FREE
Monday 16 - Friday 20 February 2026, various times
February Half Term Activities
Join us over half term for a programme of exciting interactive workshops!
There’ll be different activities every day, all FREE and open to all ages.
Monday 16 February: 10:30am - 4pm
Archaeological Finds at The City of Caves*
Come and try your hand at recording archaeological finds on the ramp into the City of Caves.
Learn about how archaeologists record the items they find on site before you create your own finds record sheet for your favourite item.
You will also be shown how archaeologists complete their technical drawings and be provided with the equipment for you to have a go yourself as part of your finds record sheet.
*Does not include entry to the City of Caves
Tuesday 17 February
Our creative sessions are free and open to all. Join us to make and create together and contribute to our growing museum! The sessions will be led by artists, makers, and writers, all of whom are influenced by this unique museum. Register using the links below.
A Clue as to You Workshop (10am - 12pm)
The smallest object can help identify a person – it could be a button, an earring, or a favourite coat.
In A Clue to You, we are going to be thinking about the objects we associate with ourselves, friends and families, exploring them through writing, drawing and storytelling.
Free tickets, booking required. Click here.
Nature's Mark: Printing Through Time (1:30pm - 3:30pm)
Explore our long-standing connection to nature through design in this lino print workshop with Lucy.
Inspired by the current National Justice Museum exhibition, you’ll observe and collect natural motifs from historical objects and create your own nature designs and prints while reflecting on the evolving role of printmaking and its relationship to our connection to nature across time.
Free tickets, booking required. Click here.
Wednesday 18 February: 10:30am - 4pm
Forensic Techniques: Fingerprinting
Join us in the Transformers room to explore and have a go at some of the different techniques forensic teams use to investigate a crime.
You will be able to try lifting fingerprints and learn what patterns you can see, investigate footwear marks, create a footwear print and examine what fibres you can find on clothing.
Thursday 19 February
Our creative sessions are free and open to all. Join us to make and create together and contribute to our growing museum! The sessions will be led by artists, makers, and writers, all of whom are influenced by this unique museum. Register using the links below.
Nature's Mark: Printing Through Time (10am - 12pm)
Explore our long-standing connection to nature through design in this lino print workshop with Lucy.
Inspired by the current National Justice Museum exhibition, you’ll observe and collect natural motifs from historical objects and create your own nature designs and prints while reflecting on the evolving role of printmaking and its relationship to our connection to nature across time.
Free tickets, booking required. Click here.
A Clue as to You Workshop (1:30am - 3:30pm)
The smallest object can help identify a person – it could be a button, an earring, or a favourite coat.
In A Clue to You, we are going to be thinking about the objects we associate with ourselves, friends and families, exploring them through writing, drawing and storytelling.
Free tickets, booking required. Click here.
Friday 20 February, 10:30am - 4pm
Archaeological Finds at The City of Caves*
Come and try your hand at recording archaeological finds on the ramp into the City of Caves.
Learn about how archaeologists record the items they find on site before you create your own finds record sheet for your favourite item.
You will also be shown how archaeologists complete their technical drawings and be provided with the equipment for you to have a go yourself as part of your finds record sheet.
*Does not include entry to the City of Caves




OTHER EVENTS
Monday 16 and Friday 20 February 2026, 10:30am - 4pm
Archaeological Planning at The City of Caves
Monday 16 - Friday 20 February 2026, various times
February Half Term Activities
Friday 6 and Saturday 7 February, 5pm
Light Night - Welcome to the Lock Up
Thursday 26 March 2026, 6pm
Crime Club: Victorian Criminal Mastermind
Friday 27 March, 10am-12pm
Face and Jar
Friday 27 February, 10am-12pm
Bear with Clay
Friday 13 March, 10am-12pm
Portraits of Escape: Women Surrealists and the Art of Collage
Friday 20 February, 10am-12pm
The Worn Self
Friday 30 January, 10am-12pm
Black cap to Tombstones
Friday 6 March, 10am-12pm
Everyone has a story, that deserves to be told
Saturday 14 February 2026, 7pm
Cocktails and Crime: Don't Look Back In Anger
From Monday 28 July 2025 - March 2026
30 Objects Representing Justice
Make new friends, create and explore.
YOUth at the National Justice Museum
Thursday 29 January 2026, 6pm
Sold Out - Crime Club: Unsolved Murders of the 1930s
Friday 6 February, 10am-12pm
Writing in Confinement: the Art of Queer Confession
Friday 13 February, 10am-12pm
Hats Off: Emblems and Insignia
Select dates from Saturday 27 September 2025 to Saturday 28 March 2026, 6pm
Ghosts of the Gaol
Wednesday 8 October until January 2025