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A photograph of a young girl with long brown curly hair. She holds a pink circle of paper up to her face, looking through it. She wears a floral patterned jumpsuit and there is glue, paper and sellotape on the table in front of her. A photograph of a young girl with long brown curly hair. She holds a pink circle of paper up to her face, looking through it. She wears a floral patterned jumpsuit and there is glue, paper and sellotape on the table in front of her.

Image Credit Andy Brown

Image Credit Andy Brown

Family Activity: Invent a Thingamajig

Thu 20 February 2025 , 12pm-3pm

Kelham Island Museum

Every craftsman needs a good tool – come and design your own marvellous device, by using a range of different materials in new and unusual ways.  

Invent and make a gadget inspired by Sheffield’s industrial collection and the Hawley Tool Collection, which include over 100,000 different objects relating to Sheffield’s tool industry. 

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