Easter Holiday Activities

It can be tough finding activities to keep the children entertained throughout the school holidays. So on every Bucks school holiday Tuesday throughout the Museum’s open season the Museum’s Education team have created special themed family activities, games and crafts all for the standard admission price!

If you’d like to attend multiple Terrific Tuesdays, and Museum events then you can purchase an Annual Pass which costs £33 per adult, £20 per child and family pass prices start from £55.

Our April Terrific Tuesdays will have a Spectacular Spring theme.

Terrific Tuesdays

• Every Tuesday in Bucks school holidays is a Terrific Tuesday
• Enjoy themed family crafts and activities
• Hands-on-Clay with the Dacorum and Chiltern Potters Guild
• Activities run from 11am – 3.30pm
• Drinks, light lunches, cakes and ice creams available to purchase
• Plenty of space for picnics
• Baby changing facilities
• New adventure playground to explore
• Small working farm to explore
• Ample free car parking

Additional information

Activities are still to be confirmed and are subject to change. Standard admission prices apply. Discounted tickets when you pre-book online. Free entry for Annual Pass holders.

We recommend that you bring a carrier bag with you so that you can take home all the wonderful crafts and creations that you have made.

Easter Weekend

Join us this Easter Bank Holiday weekend and explore our historic buildings and learn about some Easter traditions, take part in our Easter trail, have a go at some family crafts and see our baby lambs.

We have 45 acres for you to explore including woodland and new adventure playground.

This is a Standard Admission Event. Free entry for Annual Pass holders.

Easter Holiday Activities

It can be tough finding activities to keep the children entertained throughout the school holidays. So on every Bucks school holiday Tuesday throughout the Museum’s open season the Museum’s Education team have created special themed family activities, games and crafts all for the standard admission price!

If you’d like to attend multiple Terrific Tuesdays, and Museum events then you can purchase an Annual Pass which costs £33 per adult, £20 per child and family pass prices start from £55.

Our April Terrific Tuesdays will have a Spectacular Spring theme.

Terrific Tuesdays

• Every Tuesday in Bucks school holidays is a Terrific Tuesday
• Enjoy themed family crafts and activities
• Hands-on-Clay with the Dacorum and Chiltern Potters Guild
• Activities run from 11am – 3.30pm
• Drinks, light lunches, cakes and ice creams available to purchase
• Plenty of space for picnics
• Baby changing facilities
• New adventure playground to explore
• Small working farm to explore
• Ample free car parking

Additional information

Activities are still to be confirmed and are subject to change. Standard admission prices apply. Discounted tickets when you pre-book online. Free entry for Annual Pass holders.

We recommend that you bring a carrier bag with you so that you can take home all the wonderful crafts and creations that you have made.

Experience traditional Elizabethan May Day merriment with dancing and music

By Tudor times May Day had been an important festival for hundreds of years. There are many ancient beliefs about this time of year. It represents the end of winter, the return of the sun and fertility of the land. It is the day to feast, play games and make merry, to welcome spring and secure as much luck as possible for the year ahead.

This May Day, we are delighted to welcome back to Chiltern Open Air Museum the Suffolk Free Company and Myal Pyper to bring you a vibrant and engaging taste of Elizabethan (the first time round) life and celebration.

These knowledgeable, personable and talented folk invite all the family to join in as they celebrate May Day. Upon the Village Green the May Tree needs preparing, round which, for your enjoyment and to join in with, there will be music and dancing to the finest tunes and the most popular dances of the time. Noise is a big part of the May Day Celebration, to awaken Spring, and, further to that end, there will be a display of fire power, featuring the black powder weapons of the day showing just how effective they can be at defeating that old adversary, the cabbage! The soldiers will preside over a practice for the trained band, all-comers welcome, and there will be a fine display of swordsmanship.

In between you can wander amongst the encampment and see what is being eaten, drunk, made and mended. There will be sumptuous food being prepared and a variety of crafts people about their business, all for you to engage with or just listen, as you wish, though there will be no broom makers, this is considered extremely bad luck at May Day, as is going fishing!

Please note that all activities are subject to change and weather.

This is a Premium Admission Event. Free entry for Annual Pass holders.

Experience traditional Elizabethan May Day merriment with dancing and music

By Tudor times May Day had been an important festival for hundreds of years. There are many ancient beliefs about this time of year. It represents the end of winter, the return of the sun and fertility of the land. It is the day to feast, play games and make merry, to welcome spring and secure as much luck as possible for the year ahead.

This May Day, we are delighted to welcome back to Chiltern Open Air Museum the Suffolk Free Company and Myal Pyper to bring you a vibrant and engaging taste of Elizabethan (the first time round) life and celebration.

