Beastly Bones

Thanet

Type:Childrens Events

Powell-Cotton Museum, Quex House & Gardens, Quex Park, Birchington, Thanet, Kent, CT7 0BH

Tel: 01843 842168

An animal skull in a display case in a museum

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Become a Zoo Curator for a Day!


This October Half Term, your little explorers can get hands-on with skeletons and skulls at the Powell-Cotton Museum!

Pick up your Curator's Card, complete bone-rattling challenges and use your x-ray imagination to uncover the hidden skeletons inside our dioramas.

Don't miss our daily Beastly Bone Unboxings at 12pm and 2:30pm — when our natural history curator will reveal a different animal skeleton every day!


Fri 17-Sun 22 October
Wed 22–Sun 26 October
Adults £7.50 | Children £6.50 | Infants Free

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Opening Times

Season (17 Oct 2025)
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Friday11:00 - 16:00
Season (18 Oct 2025)
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Saturday11:00 - 16:00
Season (19 Oct 2025)
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Sunday11:00 - 16:00
Season (22 Oct 2025)
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Wednesday11:00 - 16:00
Season (23 Oct 2025)
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Thursday11:00 - 16:00
Season (24 Oct 2025)
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Friday11:00 - 16:00
Season (25 Oct 2025)
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Saturday11:00 - 16:00
Season (26 Oct 2025)
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Sunday11:00 - 16:00

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