Family Event: Lavender Bags with Clare

Audience

This is an intergenerational workshop, suitable for all ages and abilities. Everyone is welcome but young children will need adult help.

About

Visit the Petrie Museum to make stitch-free lavender-scented bags with Clare Sams.

Lavender is a plant renowned for its calming properties. The scent can offer benefits for sleep and may help ease anxiety, calming the body. Whether a dried plant or as an oil, the scent has been used for centuries, continuing to do so to this day.

The colour lavender blue is present many of our objects, from amulets to furniture inlays and dishes, spanning collections from the 18th Dynasty to the Roman and Byzantine periods. The scent has also been found within the remains of funerary contexts.

is an arts practitioner and education specialist, who works with sustainable textiles. From early years art classes, university lecturing, teacher training in art education, plus crafts skills in lifelong learning. Her workshops are for all ages and all abilities.

Access

Accessible to wheelchair users and those with limited mobility from street level via a lift in the adjacent UCL Science Library. Upon arrival at the museum, visitors requiring lift/level access should ring the buzzer labelled ‘Museum’ located to the right of the main museum entrance. A member of our visitor services team will meet and escort you to the galleries via our level access route. Assistance is also available in reverse when exiting the museum.

Level access between the Pottery and Main Gallery spaces is available via a staff-operated lift.

Level access to our Entrance Gallery and shop is available via a private staff area.

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Finding us

We are located in Bloomsbury, in the heart of central London. The nearest tube stations are Euston Square (Metropolitan, Circle, Hammersmith & City), Goodge Street (Northern Line), Warren Street (Victoria Line), and buses 18, 30, 73, 134 and 205 stop 3-5 minutes away on Euston Road.

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Do I need to book?

• Pre-bookable session 13:30-14:30 (bookings open Friday 15 May, 12pm)
• Drop-in between 14:30-16:30 (no booking necessary, first-come-first-served)

Due to this event taking place during half term, we recommend arriving for when the museum opens to avoid potential queues.

Museum opening hours:

• Tuesday-Friday, 13:00-17:00
• Saturday, 11:00-17:00

Can we bring lunch with us?

To protect the Museum's collection, food cannot be eaten inside the venue and only bottled water with a lid can be drunk within the Museum space. There are plenty of nearby cafes and restaurants within 10 minutes walk of the Museum, and if you intend on bringing your own lunch, our staff will be able to point you in the direction of the best place to eat inside (or outside) on campus.

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