Join us to make a collage celebrating hares this May Half Term! We love hares at Folkestone Museum – especially our silvered hare brooch, which archaeologists found at the villa at East Wear Bay. Spot it in our Roman case on the lower ground floor.
Sometimes people call the May full moon the hare moon. To celebrate, we’re making a hare collage with the moon on the 26th and 27th of May!
Many cultures have stories about hares and the moon, because some people think the dark markings on the moon look like a hare. In early Chinese literature, a hare on the moon pounds herbs for the immortals to make medicine. Moon hares and rabbits feature in the folklore of other South East Asian cultures as well. Stories from Indigenous Americans also link rabbits to the moon. In Mayan art, moon deities often have rabbits with them. The Cree indigenous people in North America have a story where a crane flies a rabbit to the moon, stretching the crane’s legs!
Our May half term workshops activities are designed for children and young people under 13. We’ll run four activity sessions a day at 10:30, 11:30, 13:30 and 14:30. When you arrive at the museum before your chosen session, please pick up your timed ticket at the main reception desk! Tickets are first come, first served on the day – we don’t allow booking in advance. We cap workshop numbers at 15 participants (plus their adults) per workshop.
All workshops are free, but we’d appreciate a small donation towards materials.
