This is the last weekend guide before your Bumper Summer Guide drops! Eeeeeek!
SATURDAY 19th JULY
🔨Ashmolean: Festival of Archaeology
This festival explores being Really Roman, and celebrates the opening of our redisplayed Rome Galleries. It’s a free event for all the family. Drop in to enjoy a huge variety arts and crafts, demonstrations, and storytelling. Make your own Roman mosaics, meet Roman traders and get to explore objects in the Museum.
📅 Saturday 19th July ⏰ 10.30am – 3.30pm 💴 Free 🎫 There a limited spaces and there will be a sign up sheet available on the day to sign up to take part in the study whilst at the Museum ℹ️ More details on the Ashmolean website.
🐰Headington Library: Narnia Chalk Adventure
Narnia-themed outdoor chalking! Step through the wardrobe and into the enchanting world of Narnia, where you can bring your favourite characters and scenes to life with chalk art.
📅 Saturday 19th July ⏰ 11am – 12 noon💴 Free 🎫Drop-in ℹ️ More details on the Headington Libraries page.
🥼Museum of Natural History: Meet the Scientists
Join the Oxford University Experimental Psychology team to take part in real research. Try a VR headset, listen to a story, or have a go a drawing different facial expressions. Taking part in these activities will help scientists discover more about children’s behaviour and how their brains work.
📅 Saturday 19th July ⏰ 11am – 4pm 💴 Free 🎫Drop-in ℹ️ More details on the Natural History Museum website.
🦖Museum of Natural History: Autism Friendly opening
A relaxed morning opening to explore the Museum collections in a quiet environment for families with members on the autism spectrum.
📅 Saturday 19th July ⏰ 9am – 10am 💴 Free 🎫 Booking essential via email: [email protected] ℹ️ More details on their website. Never visited the museum? See one of our many visits here.
🫧OPA Playday: Blackbird Leys
Blackbird Leys, it’s your turn! FREE fun activities for families with lots of local community groups in attendance too. There’s brilliant activities at these events including go-karting, art, giant bubbles, smoothie bike, Ride on Time, chemistry, zorbing, fire play and more.
📅 Saturday 29th July ⏰11am – 3pm 💴 Free 🎫 No booking required ℹ️ See info in the poster here.
SUNDAY 20th JULY
😵💫Oxford Illusion Museum
When things aren’t quite what they seem! Set over four floors, this place is an absolute trip! Here’s our fave bits: an upside-down room, mirror maze (hilarious!), infinity dodecahedron, glowing wands, upside-down glasses and more! This is brilliant fun for the kids and something a bit different!
📅 Open 7 days a week⏰11am – 4pm 💴 £14 adults, £7 children/ students 🎫 No booking required ℹ️ See Oxford Illusion Museum for more info and our visit here.
🕺🏼Modern Art Oxford: Movements for Staying Alive
Such a fun and interactive exhibition! It’s like a giant soft play! This exhibition encourages participants to engage with artworks through their body, surely the best antidote to ‘don’t touch!’ Swing, jump, sit, lie, PLAY! Check out the pics – you’ll be racing down there with your crew!
📅 On until 7th September ⏰11am – 4pm 💴 Free 🎫 No booking required ℹ️ See the Modern Art Oxford website for more details.
🚌Oxford Bus Museum: FREE heritage bus rides
FREE heritage bus rides at 12.15pm and 2.15pm. The museum houses a collection of historic buses, coaches and trams plus a model railway too. Super fun and interesting for the whole family!
📅 Sunday 20th July ⏰10am – 4pm 💴Adults: £8, Children £5, Under 5: Free 🎫 No booking required ℹ️ See the website for more details.
🌈University Parks: Rainbow of Ribbons
The Rainbow of Ribbons is back again this year. It gives local families the chance to come together to celebrate and remember the people they love but have sadly lost. Sobell House staff and volunteers carefully handwrite loved one’s names on colourful ribbons, which join hundreds of others to create a beautiful display on an oak tree in Oxford’s University Parks. Dedicate your ribbon here.
📅 Saturday 20th July – end of August ⏰1pm – 3pm 💴 Free 🎫 Dedicate a ribbon here ℹ️ See Sobell House website for more info.
💨 Combe Mill : Wildlife by the Evenlode
Open and in-steam! The event is packed with local wildlife, including BBOWT, Al’s Owls, and a beekeepers. There will also be blacksmith demos plus a tinkering area and Millie the Mill Cat Trail for children.
📅 Saturday 20th July⏰10:30am – 5pm 💴 Adult: £9, Concessions: £7.50, Children under 16: Free 🎫 No pre-booking requiredℹ️ See Combe Mill website for more info.
🐰Waterperry Gardens: Alice in Wonderland Orienteering Trail
Follow the clues and compass directions to find the 9 hidden Alice in Wonderland characters, who are ready to be discovered by intrepid young adventurers throughout the gardens. Each child takes home a prize. Head to the playground on the lawn after for a run around.
🗓 On until 1st September ⏰10am – 5.30pm 💴 Adults: £12.50, Under 16: Free, Trail and prize: £5🎫 No booking required ℹ️ Details on the Waterperry website.
