Museum Shop Sunday
Museum Shop Sunday & Family Christmas Crafts
Sunday 28 November
2pm - 5pm, Free Entry
Join The Higgins Bedford for festive shopping and free family Christmas crafts at Museum Shop Sunday.
Museum Shop Sunday is a great way for shoppers to support their local museum this Christmas. The Higgins Bedford joins over 1,600 cultural venues worldwide to celebrate Museum Shop Sunday and highlight the vital role of shops in sustaining arts, culture and heritage attractions.
The Higgins Bedford shop has a range of unique and creative items inspired by the museum’s collections and exhibitions.
There is a wonderful selection of Christmas cards and greeting cards designed by artists and printmakers such as Tabitha Mary, Eric Ravilious and William Burges.
The ever-popular advent calendars by Angela Harding and Emily Sutton are stocked alongside beautifully designed tea towels and notecards.
Special gifts are available in the shop, including 1000 piece jigsaws, origami kits, tote bags and books.
Shoppers can also pick up the new Higgins 2022 calendar featuring artworks of Bedford through the centuries, several of which are currently on display in the Going to Town exhibition.
Alongside browsing the shop, visitors can enjoy free family Christmas craft activities and design their own paper stars to add to their decorations at home.
There is no need to book for these Christmas craft activities, families can drop in anytime between 2pm - 4pm.
Free family Christmas craft activities are also running on 5 & 12 December. Find out more here.