Christmas
Art for All: Christmas Keepsake Ceramic Baubles
Sunday 8 November 2026
11am - 11.30am
12noon - 12.30pm
Talk
Art History’s Funniest Bits – Art Talk with Verity Babbs
Sunday 8 November 2026
2.30pm - 3.30pm
Talk
Weekday Wonderings Talk with Janey Devine: City Centre Survival
Tuesday 10 November 2026
11am - 12.30pm
Tour
Tim’s Gallery Tours: Romanticism and Revolution- 19th Century Art
Wednesday 11 November 2026
11am - 12pm
Event
Art Then! Free Family Fun Day funded by the Arts Society Southampton
Sunday 15 November 2026
11am - 3.30pm
Workshop
Batik for Beginners – Autumn Forms and Colour: with Mary Eynon
Sunday 15 November 2026
2pm - 4.30pm
Workshop
Linocut Day: Greetings Cards with Katherine Anteney
Saturday 21 November 2026
10am - 4.30pm
Course
Three week course: Watercolour Still Life with Viktoriia Bezugla, Objects with a Story
Monday 23 November 2026
10.30am - 1pm
Talk
Weekday Wonderings Talk with Mark Chirnside: Titanic Myths in Popular History
Friday 27 November 2026
11am - 12.30pm
Market
Christmas Makers Market 2026 with Soton Makers
Saturday 28 November 2026
10am - 4pm
Free Entry - No ticket needed
Workshop
Gallery Mindfulness: Connecting to Presence Using the Arts
Sunday 29 November 2026
2pm - 3.30pm
Talk
Highlights: Selected Artworks from Southampton’s Fine Art Collection – with Dr Ali Eales
Sunday 29 November 2026
2.30pm - 3.30pm
Course
Watercolour Still Life with Viktoriia Bezugla, Objects with a Story
Monday 30 November 2026
10.30am - 1pm
Talk
Weekday Wonderings Talk with Andy Skinner: The Story of St Mary’s Workhouse
Thursday 3 December 2026
11am - 12.30pm
Tour
Guided Tour: Civic Centre Clock Tower
Saturday 5 December 2026
10.15am - 11.15am
11.30am - 12.30pm
Workshop
Poinsettias: Sunday Watercolours with Viktoriia Bezugla
Sunday 6 December 2026
10.30am - 1pm
Course
Watercolour Still Life with Viktoriia Bezugla: Objects with a Story
Monday 7 December 2026
10.30am - 1pm
Activity
Home Education Discovering History Sessions: Prehistory (6yrs+)
Thursday 10 December 2026
10.30am - 11.30am
Christmas
Visit Father Christmas at Tudor House & Garden
Saturday 12 December 2026
Various Times Throughout the Day | Other Dates Available
Workshop
Winter Lanterns: Sunday Watercolours with Viktoriia Bezugla
Sunday 13 December 2026
11am - 1.30pm
Christmas
Visit Father Christmas at Tudor House & Garden
Sunday 13 December 2026
Various Times Throughout the Day | Other Dates Available
Christmas
Visit Father Christmas at Tudor House & Garden
Saturday 19 December 2026
Various Times Throughout the Day | Other Dates Available
Workshop
Christmas Table Decorations for all ages with Victoria Goss
Sunday 20 December 2026
11am - 1pm
2pm - 4pm
Christmas
Visit Father Christmas at Tudor House & Garden
Sunday 20 December 2026
Various Times Throughout the Day | Other Dates Available
Activity
Southampton Culture Club for Kids: Wonderful Winter
Monday 21 December 2026 @ 9am - 4pm
Tuesday 22 December 2026 @ 9am - 4pm
Wednesday 23 December 2026 @ 9am - 4pm
Activity
Art for All: Gonks, Gonks and More Gonks (4yrs+)
Monday 21 December 2026
10am - 11am
11.30am - 12.30pm
1pm - 2pm
2.30pm - 3.30pm
Christmas
Visit Father Christmas at Tudor House & Garden
Monday 21st December 2026
Various Times Throughout the Day | Other Dates Available
Activity
Art for All: Gonks, Gonks and More Gonks (4yrs+)
Tuesday 22 December 2026
10am - 11am
11.30am - 12.30pm
1pm - 2pm
2.30pm - 3.30pm
Christmas
Visit Father Christmas at Tudor House & Garden
Tuesday 22nd December 2026
Various Times Throughout the Day | Other Dates Available
Activity
Art for All: Clay Christmas Trees and more (5yrs+)
Wednesday 23 December 2026
10.30am - 12noon
12.30pm - 2pm
2.30pm - 4pm
Tour
Guided Tour: Civic Centre Clock Tower
Saturday 2 January 2027
10.15am - 11.15am
11.30am - 12.30pm
Tour
Tim’s Gallery Tours: Post Modernism and Beyond – 1960- Present Day
Wednesday 13 January 2027
11am - 12pm
Course
Four Week Watercolour Course with Viktoriia Bezugla: Nature’s Palette – The Language of Trees
Monday 18 January 2027
10.30am - 1pm
Workshop
Fruit Baskets in Watercolour – Workshop with Emma Morrissey
Saturday 23 January 2027
2pm - 5pm
Course
Watercolours with Viktoriia Bezugla – Nature’s Palette – Blooming with Colour
Monday 25 January 2027
10.30am - 1pm
Course
Watercolours with Viktoriia Bezugla – Nature’s Palette – Capturing the Landscape
Monday 1 February 2027
10.30am - 1pm
Talk
Weekday Wonderings Talk with Dr Cheryl Butler: ‘Incontinent of Her Body’: Women, Society & Morality in Tudor Southampton
Thursday 4 February 2027
11am - 12.30pm
Workshop
Exploring Collage with Jacqui Mair: In response to the exhibition Art Then!
