Spring has sprung at the award winning Kew Bridge Steam Museum and that means a whole heap of fun for all the family. Young visitors should be especially eggcited as they are in for a treat during the coming Easter holidays, April 3-13 where a great selection of free Easter-related drop-in family workshops are lined up including a scavenger hunt, quizzes and activity trolleys as well as dedicated Easter card making - free entry for children fifteen and under.

 

There will be a ’learn and earn’ Easter egg hunt around the grounds of the museum over the Bank Holiday weekend, 7th, 8th & 9th April, where children take part in a quiz to gain Easter eggs and other prizes as rewards, as well as the chance to encounter costumed characters from the museum’s past.

This is also the last chance to see the Design For Living exhibition, which contains an eclectic mix of labour saving devices and beautifully luxurious objects for the well to do home, such as a 1901 phonograph. Fascinating and humorous, this exhibition will intrigue and amuse and is a testament to our desire for an easier life! Explore this amazing collection of fascinating and visually intriguing gadgets designed to make life easier in days gone by including:

• Tiny 1935 'spy' camera
• 1853 3D viewer
• Victorian step commode
• Lawn shoes worn by a horse
• 19th century electrical stimulator
• 1935 washing machine - that also claimed to make ice cream and sausages
• Aqua Vibro Massager and electrical stimulator

This is also a Cornish Engine Experience Weekend on April 7th, 8th & 9th, where the 90inch, Boulton & Watt and Maudslay beam engines will running. The focus of the weekend will be on the working life of the Victorian pumping station with specialised talks, behind the scenes tours of the original workshops, as well as standpipe tower tours.

Other activities at the museum:

• Railway back in operation making trips around the museum grounds
• Water For Life Gallery
• Giant beam and rotative engines in steam (weekends only)
• Museum cafe and shop (Cafe open weekends only)
• Partial wheelchair access and wheelchair accessible toilet