Activity Quest: Days out and crafts for kids
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Episodes
Adam's off to the Walthamstow Pump House Museum in East London.
The museum's known for its family-friendly atmosphere and interest in engineering, featuring a variety of exhibits including a Victorian-era Marshall steam engine, 1967 stock tube carriages, a Dennis fire truck, and a model train room!
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Adam and Dan visit Sandbox VR in London to experience an immersive virtual reality game, The Legend of Davy Jones' Locket.
The game transports players to a pirate ship where they battle skeletons, solve puzzles, and face off against Davy Jones himself, all with the help of VR headsets and sensor clips.
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Bex explores the art of tufting, a rug-making technique, at Tufting London.
Melissa explains that tufting is similar to punch needling but faster, allowing you to create a rug quickly! The process involves sending in a design, choosing yarn colours, tufting, applying glue to the rug's back, drying, attaching a non-slip backing, and shaving the rug for a smooth finish.
Plus, we guide you on creating a mini weaving loom at home usi...
Dan visits HarroWall, London's largest indoor bouldering centre located in North West London.
HarroWall offers a variety of activities including climbing, indoor caving, and a big slide, catering to kids and families!
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We're visiting the National Space Centre in Leicester!
Adam meets Mike, a space communications presenter, and we see a real Soyuz capsule used for astronaut transportation to the International Space Station, astronaut suits including Tim Peake's launch suit and Buzz Aldrin's space pyjamas, and a prop from the movie 'The Martian.'
We also spy a meteorite and check out a baked bean challenge...
Adam visits the Hello Brain exhibition at the Francis Crick Institute in London, a free showcase focusing on the brain and its complexities!
The exhibition, curated by Holly Cave, highlights the brain's 86 billion neurones and their interactions, using both scientific displays and community-created art to illustrate concepts.
The Francis Crick Institute, a major scientific research facility, hosts this exhibition, offering a uniq...
Adam's exploring the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford, the UK's oldest public museum. He's highlighting a unique audio trail available for visitors. One of the trail's stops involves a bone initially thought to belong to an elephant or a giant!
We're also looking at Ashmolean Adventure, a digital family experience with multimedia activities focused on intriguing objects in the museum and take on a craft activity inspired by the Ashmolea...
Adam's off to the Royal Air Force (RAF) Museum in Hendon! There, he meets Toni who discusses the new exhibition 'Higher, Faster, Further' and the educational resources available for families.
Rob, the public events manager, explains why the museum is great for kids and families, mentioning the upcoming Easter holidays events which will focus on science, technology, engineering, and maths, featuring a planetarium, science shows, an...
In this week's Activity Quest, Dan's chatting to Darts champion Luke Littler all about how he got into the sport. Plus, we're giving you a darts-themed activity you can do at home.
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Dan's off on an augmented reality journey at Westminster Abbey where he's exploring the world of... Notre Dame?!
Don't worry – he's not invented teleportation. Notre Dame de Paris is brand new exhibition open now.
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In this week's episode of Activity Quest, Adam's taking on Mercedes Benz World and their Young Driver and 4x4 experiences! So long as you're tall enough to reach the pedals, they'll let you drive – no experience required!
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In this episode of Activity Quest, Adam explores the British Museum's new exhibition, Legion: Life in the Roman Army.
It covers the journey of a Roman soldier from enlistment to retirement, featuring interactive exhibits, Horrible Histories partnerships, and a unique focus on ordinary soldiers!
Highlights include a soldier's real story and an extraordinary exhibit of a Roman soldier's remains, discovered in Herculaneum.
Adam takes on the dizzying heights of Hemel Hempstead's Snow Centre – London’s closest indoor real snow slope – for a snowboarding lesson with Sean.
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We The Curious is an incredible art gallery and science museum in Bristol, soon to be playing host to the Fun Kids Time Machine – a high-tech time capsule created by CW&T and stuffed full of your thoughts, feelings, recordings and drawings!
You can enter the Fun Kids Time Machine right now: https://funkidslive.com/timemachine
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Adam visits the Sherlock Holmes Museum at 221B Baker Street in London!
He's finding out about the life of this famous fictional detective and why one of Arthur Conan Doyle's most beloved characters lives on...
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In this week's episode, Bex visits Babylon Park in London. It's an alien themed indoor theme park!
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Adam's visiting the Museum of English Rural Life in Reading to find out more about the agricultural past of Berkshire and some of the jobs that people used to do!
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Bex chats to Charlie from Peter Pan Goes Wrong – on stage in the West End until mid January and then touring across the country – and chats about stories with Danyah, an improv storytelling champion!
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Stonehenge is a prehistoric monument in Wiltshire. It was built more than 4,500 years ago and you might have seen in it in the news recently thanks to a very special relationship it has with the stars...
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Bex takes on the Thames RIB Experience – a high-octane speedboat tour along the River Thames – where you journey up to 40mph!
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