Explore and get messy at Black Park!

Join us in Black Pines Camp for some fun in the woods! We have a variety of activities for your tot to go wild, including the mud kitchen, digging pit, water play, bug hunting, weaving, balancing and more.

What is Tots Go Wild all about?

Tots Go Wild is aimed at children aged 1-5 years (from when they can walk independently till they are in full-time education).

Tots Go Wild takes place on most Fridays during term time throughout the year. Morning sessions run from 10:00-11:30 and afternoon sessions run from 13:00-14:30. We stagger the release of our tickets in line with the start of each new school half-term.

There will be a themed activity each week, plus multiple other activity stations. The sessions are child-led, with the children being encouraged to choose what they would like to do to help them build on their self-esteem, confidence and independence. During October through to May we regularly have a fire.

You can casually book the date(s) you'd like to attend, or block book the full half-term (six sessions) to guarantee a place each week and receive a discount.

We go ahead in all weathers - unless deemed unsafe - so please dress appropriately!

Discover how your amazing brain works in this exciting new hands-on exhibition at Discover Bucks Museum. Mind-boggling fun for all ages.

You have an amazing brain, in fact everybody does! But how does it make sense of the world around you?

This new exhibition will show you just how amazing our brains really are. From emotions to our senses, you will find out how your brain interprets what it sees, hears, smells, and feels. This family-friendly exhibition will take you on a journey inside your brain, to find out just what makes you, you!

With over 15 interactive puzzles and ‘mind-bending illusions’ we will show you how your brain can play tricks on you! Get ready for some ‘WOW’ moments that might leave you questioning what you thought you knew.

Free for kids, Adult £5.50

Discover giant bugs made of litter around Black Park! Come along with your family and friends to our FREE trail. Learn all about how to reduce, reuse, recycle and most importantly, why not to drop litter. Don’t be a litterbug!

The trail will be running from Friday 17th March to Sunday 16th April in conjunction with the Keep Britain Tidy Great British Spring Clean 2023 campaign. The self-led trail will be around Black Park during usual car park opening hours, so you can turn up at any point when we’re open, no need to pre book! There will be directional signs out on display, or you can refer to the map and see if you can find all 8 different bugs. You can start the trail from any point around the lake.

A special thanks to Black Park Shed for their help in cutting the bug templates. To find out more information about them as a charitable organisation please visit: https://www.blackparkshed.org.uk

WHAT CAN I SEE ON THE TRAIL?

There will be a series of artworks constructed from litter collected from the Country Parks, in the shape of giant bugs, from bottle top beetles to water bottle spiders! There are a few new additions this year too! Will you find them all? There will also be interesting facts and information about recycling, the environment and how you can make a difference accompanying each sculpture.

WHERE DO I GO?

There will be directional signs around the site within the trail dates, so simply park in the Black Park car park and look out for our Litter Bug Trail signs. The route is roughly a  1 mile loop round the lake. Alternatively you can follow the map below:

THE GREAT BRITISH SPRING CLEAN

The Great British Spring Clean 2023 campaign is run by Keep Britain Tidy and is asking the public to pledge to collect a bag of litter this Spring to help the environment. Click here to join in and together we can make a difference! #LitterHeroes

10am on 30 March 2023

A fun play session for under 5s based on the book Goodbye Winter, Hello Spring! Create pictures with paper flowers and explore our museum garden on a nature trail. Meet new friends and help our Learning Team plant new flowers.

10am start for 2 hours of fun!

Price includes a drink and snack for children.

Under 6 months go free.

Adults FREE with an annual Pass. PLEASE REMEMBER TO BRING YOUR PASS WITH YOU.

If you don’t have a Discover pass already, you will need to purchase one.

Discover passes give you entrance to Discover Bucks Museum and they are £5.50 each which gives you 12 months FREE entry to the Museum Galleries.

If we are sold out and you would like to go on our waiting list please email hello@discoverbucksmuseum.org including your name, contact number and which Discover Ducks session you would like to come to. Please note this does not guarantee you a space. We will contact you as soon as possible should a space become available.

10am on 30 March 2023

A fun play session for under 5s based on the book Goodbye Winter, Hello Spring! Create pictures with paper flowers and explore our museum garden on a nature trail. Meet new friends and help our Learning Team plant new flowers.

10am start for 2 hours of fun!

Price includes a drink and snack for children.

Under 6 months go free.

Adults FREE with an annual Pass. PLEASE REMEMBER TO BRING YOUR PASS WITH YOU.