Sunday 7 February 2027
11am - 4pm
Talk
Totem: The Untold Story of Sculpture, Art Talk with Jo Baring
Sunday 7 February 2026
2.30pm - 3.30pm
Course
Watercolours with Viktoriia Bezugla – Nature’s Palette – The Beauty of Cacti
Monday 8 February 2027
10.30am - 1pm
Workshop
Grasses by the Sea, Acrylic Painting Workshop with Becks Porter
Sunday 14 February 2027
11am - 4pm
Activity
Art for All: Clay Capybaras (5yrs+)
Monday 15 February 2027
10.30am - 12noon
12.30pm - 2pm
2.30pm - 4pm
Activity
Hands on History: Southampton Through Time (6yrs+)
Tuesday 16 February 2027
10.30am - 12noon
1pm - 2.30pm
Art for All: Step by step Acrylic Scenes (6yrs+)
Tuesday 16 February 2027
10.30am - 12noon
12.30pm - 2pm
2.30pm - 4pm
Tour
Tour for All with Andy Skinner: Underground Secrets of the Old Town
Tuesday 16 February 2027
2pm - 3.30pm
Activity
Art for All: Plastercast Sculpture Workshop (5 yrs+)
Wednesday 17 February 2027
10.30am - 12pm
12.30pm - 2pm
2.30pm - 4pm
Activity
Hands on History: Smashing Saxons (6yrs+)
Thursday 18 February 2027
10.30am - 12noon
1pm - 2.30pm
Activity
Art School Plus: Acrylic Scenes on Canvas (11-16 yrs)
Thursday 18 February 2027
10.30am - 3.30pm
Activity
Toddler Time: Winter Wonders – Cheery Crafts to Brighten Gloomy Days
Thursday 18 February 2027
10.30am - 11.30am
Activity
Art for All: Tudor Clay Day (Hooray!) (5yrs+)
Friday 19 February 2027
10.30am - 12noon
12.30pm - 2pm
2.30pm - 4pm
Workshop
Mixed Media Painting Workshop with Abi Kremer: Strata Strategies
Saturday 20 February 2027
11am - 4pm
Activity
Home Education Discovering History Sessions: Romans (6yrs+)
Thursday 25 February 2027
10.30am - 11.30am
Performance
Weekday Wonderings History Performance with Jane Glennie: ‘Victims of Fashion’
Monday 8 March 2027
11am - 12.30pm
Workshop
Mindful Patterns in Watercolour Workshop with Emma Morrissey
Saturday 20 March 2027
2pm - 5pm
Workshop
Easter Basket Arrangement (with willow bunny ears!) with Victoria Goss
Sunday 21 March 2027
1.30pm - 4pm
Activity
Art for All: Mythical Creatures Monoprint Mash up! (6yrs+)
Tuesday 30 March 2027
10.30am - 12noon
12.30pm - 2pm
2.30pm - 4pm
Activity
Art for All: K Pop Press Print Portraits (6yrs+)
Wednesday 31 March 2027
10.30am - 12noon
12.30pm - 2pm
2.30pm - 4pm
Activity
Hands On History: Clay Viking Longboats (6yrs+)
Thursday 1 April 2027
10.30am - 12noon
1pm - 2.30pm
Activity
Exhibition Inspired Art School Plus: Experiment with Sculpture (11-16 yrs)
Thursday 1 April 2027
10.30am - 3.30pm
Activity
Exhibition Inspired Junior Art School: Print, Paint & Explore the Jurassic Coast (7-13 yrs)
Friday 2 April 2027
10.30am - 3.30pm
Activity
Art for All: Clay Fat Cats (6yrs+)
Monday 5 April 2027
10.30am - 12noon
12.30pm - 2pm
2.30pm - 4pm
Activity
Hands On History: Mary Anning: Fossil Hunter (5yrs+)
Thursday 8 April 2027
10.30am - 12noon
1pm - 2.30pm
Workshop
Beaded Spring Flowers Workshop with Stephanie Rose
Saturday 10 April 2027
10.30am - 12.30pm
Workshop
Introduction to Paper Stencil Screen Printing with Berkshire Printmakers
Sunday 11 April 2027
11am - 4pm
Online Talk
Online History Talk with Imi Brine: Women and Children First: The Consequences of the Titanic Lifeboat Drill on 20th-Century Society
Friday 16 April 2027
7.30pm - 8.30pm
Our Exhibitions
Discover Southampton’s Titanic Story and how the tragedy affected the people of Southampton, and follow 200,000 years of Southampton’s history, from prehistory to Romans, to WWII and more, in the Gateway to the World and Southampton Stories exhibits
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