With the summer holidays officially underway, people are being encouraged to visit the all new David Livingstone Birthplace museum in Blantyre for a fun family day out.
For the 2022 Summer Programme, which includes a number of workshops and activities, has been inspired by David Livingstone’s love of nature and storytelling.
It includes activities to help teach children and adults how important it is to look after the environment, as well as events such as weekly interactive story sessions with song and movement for children aged two to six, held at the museum and based on Southern African and Scottish stories.
What's more, every Tuesday there will be a crafts session where children can get creative making animal masks, comic strips, story books, puppets, etc. With no set theme it gives the kids the option to have fun and use their imagination to create exciting pieces.
Den building is another fun activity on offer next Wednesday, July 13, when people are invited to come and join the conservation volunteers and find materials across the museum’s grounds to make your very own den and learn all about the different animal habitats, from hedgehogs to badgers.
Then, on July 20, the Hedgehog Habitats special workshop will be run by the conservation volunteers as they teach children and adults all about hedgehogs. The event will include recording hedgehog numbers, building habitats, hunting for bugs and learning more about how we can encourage more of these prickly characters to live in the museum’s gardens and parks.
And on Friday, July 22, the David Livingstone Birthplace will host a Youth Open Day which will include food and refreshments with a DJ present to play music throughout the event. Activities will be on offer such as table tennis and a print-making workshop.
This will be a day to celebrate the museum’s vibrant young adult audience and also open applications for the museum’s new Youth Engagement Project.
The museum will also host a Junk Art Session on Friday, July 29, which is free to attend and will encourage participants to find inspiration in the stories and objects of the museum’s collection. This will include items of furniture, shields, and musical instruments. Attendees will have the opportunity to create sculptures out of recycled material.
Then to celebrate Play Day 2022 on August 3, David Livingstone Birthplace museum is teaming up with Operation Play Outdoors to bring a day of fun activities for everyone to get involved in. There will be games available inside and out, providing a chance for children to have fun, be creative and to try out new things. Entry to the museum will be free all day for children.
A spokesperson for the museum said: "The summer programme will include activities to help teach children, and adults, how important it is to look after the environment. The team at the museum are determined to encourage a healthy eco system, full of plants, trees, animals and insects. The list of exciting activities on offer at the museum this summer is available below.
"To find out more about the summer activities on offer at the David Livingstone Birthplace museum visit website. "
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