On the Bench: Summer at Thackray

This summer holidays, discover the playful science behind all things sport with activity for all the family. Our new exhibition ‘On the Bench’ presents you with the opportunity to learn the science behind sports. We’ll be hosting a range of free activities to get you moving and thinking!

Learn how to prevent injury with our fun and interactive warm-up sessions. You’ll have the chance to participate in activities such as hula hooping and cone stretches to discover how this will help your body loosen muscles and stay healthy.

Feeling creative? We’ve got the opportunity to design, build and test your own sports injury treatments. Take on our design challenge to create a colourful collage cast or test your skills at sling-making in our Innovation Station.

Join our team for a series of daily talks and an exploration of the fascinating objects in our collection that explore the stories of injury and recovery.

All these activities and more are free with your museum ticket.

Have budding scientists in the family that want to dive deeper? Don your safety goggles and join the Thackray Boffins as they uncover the secret science that sits behind medical innovation and discovery. Thackray Science LIVE shows will be running regularly throughout the holidays.