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Little Explorers for Under 5s at Yorkshire Sculpture Park

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Little Explorers for Under 5s

Yorkshire Sculpture Park, Wakefield
27 June 2019

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From £3
Little explorer at YPS, two children with large magnifying glasses in front of their faces
Little Explorers, 2018. Photo by Nancy Halliwell
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Fun awaits in the Hidden Forest on the Last Thursday of the month, let our artists take you and your little one on an imaginative adventure to visit a sculpture near to the Hidden Forest. Skip, jump and even puddle splash back to the Hidden Forest to investigate, play and make discoveries together.

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