Half term activites sponsored by Polam School

Cost £2.70 per child, accompanying adults go free!

No need to book, buy tickets on the day.

Tuesday 13th February - 11am, 12noon and 2pm

Animal Encounters with Teaching Talons

Teaching Talons provide fun, engaging, informative interaction with animals and they’re bringing woodland creatures to The Higgins for you to meet and discover more about.

Wednesday 14th February - 11am, 12noon and 2pm

Kindness Cards

On Valentine’s Day, create a woodland themed card with local artist Damon Poulton. Fill it with kind words and give it to someone you love.

Tree Identification Walk

Thursday 15th February - 11am, 12noon, 2 and 3pm.

The Higgins Bedford

Free event

Join Jo Roberts from the Forest of Marston Vale for a walk around the Castle Mound. Jo will show you how to identify some of the Mound’s beautiful trees.

Afterwards warm up inside with a tree-related craft activity.

Friday 16th February

Mosaic Making with Qemamu Mosaics - 11am, 12noon and 2pm

Create a stunning mosaic tile with Dionne Ible – creator of the Sankofa Bird mosaic in Connections Gallery.

13 – 16 February: The Higgins Young Peoples’ Panel (HYPP) will lead a series of activities related to the exhibition and the theme of The Power of Words during February half-term.

Find out more >

Opening on 10th February 2018 

Bawden’s Beasts shines a light on the animals - cats, cows and tortoises among them - that inhabit so many of Bawden’s prints and illustrations, and the inventive, often hilarious ways in which he depicts them. Creepy crawlies join the ranks of jungle giants and other beasts to sell products, narrate stories or decorate walls.

For behind the scenes insights into the exhibition installation follow curator Victoria Partridge on Instagram >

OUTing the Past - Festival of LGBT History

Saturday 17th February

The Higgins Bedford is proud to be joining London, Liverpool, Manchester, Birmingham, Cardiff and Belfast as a hub venue for the National Festival of LGBT History in 2018.  On Saturday 17th February the art gallery and museum will host a day of free talks. Visitors can drop in between 11.15am to 4.30pm to discover hidden histories and stories from LGBT communities in Bedfordshire and beyond.

For the full programme visit the website >

Anne Frank & Family - Extended until 1st March 2018

Anne Frank and Family, an exhibition of family photographs by Otto Frank, taken before World War Two has been extended until 1st March 2018. The exhibition has been brought to Bedford by the Anne Frank Trust and forms a central part of Bedford’s Holocaust Memorial events. Find out more >

© Anne Frank Fonds Basel Switzerland