Get ‘hands-on’ at Beaulieu this February half-term, 13th – 21st, with interactive activities for all the family to enjoy.
Visit Driving Change, the new display which explores motoring innovations, technologies, safety and alternative power for the future.
In the display, meet the Beaulieu crash test dummy and push a button to hear him talk. Turn knobs to see how gears, suspension and engines work, then make your own balloon-powered model car and race it to see how fast it will go.
Pick up a pass book and follow the kids’ fact-finding trail, collect a stamp at each of the ‘hands-on’ activity stations and enjoy your reward with a Refresher drink at the Brabazon Restaurant.
Take a close-up look at motoring objects in the National Motor Museum, with special ‘drop-in’ sessions running between 11am and 4.30pm daily. Hold, handle and investigate motoring artefacts, early motoring clothing and fascinating photos and documents.
Take a pod-ride through 100 years of motoring history on Wheels, experience the sights, sounds and smells of Jack Tucker’s 1930s country garage and see the museum’s astonishing collection of over 250 vehicles, from some of the fastest British Land Speed Record breaking machines to oddities such as a giant motorised orange!
In the historic ruins of Beaulieu Abbey, join the costumed monk to build a medieval arch and get your hands on traditional tools to discover the secrets of builders of the time. Learn about the Abbey in the 13th century and explore the exhibition on monastic life.
In Palace House, the home of the Montagu family since 1538, learn from costumed guides what cooking in the busy kitchen of a Victorian country house was really like. Chat to the Kitchen Maid and examine Victorian cooking utensils, then guess what they were used for.
All of the February half-term activities are included in the standard Beaulieu admission price, which can be bought online in advance at www.beaulieu.co.uk. Beaulieu is open from 10am – 5pm daily, for more details phone 01590 612345.
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