These knowledgeable, personable and talented folk invite all the family to join in as they celebrate May Day. Upon the Village Green the May Tree needs preparing, round which, for your enjoyment and to join in with, there will be music and dancing to the finest tunes and the most popular dances of the time. Noise is a big part of the May Day Celebration, to awaken Spring, and, further to that end, there will be a display of fire power, featuring the black powder weapons of the day showing just how effective they can be at defeating that old adversary, the cabbage! The soldiers will preside over a practice for the trained band, all-comers welcome, and there will be a fine display of swordsmanship.

In between you can wander amongst the encampment and see what is being eaten, drunk, made and mended. There will be sumptuous food being prepared and a variety of crafts people about their business, all for you to engage with or just listen, as you wish, though there will be no broom makers, this is considered extremely bad luck at May Day, as is going fishing!

Please note that all activities are subject to change and weather.

This is a Premium Admission Event. Free entry for Annual Pass holders.

The hopes and dreams of our ancestors brought to life!

AdLibretto are bringing their creative skills to our outdoor venue with an improvised musical based on the hopes and dreams of historical characters.

Enjoy the summer weather at the Museum’s village green while watching this audience-inspired show. Every AdLibretto performance is unique and guaranteed to be playful, touching and fun.

The talented troupe will ask one of our historical characters about their life and childhood dreams. Transforming these aspirations into story and song, they will give the audience an insight into the possibilities of the past and show just how many paths one life can take!

Standard admission prices apply. Free entry for Annual Pass holders.

Gladiator Games – a great family event!

If you’re looking for a great educational and fun family event for a day out this May half-term, then come and see our Gladiator Games. The Roman’s have captured a British Chieftain and now he must take part in the Gladiator Games and fight for survival!

The Gladiator Games will be brought to life by Britannia, one of the largest (and oldest) re-enactment groups in the U.K., they will be demonstrating the excitement and brutality of life in the late Roman period. Britannia has worked on over 150 TV and film projects, including Ridley Scott’s Gladiator and CBBC’s Horrible Histories.

On the day

• Meet costumed re-enactors, explore the living history encampment and learn about life in Britain in the 1st century AD
• Enjoy thrilling combat displays in the Gladiator Games at 12pm and 3pm
• Buy your own replica Roman gladiator weapons in the shop
• Be warned, there may be (fake) blood – not for those of a sensitive disposition!

Please be aware that all activities are subject to change and weather.

This is a Premium Admission Event. Save money when you pre-book your tickets online. Free entry for Annual Pass holders.

Gladiator Games – a great family event!

If you’re looking for a great educational and fun family event for a day out this May half-term, then come and see our Gladiator Games. The Roman’s have captured a British Chieftain and now he must take part in the Gladiator Games and fight for survival!

The Gladiator Games will be brought to life by Britannia, one of the largest (and oldest) re-enactment groups in the U.K., they will be demonstrating the excitement and brutality of life in the late Roman period. Britannia has worked on over 150 TV and film projects, including Ridley Scott’s Gladiator and CBBC’s Horrible Histories.

On the day

• Meet costumed re-enactors, explore the living history encampment and learn about life in Britain in the 1st century AD
• Enjoy thrilling combat displays in the Gladiator Games at 12pm and 3pm
• Buy your own replica Roman gladiator weapons in the shop
• Be warned, there may be (fake) blood – not for those of a sensitive disposition!

Please be aware that all activities are subject to change and weather.

This is a Premium Admission Event. Save money when you pre-book your tickets online. Free entry for Annual Pass holders.

May half-term activities

The Museum’s Learning Team team have created themed crafts and activities for this May half-term. All crafts and activities are included in the standard admission price!

The Terrific Tuesday in May will have a Paralympics theme.

If you’d like to attend multiple Terrific Tuesdays and Museum events then you can purchase an Annual Pass which costs £30 per adult, £18 per child and family pass prices start from £50.

All Terrific Tuesdays

• Enjoy themed family crafts and activities all included in the standard admission price
• Activities run from 11am – 3.30pm
• Hot drinks, sandwiches and ice creams available to purchase
• The catering team will be firing up the BBQ so head down to the cafe to treat yourself to a hot dog, burger or veggie burger.
• Plenty of space for picnics
• Baby changing facilities
• Adventure playground
• Small working farm
• Ample free car parking
• Dogs welcome on short leads

Additional information

Activities are still to be confirmed and are subject to change. Standard admission prices apply. Free entry for Annual Pass holders.

We recommend that you bring a carrier bag with you so that you can take home all the wonderful crafts and creations that you have made.