Free things to do during February Half Term - Week 1
- Kelly
- 6 hours ago
- 3 min read
As half term is over two weeks this year, covering The North East and North Yorkshire I have decided to split these guides.
This is for Week 1 covering dates from 14th - 22nd February.
Read the Half Term Guides
What's on free of charge
Oriental Museum - Durham Free entry, no booking required
⭐Tick Tock - Make a super star decoration - 14th February
⭐Crowd crafts, make a new years decoration - 21st February
Hopetown Museum is free entry although you do need to prebook entry.
⭐Brilli-ant - A brand new free interactive exhibition. You need to book a timeslot but it is free- Running throughout Half term
The Bowes Museum
⭐Free entry for Family open day - 21st February - Lots of activities and stop and see the famous silver swan.
Segedunum
⭐Step outside - Event for U5s - 19th February
Theatre Hullabaloo
⭐Snow Play - Running until 14th March
Discovery Museum - Free entry museum
⭐Shipshape family crafts - 16th February
⭐Time travel club - Steam Ships - 19th February
⭐Ship building challenge - 20th February
The Great North Museum - Hancock - Free entry museum
⭐Relaxed Mouse Tales with early museum entry - 17th - 24th February
⭐Time Odyssey - A family adventure - 18th February
Egyptian crafts - 18th February (drop in, no booking required)
⭐Viking experience day - 20th February
More ideas
⭐Jorvik Viking Festival - From 16th February, some events need to be booked, some are already sold out so please double check.
⭐Family crafts at South Shields Museum plus you can take a peek at a real Monet Painting - 14th February
⭐Bright Lights Youth Art Exhibition - Art Centre Washington - 12th February - 14th March
⭐Make a rainbow badge - The Word - 14th February
⭐Weetslade spring trail - 14th - 22nd February
⭐Disability Arts exhibition - Art Centre Washington - 14th February - 14th March
⭐Mad Science trail - National Glass Centre - 14th-28th February
⭐Brimham rock bird trail - 14th-22nd February
⭐Family dolphin watch - Roker pier 17th February 10am
⭐Chinese New Year crafts - The Word - 17th February
⭐Storytelling - Ouseburn Farm : Birds 18th February
⭐Metrognomes show - Avery mad birthday party - 19th-24th February
⭐Hands on Railway building - National Railway Museum - 19th-22nd February
⭐Active in nature - Muddy Wellies - Rainton Nature Reserve - 19th February
⭐Wildlife watch - Rainton Nature reserve - 22nd February
⭐Artmix - Baltic Centre - every Saturday - Ages 13-19
⭐Meet & Make - Baltic for Ages 5-12
⭐The Railway Boy Trail - Locomotion - Throughout
⭐Where stories come from Exhibition - Seven Stories - Throughout
⭐Sensory Play at Shipley Art Gallery - Throughout
Chinese New Year Celebrations
⭐Chinese Lunar New Year - Discovery Museum - 17th February
⭐Durham City Centre - 21st February
⭐Chinese New Year at Hopetown - 21st February
⭐Chinese New Year - Darlington Town Centre - 21st February
⭐Chinese New Year celebrations - Bishop Auckland 21st February
⭐Newcastle China town celebrations - 22nd February
⭐(Sunderland isn't until 1st March)
Check out these free entry attractions for more ideas
Hancock museum
Discovery Museum
Dorman Museum
Sunderland Museum & winter gardens
The Story - Durham
Oriental Museum Durham
Locomotion Shildon
National Railway Museum York
National Glass Centre
Sunderland Fans Museum
South Shields Museum
Shipley Art Gallery
Laing Art gallery
The Sill
Durham Cathedral
Seven Stories
Ouseburn Farm
Bill Quay Farm
Barter Books
Grace Darling Museum
Hexham Abbey
Don't forget if you have any annual passes to use them. Places like Beamish, National Trust, English Heritage always have lots happening and included in your entry.
Check out our Annual Pass guide
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Upside down house - Metrocentre
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