Talks, courses and workshops

Join us for a Relaxed Opening of our exhibitions, suitable for people who might find visiting museums overwhelming. A dedicated team will welcome visitors with a neurodivergent profile, sensory processing differences, SEND, neurological conditions, or anxiety and their families, companions, and carers. Visit the page for more information.

A day of hands-on exploration for children to experiment with clay, from creating pinch pots to wheel throwing and turning, to crafting tools.

This event is sold out. Please visit the page to join the waitlist.

Inspired by sneakers and designs from our latest exhibition 'NIGO: From Japan with Love', young designers will create a sculptural shoe prototype using recycled and found materials.

In this hands-on workshop, children will learn how to transform everyday plastic bags into fusible eco-friendly fabric that can be used for all kinds of creative projects.

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Using plants from the museum's garden, this workshop will introduce young people to cyanotype, a beautiful technique that uses photosensitive dye and sunlight to create blue prints on paper or fabric.

Using plants from the museum's garden, this workshop will introduce children to cyanotype, a beautiful technique that uses photosensitive dye and sunlight to create blue prints on paper or fabric.

This event is sold out. Please visit the page to join the waitlist.

A group tour exploring the stories behind PLATFORM: Simone Brewster, delivered by the display curator Hadeel Eltayeb, as part of this year's London Design Festival.

Join a conversation on how motherhood and creative practice shape one another, chaired by curator Danielle Thom, with Simone Brewster, Laxmi Hussein, Emefa Cole, and Hettie Judah.

Learn key skills of pattern cutting in this one-day workshop focusing on a modern design classic: the workwear or chore jacket.

This event is sold out. Please visit the page to join the waitlist.

Join this two-day workshop to explore wood as a creative material through drawing and hands-on making. Inspired by designer Simone Brewster's practice, this course will focus on how designers work with form, proportion and surface to create expressive objects.