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This October half-term, join us for a week of apple-themed fun for the whole family!

Enjoy juice-making, baking workshops, and tastings of local apples and juices. All week, take part in apple pressing in
the Farm Barn, sample apple treats in the William Bone Building, and try a special apple menu at our cafe, Feast.

Don’t miss extra activities throughout the week, plus a special Apple Identification Day with the Suffolk Traditional Orchards Group on Saturday 25, bring your mystery apples to be identified by the experts.

Apple Pressing Sessions

Daily, 10.30 & 13.30

Booking essential

Twice a day in the farm barn, roll up your sleeves and help chop, mash and press locally-grown apples. Learn about the different varieties of apples and take home a bottle of fresh, tasty juice!

During this fun, interactive workshop suitable for ages 5+, you’ll be guided through the process of cleaning, crushing, pressing, bottling, pasteurising and labelling.

Prices (including museum admission)

Two-hour sessions include a bottle of juice to take home and day admission to museum:

Workshops include admission and workshop fee together

·         £21.50 adult (£6.50 members), £19.50 concession (£6.50 members), £16.50 child (£6.50 members)

·         £64.50 for a family ticket of 2 adults and up to three children (£19.50 members)

·         £43 for a family ticket of 1 adult and up to three children (£13 members)

·         Ages 5+. Children under 12 must be accompanied by an adult.

Oaty Apple Crumbles

Tuesday to Friday

Booking essential

Get stuck in at the Bread Oven and whip up classic school dinners style oaty apple crumbles in this fun, family-friendly workshop – the perfect addition to your Autumn visit to the museum!

Prices (including museum admission)

Adult – £21.50, includes museum entry (Member £6.50)

Child – £16.50, includes museum entry (Member £6.50)

Additional child(ren) – £5 (Member £1.50)

Ages 5+. Children under 12 must be accompanied by an adult

Tuesday to Friday

Booking essential

Get stuck in at the Bread Oven and whip up classic school dinners style oaty apple crumbles in this fun, family-friendly workshop – the perfect addition to your Autumn visit to the museum!

Prices (including museum admission)

Adult – £21.50, includes museum entry (Member £6.50)

Child – £16.50, includes museum entry (Member £6.50)

Additional child(ren) – £5 (Member £1.50)

Ages 5+. Children under 12 must be accompanied by an adult.

Let the kids go wild at Forest School!

Our Forest School is a unique opportunity for children to explore the glorious woodlands of our 84-acre site at the Food Museum. Designed for ages 6–11, our sessions help children develop confidence, self-esteem and social skills through hands-on activities in nature.

Using natural resources, children will build, create, play, and investigate — sparking imagination and curiosity. They’ll also make new friends, enjoy woodland crafts and cooking, all under the guidance of our trained Forest School practitioners.

Forest School suits all abilities, but is especially beneficial for children who may find the traditional classroom challenging or who need a boost to their confidence.

Please ensure your child comes dressed for adventure: clothes should protect them from heat, cold and scratches, and be comfortable for a full day outdoors. Remember it can be cooler in the woods than expected.

Ages 6-11, all abilities welcome.

Booking essential

Child: £12
Child Members: £10

Family Forest School

These sessions are not for unaccompanied children and each child will need a one-to-one or parent with them who will also take part in activities. Children are the accompanying adult’s responsibility. All participants (adult and child) need a ticket, as everyone is an active participant in the session. 

All sessions are designed and led by trained Forest School practitioners.

Please ensure children are appropriately dressed for Forest School. Clothes should protect children from extremes of heat or cold, keep them covered to reduce the likelihood of cuts and scrapes and fit for comfort. Please be aware that in the woods it can often be cooler than expected.

Looking for fun, educational activities for under-5’s? Join us for Toddler Time at the Food Museum! You’ll get to take part in exciting, creative and stimulating sessions in the beautiful grounds of the museum, including caring for our special Toddler Time patch in our walled garden.

Sessions are at 10am-11am every Wednesday. Booking essential.

