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Kids Nottinghamshire
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May 10
Best Wildlife Events during Half-Term
The two weeks from May 29 to June 13 have been designated National Wildlife Fortnight and so there are a whole range of fun kids activities happening at nature reserves up and down the country.
To find out the top ten family wildlife outings in the country this half term, don’t miss this article in the Telegraph
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May 10
Museums at Night 14th-16th May 2010
‘Museums at Night’ is a national campaign, led by Culture24, and funded by MLA and the National Museum Directors’ Conference (NMDC), to showcase the unique and vibrant museums, galleries, heritage sites, libraries and archives in the UK. Running over the weekend of Friday 14th May to Sunday 16th May, museums and galleries alike will aim to inspire fresh discovery by opening their doors to late night visitors.
Museums will be unrolling an imaginative array of activities across the country. From candle-lit readings, paranormal investigations, sleepovers, night-time tours, musical events and much, much more.
This year’s programme sees the return of firm favourites, like Cabinet War Rooms sleepover and the Old Operating Theatre at St Thomas Church, plus exciting new additions such as the; Helicopter Museum’s ‘Back to the Blitz’ experience, follow a night shift at Cornwall’s Geevor Tin Mine and the chance to see a ‘Light in the Night’ at Cromer’s Lifeboat Museum.
You can find up to date listings at the Culture 24 Website
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Apr 10
The Villainous Sheriff of Nottingham Night Tour
On May 14th, as part of the national Museums at Night campaign and also as part of Nottingham’s Robin Hood Month, the Galleries of Justice Museum will be running special evening tours led by the Villainous Sheriff through all the galleries followed by a curator led object-handling session in their Robin Hood exhibition.
The Villainous Sheriff will take visitors on a guided tour of the building focusing on the role of the Sheriff in the courts and prison, with a gruesome emphasis on his attendance at executions and talks about some of the real villainous Sheriffs of Nottingham, the tour will include a special introduction of the Oubliette deep down in the Sheriff’s dungeon.
Tours take place on 14th May 2010 from 4:00 pm to 7:00 pm and are £6.75 per person subject to availability. To book call 0115 9520 555.
