Planning a visit to our museums during May half term? Why not pick up a copy of our free family trail from the front desk of each of our open sites – Ferens Art Gallery, Streetlife Museum and Hull and East Riding Museum or you can download a copy in advance by clicking on the image below.

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Looking for some fun activity ideas for the half term?

Our FREE Magical Museums activity booklets packed full of exciting family activities inspired by our museum collections can be downloaded by clicking on the images below

Magical Museums Winter Wonderland Activity Book

Magical Museums Activity Book Part 1

Magical Museums Activity Book Part 2

In this video, we explore how artists in the Ferens Art Gallery collection have used the themes of family and pets to inspire their work, and share ideas for fun art activities you can try at home as a family inspired by these.

Inspired by the life sized woolly mammoth model at Hull and East Riding Museum, we’ve teamed up with Eden’s Baby Experiences who have created a fun mammoth themed under 5s activity session for us featuring songs, rhymes and a story!

Inspired by the Medieval Gallery at the Hull and East Riding Museum, find out how you can make your own medieval inspired gingerbread at home using a simple recipe, in this fun historical character video.

Find out how to make your own mini shop inspired by the shops on the street scene at the Streetlife Museum in this fun family craft activity.

In this video, discover some of the artists in the Ferens Art Gallery collection who have explored nature in their work and get ideas for how you can create your own nature themed artworks as a family.

Inspired by the Roman galleries at the Hull and East Riding Museum, learn how to make your own Roman-inspired honey cakes at home using a simple recipe in this fun video.

Inspired by the #ImaginationLibrary book ‘Little World: Shopping Trip’ by Samantha Meredith, join us for a fun shopping activity around the shops on the street scene at the Streetlife Museum

Inspired by the cars at the Streetlife Museum, in this video we show you how you can have a go at making your own balloon-powered car using some simple materials.

Why not enjoy a fun art activity? In this family tutorial, artist Dom Heffer shows you how you can make your own sculpture inspired by Eduardo Paolozzi’s ‘Large Frog, Version II’ which is part of the collections at