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May half term is our favourite – just a week to fill and oh so much to do. Here is our guide to top things to do together in this glorious early summer break.
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Here are our picks
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1. Art, Games and Play: Don Pavey and other Collections at Yorkshire Sculpture Park
Art, Games and Play: Don Pavey and other Collections at Yorkshire Sculpture Park, 24 March–2 September 2018, free entry - Visit now
Visit this exhibition celebrating the close relationship between art, games and play then let loose in YSP’s incredible parkland. Interact with sculpture from every angle this with YSP’s new app ‘Sculpture Cam’, get creative together in the Family Studio Space and go wild in the Hidden Forest this Easter half term.
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2. Soyuz TMA-19M: Tim Peake’s Spacecraft at the Museum of Science and Industry
Dan Prince courtesy Science Museum Group Soyuz TMA-19M: Tim Peake’s Spacecraft at Museum of Science and Industry, Castlefield, 10 March–13 May 2018, free entry - Visit now
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3. Paint Your Wagon at Liverpool Everyman
Brian Roberts Paint Your Wagon at Liverpool Everyman Theatre, City Centre, 3 March–14 July 2018, from £10.00 - Book now
Join Liverpool’s Everyman Company for their musical revival of Paint Your Wagon – a sensational foot-tapping hoedown.
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4. The John Rylands Library
Image courtesy of John Rylands Library. The John Rylands Library, 150 Deansgate, Manchester, Greater Manchester, M3 3EH - Visit now
Imagine you are at Hogwarts together at one of our tip top favourite places to visit. Marvel together at current exhibition The Alchemy of Colour revealing unexpected recipes (urine, beetles and blackened bones), required to make extraordinary art. Take part in holiday activities including Shimmer and Shine window workshops and Rainbows, Stars and Flying Horses printing press demonstrations.
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5. People’s History Museum
Image courtesy of the People's History Museum. People’s History Museum, Left Bank, Spinningfields, Manchester, M3 3ER - Visit now
Recent winner of the national “Kids In Museums” award, visit this half term to mark the centenary of the Representation of the People Act together. It’s never to early to learn about past struggles and ‘there have always been ideas worth fighting for’.
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6. Lark Hill Place 1918 at Salford Museum and Art Gallery
Salford Museum Lark Hill Place 1918 at Salford Museum and Art Gallery, Manchester, 6 February–31 December 2018, free entry - Visit now
Investigate the brand new 1918 setting for atmospheric street installation Lark Hill Place, then let loose in Peel Park.
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7. RNCM Young Company and The Circus House present Letters at the RNCM Theatre
RNCM RNCM Young Company and The Circus House present Letters at Royal Northern College of Music (RNCM), Manchester, 25–26 May 2018, from £10 - Find Out More
RNCM Young Company combines with The Circus House to present Letters – a new work featuring music, dance and acrobatics, which examines the shared experiences of Mancunians and Parisians over the past century.
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