Toddler Time sessions are available for Food Museum members only. Find out more and purchase your membership here.

Toddler Time Sessions

Toddler Time Toddler Tunes

First Wednesday of the month, 10am 

Join us as we make music in Toddler Tunes! With musical instruments and rhymes.

Toddler Time Welly Walk

Second Wednesday of the month, 10am

We’re heading off on a walk around the museum, meet the animals and see what we can spy outside!

Please arrive dressed for the weather, we will be outside for the duration of the session

Toddler Forest School

Third Wednesday of the month, 10am 

For our youngest visitors, we’re introducing a Toddler Forest School session. Explore the woodlands of our site, build, create, play and investigate under the guidance of a trained forest school practitioner, specially adapted for younger children.

Please arrive dressed for the weather, we will be outside for the duration of the session

Storytime and Crafts

Fourth Wednesday of the month, 10am 

Explore the museum, listen to stories and have crafty fun!

Toddler Fun Session

Fifth Wednesday of the month (when applicable), 10am 

When there are 5 Wednesdays in the month we add in a bonus Toddler Time session – Toddler Outdoor Fun! or Toddler Outdoor Forest Fun

Join our fabulous learning assistant Victoria for a free play session, children will be encouraged to use their imagination and lead the way with play and most importantly we’ll be having lots of fun!

These sessions are free for Members, you must present a valid membership card alongside your booking upon arrival.

Due to the popularity of sessions, we request that you please don’t bulk book more than a month in advance to allow others a chance to book. If you can no longer make a session, please let us know by calling 01449 612229 or emailing contact@foodmuseum.org.uk.

Many of our sessions end in a walk around the grounds or gardens, so please ensure to dress for the outdoors.

Our stunning new bridge has given the public access to the Fishing Lodge for the first time.

Built in the mid-18th century, this building was used by the former residents of Abbot’s Hall as a summerhouse to take tea while looking out over the tranquil pond.

In the mornings the Lodge will be open for as part of the general visit. In the afternoons, it can be pre-booked as a private space to take afternoon tea.

For £30 per person, you will have the Lodge and island to yourselves for 2 hours to enjoy a picnic hamper including a historically accurate selection of sandwiches and cakes. The minimum party size is 2 and the maximum is 8. No under 12s (with the exception of babes in arms.)

Afternoon teas must be pre-booked and we require 72 hours notice before a booking. For further information contact us on 01449 612229

Sadly we are unable to offer vegan or gluten-free options.

The Fishing Lodge restoration and new bridge have been carried out thanks to the generosity of DCMS/Wolfson Museums and Galleries Improvement Fund, Suffolk Growth, Mid Suffolk District Council, private donors and trusts and foundations.

Orchard Fruit Preserves with ‘Waste Not Rowen’

Sunday 05 October 10am-12:30pm (half an hour for the orchard tour, and 2-hour workshop)

From jams and jellies to chutneys and tonics, this workshop will use seasonal orchard fruit to teach you the art of harvest preserves. Under the careful direction of food waste advocate and preserving expert Rowen Halstead, you’ll visit the Museum’s heritage orchard before making fruit preserves to take away in our fabulous Demonstration Kitchen.

Refreshments provided and participants are entitled to a 10% lunch discount in the café.

£40 per person

Saturday 11th October and Sunday 12th October

This day-and-a-half workshop will guide you through everything you need to know to start Sourdough baking at home. You’ll learn how to create and feed your own starter, and how to mix, prove and bake your own perfectly crisp loaves using flour milled at the museum.

The workshop will be led by Fifth-generation master baker and Real Bread Campaign Ambassador Giovanni Di Sarno

In addition to practical lessons, Giovanni will explain a theoretical grounding of expert baking.

The workshop will take place in our fantastic gallery kitchen surrounded by our annual exhibition, and you will be provided with lunch and refreshments on Saturday from 13:00-14:00.

Price £170 (including lunch)

Saturday 10am-4pm and Sunday 10am-1pm

Ages 14+ (under 18s to be accompanied by an adult)