Enjoy traditional games in front of the Quarrymen's houses! (Occasional -when staffing allows / FREE)
- Get dressed up in different eras of fashion in the quarrymen's houses (Daily / All / day / FREE)
- Enjoy one of our walks and talks ( Wonderful Waterwheels, Unique Inclinations & the Korffman cutter at work) (Various times / FREE)
- Actors in residence: Enjoy unique performances from our actors in residence. Learn about the home life of the quarrying communities and what a working day was like in the Engineering workshops before they closed in 1969! Visit the Actors in Residence page for more details: Actors in residence Summer 2022