Wednesday 10 February 2016

Horniman Museum and Gardens - What's On in February

Dinosaurs: Monster Families
Opens Saturday 13 February

Discover how dinosaurs looked after their eggs, nests and babies in this fascinating interactive family exhibition.


Book online or get unlimited entry by becoming a Member.
Win a copy of Build the T.Rex

Share this email with a friend before 29 Februaryand you’ll automatically be entered into a prize draw to win a copy of the book Build the T.Rex - an interactive guide to dinosaurs with a 76cm T-rex model to build!

Share this email now. Good luck!

Terms and conditions:
  1. To be entered into the prize draw, subscribers must share this email using the link above by 29 February.
  2. Subscribers will only be entered into the prize draw once. Multiple shares will not increase a subscriber’s number of entries into the prize draw.
  3. The Prize cannot be exchanged for cash or any other prize.
  4. The winner will be drawn at random.
  5. The prize draw is only open to subscribers of the Horniman's e-newsletter.
February Half Term
Monday 15 - Friday 19 February

We’re going Dino-tastic this half term! Make your own fossil cast, have fun at our activity-packedBig Wednesday: Dinosaurs day, enjoy free art and craft and more.

See all half term events.
 
Horniman Farmers’ Market
Every Saturday
9am-1.30pm


Our weekly Farmers’ Market has the best views in London and sells locally sourced fruit, vegetables, meat, bread, cheese and much more. See the list of traders.

Free entry
Carnival Late
Thursday 25 February
6.30–9.30pm


Join in a carnival mash up at the Horniman! We’re taking you to Brazil, Venice and New Orleans for an evening of music, samba dancing, carnival parades, fire performances and muchmore. Food and bars open.

Tickets: £5. Over-18s only. Book now.
Animal Kingdom
Until Sunday 6 March

See mesmerising natural history images in 3D by artist Jim Naughten including an Atlantic White Spotted Octopus, a Red Faced Spider Monkey (pictured), and a Transparent Chameleon, created by stereoscopic photography. Find out more.

Free
Discovery for All
Every Sunday
11am-12.30pm


How sharp are shark's teeth? Have you ever played a West African thumb piano, balanced a gourd on your head or stroked a badger? Drop into our unique Hands on Base to explore thousands of objects from around the world.

Free. Everyone is welcome.
 
Elsewhere in London

Now Now, Bernard & Other Monster Stories
Polka Theatre
Friday 12 – Sunday 21 February 

It sometimes feels as though everyone’s just too busy to listen to Bernard, but when he finds a big purple monster in the garden things rapidly go from bad to worse. For half term, David McKee’s much-loved Not Now, Bernard is joined by two of his other wonderful monster stories.
www.polkatheatre.com

 
Samuel Pepys: Plague, Fire, Revolution
National Maritime Museum
Until Monday 28 March

Immerse yourself in one of the most vibrant and turbulent periods in our history, seen through the eyes of history’s greatest witness. Explore a period of revelry and rebirth, of revolution and catastrophe, with the famous socialite Samuel Pepys as your guide.
http://bit.ly/1RVtRq2