Hands-on fun for half term

  • 14th - 22nd Feb 2026
  • Blists Hill Victorian Town
  • Free hands-on activities, plus museum admission

Blists Hill Victorian Town will be hosting some of visitors’ favourite hands-on activities during half term, including candle dipping, brick making, lessons in the Victorian school and poster printing. Activities vary on different days.

Our museums are open five days a week during half term, so join us on Saturday 14 or Sunday 15 or Wednesday 18 to Sunday 22 February. 

Sunday 22 February will be the final day Blists Hill Victorian Town is open before the transfer to the National Trust. A special ticketed event will take place to mark the day, find out more here

On this final day all our museums will close earlier than usual. Please see our opening times page and look at individual site pages for more details. 

PASS PLUS holders and Friends of IGMT can park in our IGMT car park for free when attending this event by validating their PASS PLUS at the front desk when they arrive.