October half term

About our events

Child dressed up for Halloween with white face and black etes and lips surrounded by graphics of bats, ghosts and pumpkins on a orange background with black grass at the bottom

Join us this October at Birmingham Museums

There's lots going on across our sites, from Neverland adventures to wandering witches, magical science and lots more!  

We also have some fun activities that you can do at home too.

Exhibitions and experiences

  1. Exhibition

    Neverland , at Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery.

    23 Oct 2026 - 3 Jan 2027. Open Tue - Sun and daily in holidays. (Closed on Christmas day.)
    A festive experience inspired by the beloved children’s classic, Peter Pan.
    DetailsBook now
  2. Every thing must go an exhibition by Joe Lycett Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery 29 July - 21 February 2027.
    Exhibition

    EVERY THING MUST GO by Joe Lycett , at Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery.

    29 July 2026 - 21 Feb 2027. Tue – Sun, 10am – 5pm. (Open daily in holidays). Closed 24-26 Dec and 1 Jan.
    First major solo exhibition of art by comedian Joe Lycett.
    Details
  3. Watercolour painting depicting part of a cottage with driveway, a tree casts a shadow.
    Exhibition

    Florence Mare: A Record of Yardley , at Blakesley Hall.

    Open Wed - Sun, 11am - 4pm.
    Local artist Florence Mare’s paintings offer a rare glimpse into a lost Yardley, capturing the area in the 1930s before development changed it forever.
    Details

Events

List of Events

  1. Close up of two children sitting and drawing at an easel in a gallery.

    Marvellous Makers , at Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery.

    Sundays
    Weekly, hands-on creative workshops.
    DetailsDrop-in
  2. Inside Gamesworld with rows of computers and chairs.

    Gamesworld Session , at Thinktank.

    Selected days
    Join us for family-friendly retro gaming session, spanning six decades of video gaming history.
    DetailsBook now
  3. A string quartet playing on the balcony in a gallery, a pink neon 'Made In Birmingham' sign is above.

    Birmingham Royal Conservatoire: Monthly Lunchtime Recitals , at Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery.

    Selected Fridays
    Join students from Birmingham Royal Conservatoire in our Industrial Gallery.
    DetailsDrop-in
  4. A member of staff with two smiling children. Jewellery making tools are on the table in front of them.

    Kids Jewellery Workshop , at Museum of the Jewellery Quarter.

    Selected Thursdays
    Learn and use real jewellers’ techniques to design and create either a bracelet or pendant.
    DetailsBook now
  5. Two people one is holding a screen print.

    Make and Take your very own Joe Lycett inspired screen print , at Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery.

    28 Oct
    Join Private Press and make your very own screen print to take away.
    DetailsDrop in

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