Events | The Hepworth Wakefield

Explore & Draw kits

Available Tuesday - Sunday, 10am - 4pm. Free with an exhibition ticket

Discover artworks in the galleries and garden using our Explore and Draw kits. Suitable for families with children aged 2 - 12 years old.

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Explore & Draw Stations

Tuesday - Sunday, 10am - 5pm during term time / Monday - Sunday, 10am - 5pm during the Wakefield holidays (including bank holidays), FREE with an exhibition ticket

Borrow looking tools, handling objects and drawing materials to discover the exhibitions and create your own works of art. Suitable for all ages, including adults.

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Art Pod

Every Saturday during term-term time / Every Monday, Friday and Saturday during the Wakefield school holidays, drop-in 11am - 4pm, FREE with an exhibition ticket

Visit the galleries with your family and join us at the Art Pod to make your own artwork inspired by what you see. Suitable for families with children aged 2 - 12 years old.

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Summer Holidays

Saturday 19 July - Sunday 31 August 2025, 10am - 5pm, FREE with an exhibition ticket

Imagine and play with us every day during the Wakefield school holidays! With an array of activities - from Garden Play and Art Pods to drop-in workshops led by local artists - it's the perfect opportunity to get creative as a family.

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Family Workshop: This is Me

Sunday 20, Tuesday 22, Wednesday 23, Thursday 24, Sunday 27 July, Sunday 19 October 2025, drop-in 11am - 4pm, FREE with an exhibition ticket

Create a life size self portrait and make a story of you inspired by our new exhibition, Helen Chadwick: Life Pleasures.

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Garden Play

Every Saturday and Sunday during term time (April - October) / every day during the school holidays, drop in 11am - 4pm, FREE

Come and play in The Hepworth Wakefield Garden. Stack, build, experiment, draw and imagine with your family in the open air. Be inspired by the garden’s artworks and plants, the weather and buildings around you. No need to book, just turn up and play!

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Family Workshop: Soap Carving

Sunday 6, Tuesday 29, Wednesday 30, Thursday 31 July, Sunday 3 August, drop-in 11am-4pm, FREE with an exhibition ticket

Inspired by Hepworth’s carved sculptures try making your own creative carved artwork using soap. Suitable for families with children aged 2 - 12.

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SEND Play Session

Tuesday 29 July, 2 - 3.30pm, FREE including parking

For children and young people with SEND and their families. Join us for a sensory play workshop exploring the early designs for a new playground at The Hepworth Wakefield.

Places on this session are limited, booking essential.

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Family Workshop: Hepworth Hats

Sunday 13 July, Tuesday 5, Wednesday 6, Thursday 7, Sunday 10 August, drop-in 11am - 4pm (closed for lunch 1 - 1.30pm).

Transform yourself into a sculpture! Explore the galleries and draw Barbara Hepworth-inspired shapes before making a wearable sculpture hat from colourful card and string.

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National Playday

Wednesday 6 August, drop-in 11am – 4pm, FREE with an exhibition ticket

Visit us for National Playday at The Hepworth Wakefield. Join in playful outdoors activities across the garden, creative workshops in our learning studios and explore and draw in the galleries. Suitable for all ages

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Showing: Families

Explore & Draw kits

Explore & Draw Stations

Art Pod

Summer Holidays

Family Workshop: This is Me

Garden Play

Family Workshop: Soap Carving

SEND Play Session

Family Workshop: Hepworth Hats

National Playday