Jaw dropping experiments, creative craft activities, eco-friendly workshops and fun trails, all form the school holiday entertainment programme from the Army Flying Museum at Middle Wallop this Summer.

The Army Flying Museum’s holiday activities will offer six weeks of creative craft sessions with their new exhibit, the Apache AH Mk.1 helicopter at the heart of the summer activities. 

In addition, the Museum has organised a packed programme of summer fun for visitors all included free of charge in the annual pass visitors receive when booking tickets for the Museum.  

Don't miss the chance to meet some very special therapy goats from The Three Bees Project on Thursday 1 August.  Snuggle up with Tiger-Lily, give Bluebell a tummy massage, enjoy a deep conversation with Hamilton and laugh at the antics of Elvis and Neil. Goats are naturally playful and inquisitive, so they get as much out of their visits as the visitors they meet.

Genie Lab will be back on Tuesday 6 August with more jaw-dropping science experiments to amaze visitors of all ages, or why not get your hands dirty and connect with nature with Spaces for Growing on Tuesday 13 August and discover the ancient craft of wildflower seed bomb making.

On Tuesday 20 August you will find the team from Hampshire & Isle of Wight Wildlife Trust on Tuesday 20th August in the Museum’s newly rewilded Memorial Garden, so why not pop along to find out how you can help to make space for nature and discover what is living on your doorstep.  Activities include an invertebrate safari using bug pots and sweep nets to discover what invertebrates are living around the Museum grounds, along with exploring what plants are growing with visitors able to make leaf prints to take away using a method called happa zome.

On 8 and 25 August, the Museum invites you to come along and try your hand at making and painting a plastic model.  With lots of models to choose from including vehicles, history, fantasy or storytelling, visitors will be guided by the charity Models for Heroes and will take home a model after the session to remind them of their visit.

The Museum has several creative trails taking place throughout the summer holidays along with the regular dress up stations, jigsaws, interactive exhibits and of course, the opportunity to sit inside the helicopters within the museum.  The outdoor play park and picnic tables also give visitors the chance to see some amazing aircraft flying in and out of the historic Middle Wallop airfield. 

Lucy Johnson, CEO of the Army Flying Museum said: “We always enjoy offering a variety of free family activities during the school holidays, which gives visitors real added value for their annual passes. Everyone that visits the museum only has to pay once to get a free annual pass, so they can come back as often as they like throughout the year including all the school holidays.”

All holiday activities take place on weekdays from 10am-12.30pm, however for the full programme, dates and timings, click HERE.