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From events including issues-focused free exhibitions and stimulating free workshops, join the discussions, gain valuable insights and enjoy a fun and memorable experience. We also have regular daily performances - click here to find out more.
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Make It Yours
Workshop:
Friday 19 September, 11am-1pm
Making Dough and Getting By
Making Dough and Getting By is a unique, hands-on zine-building workshop inspired by Richard Wentworth's "Making do and getting by" and the We Roar exhibition. This workshop delves into the themes of…

Make It Yours
Workshop:
Friday 26 September, 10am-12pm
Pocket Museums
What would you put in your own museum? What images frame your own history? How do we preserve the memory of an object that is lost to us?

Make It Yours
Workshop:
Friday 3 October, 10am-12pm
30 Images Representing Justice
If you had to describe the museum in 30 images, what would you photograph? Join the National Justice Museum team to create a photo album and a story of what the museum means to you.

Make It Yours
Workshop:
Friday 10 October, 10am-12pm
Embroidered Objects
Create a piece of embroidered and embellished cloth in an embroidery hoop depicting one object from our exhibition ’30 Objects Representing Justice’.

Make It Yours
Workshop:
Friday 17 October, 10am-12pm
Playing at Mugshots
The 30 Objects Representing Justice exhibition has an object that has made its way into everyday language - the mugshot. Create your own mugshot playing card, based on the craze in the early 2000’s…

Make It Yours
Workshop:
Friday 24 October, 10am-12pm
Abolitionist Ceramics
Join us this Black History Month for a creative ceramics workshop inspired by abolitionist ceramics. Discover how clay objects once carried powerful messages of freedom and justice, then hand-build…

Make It Yours
Workshop:
Friday 31 October, 10am-12pm
Ghosts and Echoes
Imagine all that’s left of you is a chalk white plaster face. Can the details of a life be captured on the surface, or is there still a voice underneath? This Halloween at the National Justice…

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Workshop:
Friday 14 November, 10am-12pm
Words of Reformation
Obedience, objectification and servitude – reflect on a woman’s place in society now and in the 19th Century, by producing a modern embroidery inspired by traditional samplers.

Make It Yours
Workshop:
Friday 21 November, 10am-12pm
The Ominous Times
Inspired by the text and typeface in the latest exhibition, join Chris Barker and The Smallprint Co to explore the world of Victorian printing and customise your own penny broadsheet newspaper.

Make It Yours
Workshop:
Friday 28 November, 10am-12pm
Make Your Mark
Inspired by the museum's collection of badges, insignia and ideas of justice and protest, this workshop will enable participants to experiment and play with a variety of printmaking processes from…

Make It Yours
Workshop:
Friday 5 December, 10am-12pm
Textures of Justice
Explore textures and details in the National Justice Museum’s collection and create a grid of collages inspired by what you see. Using fabric, buttons, ribbon, and paper, you’ll make a tactile…

Make It Yours
Workshop:
Friday 12 December, 10am-12pm
Lighting Up The Holidays
Up until 1853, prisoners in the county gaol would have to buy candles to light up their cells. Join us in this candle-making workshop where you’ll make a candle, a tin candle, and wax melts with soy…