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30 October 2024, 10:30 - 11:15

Join us in October half term for our Little Pumpkins Halloween workshop, with real-life spooky story author Angela Kecojevic!

Angela will look back in time at our favourite orange squashes, pumpkins, exploring where they come from and why they are so popular around this ghoulish holiday. There will be an opportunity to decorate your own small pumpkin, write a Halloween story and play pumpkin-themed games.

This workshop is best suited for ages 5-8, but older siblings are welcome. Children must be supervised by an adult for the duration of the workshop. Adults go free with a child’s ticket.

Angela is a children’s author, librarian and children’s writing tutor. She has written extensively for the Oxford Reading Tree programme and is also a member of the Climate Writers Fiction League, a group of international authors who use climate issues in their work. Scareground, her debut spine-tingling middle-grade novel was published in 2023. She lives in Oxford with her family where she is currently working on her new middle-grade adventure ‘Elliott Wonderful and the Rise of the Statues’, set in the Bodleian, the Ashmolean and all over Oxford! She also writes climate fiction and has a new children’s mystery book out this year with OUP.

Access:

There is step-free, level entry access to the Town Hall via the entrance closest to Carfax Tower (to the left of the main steps as you face the Town Hall). Inside the Museum, Museum Makers is accessible via a platform lift to the Galleries and then a lift to the basement.

Accessible toilets are available in the Museum (close to Museum Makers) and in the Town Hall on the ground floor, before entering the Museum. Please contact the Museum team if you’d like to talk to a member of staff about your access requirements. Further access information can be found on our page dedicated to access at the museum.

Photo consent:

Please be aware that photographs will be taken at this event for use in marketing. If you (or a member of your group) would prefer not to be photographed, please let a member of staff know during the event.

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Museum of Oxford
Museum of Oxford, St Aldate's
Oxford, Oxfordshire OX1 1BX United Kingdom
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01865 252334
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Museum of Oxford
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museum@oxford.gov.uk
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