The Brickworks Museum

SOLD OUT Brick or Treat -LEGO® at The Brickworks
2021-10-27 11:00 - 16:00 (Europe/London) | The Brickworks, Swanwick Lane, Lower Swanwick, SO31 7HB, United Kingdom
Brick or Treat is a repeat of our summer LEGO® event but with a Halloween twist! With a new LEGO® trail through the museum, an exhibition of Halloween themed LEGO® builds, an EVEN BIGGER Great Ball Contraption and all of the fun of the Brickworks Museum, this promises to be a brilliant family day out. Book now – we expect this event to sell out.
Book tickets online now.

Autumn Steam Up & Halloween
2021-10-24 11:00 - 16:00 | The Brickworks, Swanwick Lane, Lower Swanwick, SO31 7HB, United Kingdom
The Brickworks Museum’s spookiest steam up! Held in our haunted (yes really) Victorian buildings, decorated with ghouls, ghosts, bats and rats. Start your Christmas shopping early at our craft stalls, and see if you can survive a Sunday in Britain’s most-haunted brickworks.
This will be a ticketed event only and numbers will be restricted. Please book your tickets online here.
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Ticket Type
Cost

Adult
£8.00

Child
£5.00

Concession*
£7.00

Family (2 Adults & up to 3 Children)
£23.00

*Students must have a valid ID Card

Harvest Home - Museum in Steam Event
2021-09-26 11:00 - 16:00 | The Brickworks, Swanwick Lane, Lower Swanwick, SO31 7HB, United Kingdom
One of our favourite events of the year – Harvest Home celebrates the traditional changing of the seasons when the brickmakers completed their summertime brickmaking and prepared for the winter months.
This will be a ticketed event only and numbers will be restricted. Please book your tickets online here.

Ticket Type
Cost

Adult
£8.00

Child
£5.00

Concession*
£7.00

Family (2 Adults & up to 3 Children)
£23.00

*Students must have a valid ID Card

Heritage Open Days 2021
2021-09-16 11:00 - 16:00 | The Brickworks, Swanwick Lane, Lower Swanwick, SO31 7HB, United Kingdom
Heritage Open Days are Britain’s largest festival of history and culture and we are delighted to take part again this year. Entrance to the museum on 16th September 2021 is entirely free when booked online in advance.
Take the opportunity to explore the museum and find out about 125 years of brickmaking in Hampshire.
This will be a ticketed event only and numbers will be restricted. Please book your tickets online here.

Wonderful Wednesdays - Clay Tile Castles
2021-09-01 12:00 - 14:00 | The Brickworks, Swanwick Lane, Lower Swanwick, SO31 7HB, United Kingdom
Our final Wonderful Wednesday of the summer – this time we’re making clay tile castles. Using paint, paper, pencils and the most perfectly shaped roof tiles in our collection you can create your own castle to take home and treasure.
Museum admission fees apply; suggested donation for craft £1 per child; activity runs 12noon – 2pm. The Brickworks Museum is open from 11am- 4pm (last entry 3pm). No need to book, just drop in.

The Brick People at The Brickworks Museum
2021-08-26 11:00 - 16:00 | The Brickworks, Swanwick Lane, Lower Swanwick, SO31 7HB, United Kingdom
The Brick People have joined forces with The Brickworks Museum to present an interactive family day all about bricks! Find the models and minifigures hidden around the museum, see the display of models made from LEGO®, enjoy the free play areas AND find out about the Great Ball Contraption.
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Wonderful Wednesdays - Play with Clay, Nature Faces
2021-08-25 12:00 - 14:00 | The Brickworks, Swanwick Lane, Lower Swanwick, SO31 7HB, United Kingdom
We’re looking forward to this one – come and make a nature face from natural materials and brick clay. These guardians of the garden, made on a clay tile, can be taken home to watch over your green spaces.
Museum admission fees apply; suggested donation for craft £1 per child; activity runs 12noon – 2pm. The Brickworks Museum is open from 11am- 4pm (last entry 3pm). No need to book, just drop in.

