Monday, August 11th, 2025
Canal Crafts
Museum of Oxford St Aldate's Oxford OX1 1BX United Kingdom
Details
Be inspired by the history of Oxford’s canals and try your hand at a unique traditional craft! Decorate a wooden spoon in the famous ‘Roses and Castle’, or come up with your own design.
This event will run from
10.30-12.30 and 13.30-15.30
(closed for lunch between 12.30-13.30). You are able to drop into the Museum Makers space at any time when the canal craft activity session is running.
This activity is suitable for
ages 5+
.
Tickets cost
£1.50
and can be booked online via Eventbrite or at the Museum Shop. Each child's ticket includes entry for one accompanying adult. Please ensure children are supervised at all times.
There is one spoon available for each ticket purchased. We recommend booking in advance to secure your wooden spoon!
Sales from tickets help support our work to deliver fun and accessible family activities, community engagement projects, schools workshops, exhibitions and special events for Oxford’s people in our Museum spaces.
Access:
There is step-free, level entry access to the Town Hall is via the entrance closest to Carfax (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 stairs, or a second lift to the basement level.
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.