Family Event: Origami Animals with Lizzie

The Grant Museum of Zoology invites you to join science-based artist Dr. Lizzie Burns for a family workshop making animals through the Japanese craft of origami. Bees, butterflies, moths, wasps, frogs, cicadas, birds and more; fold your own creation and compare it with our specimens on display.

This workshop is part of UCL Museums & Cultural Programmes 2023-24 event series Architecting Futures from Past Traces, bringing together art, culture and research.

Audience

This is an intergenerational workshop, suitable for all ages and abilities. Everyone is welcome.

Booking

This event comprises two sessions:

• Bookable session from 11:00-12:00, please reserve yourself a space by booking one ticket per family group on our Eventbrite page (tickets live on 17 May at 12:00).
• Drop-in session from 12:00-14:00 where booking is not required.

Access

Access to the museum, and all public areas within it, is step-free. Further information can be found on our Planning your visit page.

Finding us

The Museum is 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.

Here's the location on Google to help you find your preferred route.