King’s Coronation Weekend

Saturday 6, Sunday 7 and Monday 8 May, 10am-4pm

Daily activities at Summerlee Museum during the celebrations, include: 

  • Vintage cars on display 
  • Photograph yourself on a throne 
  • Big Ears trail (£1.50) – hunt for the missing ears (see reception for info) 
  • Bouncy castle 
  • Hobby horse polo 
  • Organ music (1-2pm each day)

You can also join a short, guided tour of the Coronation tram at our engineering workshop on Saturday 7 May – see reception for details.

We will also be showing the King’s coronation live on Saturday 7 May.

 

You can also get creative at one of our art workshops:

 

Paint Like a King! (free)  

Saturday 6, Sunday 7 & Monday 8 May, 10.30-11.30am, 11.45am-12.45pm & 1.45-2.45pm  

Outdoor gazebo and/or the Pod   

All welcome. Drop in activity, no experience necessary.   

Paint a watercolour postcard. All materials provided.   

Did you know…. King Charles lll is an accomplished painter and keen water-colourist! Join visual arts tutor and artist, Eilidh Manson, for a very special outdoor painting session to celebrate the Coronation weekend. Let’s explore Summerlee Museum’s luscious green spaces and plant life and take home a very special memento of the occasion.  

 

We’re all going on a Plant Hunt! (free)  

Saturday 6, Sunday 7 & Monday 8 May, 10.30-11.15am,12-12.45pm & 1.30-2.15pm  

Meet at the picnic hut, no need to book. 

Family creative walk for younger children.   

Join two peculiar exotic plant explorers who are on the hunt for exotic plants for the Kings special day. Let’s explore Summerlee Museum to see what interesting plants we can find and the strange things they do with a bit of magic!  

 

The Kings Portrait – LEGO Style (£1)  kids holding LEGO portrait of King Charles

Sunday 7 May, 11am – 4pm 

Photomedia Studio 

This is a drop-in activity with limited spaces.   

A LEGO building exercise to challenge the imagination! We will give you some ideas of how to create a ‘mosaic’ style portrait using LEGO bricks. Then, using our bricks you can make your very own version of the New King’s face. The results will be photographed and posted on social media.