Family Games Day
V & A Museum of Childhood, Cambridge Heath Road,  E2 9PA
15th August 2008
Telephone: 020 8983 5200
 
Location Map of Family Games Day
 
With the Beijing Olympics this August and the 2012 Olympics in London the worldwide sporting event is hitting the headlines at the moment. At the Museum of Childhood the history of the event is celebrated also in the 'A Century of Olympic Posters' exhibition. Now they're running a sporting event the whole family can join in - and you don't have to be as fit as Amir Khan to take part. The family games is all about fun contests including the water bucket race and the Hula Hoop competition. But let's just see how fierce the competition gets when medals are at stake!

EVENTS:
1.00-1.30pm - Water bucket race
1.45-2.15 pm - Push-a-Ping-Pong-Ball-with-Your-Nose Race
2.30-3.00pm - Speed Dresser Race
3.15-3.45pm - Hula Hoop competition
4.00pm - Medal ceremony
 
Visiting Family Games Day
 
 
Opening Times
13:00 - 16:00 | See above for details
 
Ticket Prices
Free
 
Travel
 
Underground Stations
Bethnal Green Tube (1 minutes)
Stepney Green Tube (12 minutes)
Railway Stations
Bethnal Green Railway Station (8 minutes)
Cambridge Heath Railway Station (8 minutes)
 
 
 
Car Parking
 
Mosque Car Park (19 minutes)
Spitalfields Car Park (25 minutes)
 
 
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V & A Museum of Childhood
Cambridge Heath Road, Tower Hamlets,  London,  E2
0 minutes distance from Family Games Day
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