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Birds, Beasts and Beyond

The ceramic artistry of the Martin brothers in the Arts and Crafts period. A rarely seen group of ceramics made by the renowned Martin brothers.

Tuesday 5 February to Saturday 31 August 2013

Explore and Play

Every Thursday, 10am to 11.15am

Free sessions for the under fives and their families.

Discover the museum with the Cuming explorers as well as

• Music,
• Performance,
• Storytelling
• Crafts.

Charles Dickens and the blacking factory

Thurs 2 Aug 2012  2.30pm to 4pm 
Story Telling - Discover the story of Charles Dickens' childhood in Southwark .

A new story for Mr Dickens

Tues 7 Aug 2012, 2.30pm to 4pm 
Families work together to create a new story to share in the museum. 

Magical maps

Thurs 9 Aug 2012, 2.30pm to 4pm 
create your own map of Dickens' London. 

Fact into fiction
Charles Dickens - A Southwark childhood 

Tues 22 May to Sat 24 November 2012

Celebrating  200 years since the birth of Charles Dickens. It explores his experiences of the Borough area of Southwark during 1824 when his father was imprisoned for debt .

Elephant in focus: home from home

22 November 2011 to 18 February 2012

This is a photographic exhibition looking at the life of the Elephant and Castle area in London during the start of the 21st Century.

Famous for its shopping centre the exhibition looks at the lives of people who have settled in the area and now call it home.

The exhibition consists of photographs taken by Eva Sajovic who is a Slovenian born photographer and text to go with each image which has been gathered using conversations with people in the area written by Sarah Butler.