Vehicles at The Brickworks Museum
2021-08-22 11:00 - 16:00 | The Brickworks, Swanwick Lane, Lower Swanwick, SO31 7HB, United Kingdom
Wheels at the ‘works! This August we are celebrating everything on wheels – with buses and cars in the courtyard, and trains on the rails. As if that wasn’t enough, the museum will be open and in steam, we have two children’s play areas, interactive exhibits and fascinating displays. There will be craft stalls, train rides for a small extra fee (which goes towards to upkeep of the trains and rails), activities for all ages and our Coffee Shop will be open.
Tickets are on sale here – https://brickworks-museum.arttickets.org.uk/

Ticket Type
Cost

Adult
£8.00

Child
£5.00

Concession*
£7.00

Family (2 Adults & up to 3 Children)
£23.00

*Students must have a valid ID Card
Friends of the Museum, those with complimentary tickets and under 4s should book a free ticket on the link below.
Book your tickets here

Wonderful Wednesdays - Ride the miniature railway
2021-08-18 11:00 - 15:00 | The Brickworks, Swanwick Lane, Lower Swanwick, SO31 7HB, United Kingdom
Choo Choo! Buy your tickets (suggested donation £1 adults, 50p children) to ride the rails and hop on board the miniature railway. The museum will also be open with two play areas to explore.
Museum admission fees apply; suggested donation to ride the trains £1 adults, 50p children with donations going towards the railway extension project; trains running 11am-3pm. The Brickworks Museum is open from 11am- 4pm (last entry 3pm). No need to book, just drop in.

Wonderful Wednesdays - Paint a Plaster Animal
2021-08-11 12:00 - 14:00 | The Brickworks, Swanwick Lane, Lower Swanwick, SO31 7HB, United Kingdom
Pick a pet, paint them and take them home. We have a menagerie of pigs, horses, cows and sheep looking for new owners. Choose your favourite, paint them and take them home to treasure.
Museum admission fees apply; suggested donation for craft £1 per child per animal; activity runs 12noon – 2pm. The Brickworks Museum is open from 11am- 4pm (last entry 3pm). No need to book, just drop in.

Wonderful Wednesdays - Meet a Real Bus
2021-08-04 11:00 - 15:00 | The Brickworks, Swanwick Lane, Lower Swanwick, SO31 7HB, United Kingdom
This Wonderful Wednesday is all about the buses – come and meet a real one in our yard. The museum will also be open with two play areas to explore.
Museum admission fees apply; suggested donation to meet a bus £1 per child with donations going towards the upkeep of the historic buses; bus available 11-3pm. The Brickworks Museum is open from 11am- 4pm (last entry 3pm). No need to book, just drop in.

Wonderful Wednesdays - Paint a clay tile house
2021-07-28 12:00 - 14:00 | The Brickworks, Swanwick Lane, Lower Swanwick, SO31 7HB, United Kingdom
Wonderful Wednesday activities are back for the summer!
The Brickworks Museum is open from 11am- 4pm (last entry 3pm) Wednesday and Thursday throughout the summer with drop-in family activities planned every Wednesday during the school holidays.
On 28th July, using a perfectly shaped clay roof tile, we’re painting houses! Come along and get creative with paint, paper and pencils. Take your creation home with you and leave the tidying up to us 😉
Museum admission fees apply; suggested donation for craft £1 per child; activity runs 12noon – 2pm.
Check back regularly to see what other activities we have coming up for Wonderful Wednesdays.

Museum in Steam - Trains Day
2021-07-18 11:00 - 16:00 | The Brickworks, Swanwick Lane, Lower Swanwick, SO31 7HB, United Kingdom
Trains at The Brickworks are evolving. For 2021, the special Trains Day will feature rides on the miniature railway (small extra cost which goes towards the upkeep of the trains), a display based on the narrow-gauge railway and model train layouts as well.
We are also delighted to announce that our Buses are joining this event as well! The Bus Group are looking forward to bringing several buses down for display, and selling items inside including a fascinating book about buses written by the chairman.
As if that wasn’t enough, the museum will be open and in steam, we have two children’s play areas, interactive exhibits and fascinating displays. There will be craft stalls, activities for all ages and our Coffee Shop will be open.
This will be a ticketed event only to allow us to control visitor numbers and keep everyone safe.

