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Join the circular making revolution and make your own homewares from reused V&A exhibition waste in this simple woodworking workshop for the Great Exhibition Road Festival.

SOLD OUT. Learn the art of lino printing through the beautiful science of plant leaves.

SOLD OUT. A session for children introducing the ideas of wind energy and recycling through playful craft activities.

SOLD OUT. Create your own uniquely scented and sustainably packaged soap bars in this workshop exploring ways to reduce the plastic in our oceans.

SOLD OUT. Draw, experiment and invent as you journey inside the nanomaterials that could build a better future for our planet.

SOLD OUT. A fun and accessible drawing workshop beginning with a short walk and ending with a series of exploratory drawing exercises which reflect on and extend landscape imagery seen during our walk.

Take inspiration from the Alice: Curiouser and Curiouser exhibition at the V&A to learn illustration techniques to create your own unique characters.

SOLD OUT. Be enthralled by children’s storyteller Helen Tozer and rainforest ecologist Jenna Lawson at this family workshop combining storytelling, board game fun, model making and immersive rainforest soundtracks.

Can you design for a better future? Explore the RIBA+V&A's Architecture Gallery with us and begin to draw your own ideas for a sustainable building.

Come draw and explore our closest star and learn how it could power a greener future on Earth.

Come with us and adventure through the trees! Journey from the end of the roots to the tips of the leaves.

What will our world look like in 2050? Become a Future Explorer and investigate the not-too-distant future.

Help our Explainers capture that carbon! Join us to find out what carbon is, why it’s causing our planet some problems and what we can do to solve them.

An exciting set of workshops and performances to inspire the budding youth band brass musician looking to take their playing to the next level. Led by leading lights in the brass world, the Royal College of Music and Brass Band England.

SOLD OUT. Create your own nature-inspired, sunlight-exposed prints with solar cell chemists and science communicator Liz Jeavans.

SOLD OUT. From natural dying to repurposing and reconstruction, learn the upcycling techniques that could green your clothing habits in this exploration of sustainable fashion.

Join us for a making activity to celebrate the Alice: Curiouser and Curiouser exhibition. Using the mysterious dodo as an example of animal extinction, design your very own fantastical dodo mask.

SOLD OUT. Create your own macramé pot hangers from recycled polymer fibres as our renewable materials scientists explore how chemistry can help us make things in a greener way.

Come join the Royal College of Music and Brass Band England for an exciting hour of discovery and performance!

Create artwork that makes an impact and send out messages for positive change for the planet.

Get creative with the contents of your recycling bin and discover some of the surprising ways new life is brought to waste materials by artists and engineers.

This drop-in style workshop will offer you the chance to transform a range of offcuts and threads, to experiment and develop something completely new.

Join us for a taster lesson either virtually or online. Our classes will let you experience a German lesson at the Goethe-Institut.