Tag Archives: Museum

Living History Weekend

We spent the weekend at the Liverpool World Museum. The museum was occupied by Romans, Vikings and Medieval Knights. I got to show visitors my electronic card game Tickets Please and do some town crying, Jingle Joe showed off his more »

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Ribble Steam Gala

Today we visited the Ribble Steam Railway. We spent the day riding on trains, playing on trains, climbing on trains and getting dirty on trains. Splendid! Related Posts:Living History WeekendReflection on the WaterfrontSpring on the WaterfrontMore QuackersDuck Tails

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Reflection on the Waterfront

The Reflection on the Waterfront Festival kicked off with style! This festival celebrates the 100th anniversary of the opening of the Liver Building and the opening of the New Museum of Liverpool. We were treated to late night opening of more »

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Spring on the Waterfront

The Spring Waterfront festival started today with street theatre, dockwatch, tall ships, steam tugs, canal boats and sea shanties. Jolly good fun. I bumped into Photonutter while I was there, he was kind enough to take a few pictures of more »

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More Quackers

Another successful day volunteering in the museum today. My main activity today was making Rocking Ducks out of paper plates, however I also made some cartoon duck cutouts, duck masks and DNA. There were some children there too… they kept more »

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Duck Tails

Today I did my first day volunteering at the Liverpool World Museum. “Go Quackers” currently has 40,000 rubber ducks and are promoting Claire House’s Duck Race in July. Today’s project was get children involved in drawing ducks and “Identity hands” more »

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