Ticket Type
Cost

Adult
£8.00

Child
£5.00

Concession*
£7.00

Family (2 Adults & up to 3 Children)
£23.00

*Students must have a valid ID Card
Friends of the Museum, those with complimentary tickets and under 4s should book a free ticket on the link below.
Book your tickets here

Summer Steam Up
2021-06-27 11:00 - 16:00 | The Brickworks, Swanwick Lane, Lower Swanwick, SO31 7HB, United Kingdom
A family fun filled day full of steam! Our resident and visiting traction engines and road rollers will be in the courtyard along with displays and activities. The miniature train will be offering rides for families, coffee shop open for refreshments, stalls and free parking.
This will be a ticketed event only and numbers will be restricted. Please book your tickets online here

Museum in Steam - Spring event
2021-05-30 11:00 - 16:00 | The Brickworks, Swanwick Lane, Lower Swanwick, SO31 7HB, United Kingdom
We are pleased to announce our first event of 2021, our Museum in Steam Spring Event.
All being well we hope to have the museum steam engines and working machinery in action, activities on site for all ages including our resident heritage bus group, visiting Mini Car Club, craft stalls and a display of recent work by our local history group.
Booking online will be essential with timed entry slots. To book tickets click here

Christmas at The Brickworks
2020-12-13 11:00 - 16:00 | The Brickworks, Swanwick Lane, Lower Swanwick, SO31 7HB, United Kingdom
Help the Brickworks celebrate its 123rd Christmas by stepping back into a classic Victorian Christmas. Join Scrooge and other Dickensian Characters as we delve into how Christmas was celebrated when the Brickworks was first built.
As you follow the trail around the museum you will encounter characters from A Christmas Carol who by helping them with Christmas Crafts, Games and Puzzles will reveal the clues you need to make sure Scrooge has his Christmas Turkey in time for the big day. At the end you will even have a chance to see Father Christmas in his Bus before he drives home to the North Pole.
This is a ticketed event with timed entry. Please try to come at the correct time as we will be ensuring we keep to Covid-19 guidelines. Each ten minute slot is for 8 people. Please keep to your family bubbles.
Tickets can be bought here:
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/christmas-at-the-brickworks-tickets-131313806129

Halloween
2020-10-29 11:00 - 16:00 | The Brickworks, Swanwick Lane, Lower Swanwick, SO31 7HB, United Kingdom
The Brickworks’ Ghosts
Strange things have been happening around the museum. Doors banging, footsteps in empty corridors and mysterious whistling in the dark. Help!
Can you work out what is going on and bring peace back to the old factory again? Join us for a day of spooky fun and why not dress up make your visit memorable.
This event is ticketed with timed entry to the museum and we are going to limit numbers so that you can enjoy it safely.
First entry is 11.15am with last booking 3.15pm.
Costs are £12 per family (2 adults +3 children) which includes spooky activities to take away.
Click here to book your tickets.

Heritage Open Day - Ticketed Event
2020-09-17 11:00 - 16:00
England’s largest festival of history and culture will return in September and this year, support from players of People’s Postcode Lottery means as well as experiencing local events, visitors can participate in activities much further afield and see even more hidden places.
The Brickworks is pleased to be part of these events and we welcome you to the Museum on 17th September, but please remember to book your ticket online here:
Book tickets

Open Every Thursday
2020-09-03 11:00 - 16:00
The Brickworks is currently open Thursdays 11am – 4pm.
The museum is opening its doors again on Thursdays and we have been working hard to find a way to open and this is what we can manage at the present time. With funds running low and a volunteer team that has many in the shielding category we are sure you understand our dilemma.
However, the museum is more or less the same as usual. There is a one way system in place (but then there always was!) and we can’t use the hands-on activities at the moment. The outside play area is open.
Please be aware that we are trying hard to be cashless so bring the credit cards!