If you don’t have a Discover pass already, you will need to purchase one.

Discover passes give you entrance to Discover Bucks Museum and they are £5.50 each which gives you 12 months FREE entry to the Museum Galleries.

If we are sold out and you would like to go on our waiting list please email hello@discoverbucksmuseum.org including your name, contact number and which Discover Ducks session you would like to come to. Please note this does not guarantee you a space. We will contact you as soon as possible should a space become available.

Come along for stories, crafts and museum fun in this special time for 2 – 5 year olds. Each session is themed on a different story, rhyme or song!

Book tickets for attending children only – adults do not need tickets.

Tiny Talk Time runs every other Friday during Bucks school term time. Spring 2023 dates are:

• 20th January
• 3rd February
• 3rd March
• 17th March
• 31st March

On alternate weeks we run Fox & Cubs Forest School, an outdoor exploration and self-led play session for 18 month – 5 year olds. Find out more about our Toddler activities by checking our Events listings.

This month's meeting of the Bucks Pottery & Sculpture Society will include a talk and demonstration by stone carver Freya Morris, who works in the Oxford area. Having originally studied art history, Freya then became interested in architectural history which lead to a 20 year career in building conservation. After taking up stone carving as a hobby, Freya has recently gone on to study this in more depth and is currently working with professional carver Alex Wenham.  They have been involved in various conservation and restoration projects in Oxford and London. 

The meeting will be held at Little Kingshill Village Hall, Windsor Lane, Little Kingshill, HP16 0DZ. Entry is free for BPSS members, £5 for visitors. See www.buckspotters.com for more information about the society.  

Celebrate the brilliant birds – and their glorious eggs -  in Roald Dahl’s books this Easter. Hunt for the birds around the Museum, build a giant junk modelling nest, listen to storytelling from The Twits and The Enormous Crocodile make a Roly-Poly bird pot out of clay or make your own brilliant bird tail feathers. 

Pick up a trail to explore the Museum and find out about the birds and animals that feature in Roald Dahl’s books. Drop-in to the pop-up bird hide to find out about the local birds that inspired the stories and add a budgie to Roald Dahl’s aviary in the Craft Room. 

Step out of the Museum and explore the local countryside and village with a Museum guide and discover how some of the local birds and wildlife found their way into the stories. You can also go behind the scenes and find out even more about the Roly-Poly bird and his friends with the Museum Archivist, Rachel. 

Join museum volunteer Denise Lindsay for a free walking tour to discover the hidden history of High Wycombe’s High Street.

Starting at Pann Mill at 10am, end ending at Wycombe Museum at approximately 11.30am.

Please book here to secure your place: https://wycombemuseum.org.uk/events/domesday-to-our-day-history-in-our-high-street-5

This walking tour is free, but we are gladly accepting donations. You can make a donation below by naming your price as you book your place, or in the museum at the end of the tour.

Join Chiltern Rangers and Wycombe Museum to learn more about woodcutting, charcoal and the sawmills – and have a go yourself!

Understand more about coppicing and the making of charcoal, toast marshmallows on our fire in the grounds and use the charcoal to draw pictures of our beautiful trees. We will also explore the story of saw mills using objects from our chair-making collection to understand how the woods around Wycombe led to our most famous local industry.

Wycombe’s river, the river Wye, is the reason many of us are living in the town. Historically, its waters attracted people to the valley and by 1816, more than 30 mills were dotted along the Wye, grinding corn into flour, ‘fulling’ cloth, making paper, and sawing wood from the surrounding Chilterns’ woodland.

Need to know:

• Book a 75 minute slot to get hands on at Wycombe Museum!
• Suitable for families and individuals – under 14s must be accompanied by an adult.
• This activity will take place at Wycombe Museum and involves charcoal, wood and gathering around a fire, so please dress for the weather and the activity!
• At Wycombe Museum there are toilets, a café and space to play in the grounds

Book your free tickets here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/timber-hands-on-charcoal-event-for-all-ages-tickets-579437632557

The mischievous Easter Bunny has hidden eggs around the museum garden! Help us find them all and claim your prize!

£3 per child with a chocolatey prize. No need to book – just drop by to take part.

Recommended for ages 4 – 11. Smaller ones are very welcome – they’ll just need a bit of extra help from a grown-up!

Available from Sunday 2nd April – Sunday 16th April during our standard opening hours, 10am – 4pm. Museum closed Mondays and Saturday.  Check our opening hours here.