Spring Celebrations with Multaka

Craft materials including a white ceramic bowl decorated with pink blossom, a papier-mache egg decorated with butterflies and packs of yellow, orange and pick paper

Saturday 5 April, 13.00 - 16.00

Free drop-in activities. Everyone welcome.

Celebrate the auspicious arrival of Spring 2025 with engaging activities, cultural traditions and fascinating museum objects.

What to expect:

At the Pitt Rivers Museum

  • Craft activities - create Eid lanterns, Pysanka (painted Ukrainian Easter eggs) and your own bunch of spring flowers
  • Enjoy Cultural and religious celebrations for Spring 2025; through objects, learn about Nowruz, Orthodox Easter and Eid
  • Explore the museum with a trail highlighting Nowruz, Eid and the Orthodox Easter

At the History of Science Museum (13.00 - 15.00)

  • Explore the Ethiopian and Eritrean Ge'ez Calendar and discover the Aksum Empire
  • Object handling - get up close with historical scientific instruments and learn more about the Perpetual Calendar
  • Spring Equinox Exploration - learn about the science behind the Spring Equinox and explore how spring is experienced differently in various parts of the world
  • Poetry sharing - listen to poems that capture the essence of spring and seasonal transitions

About Multaka:

Multaka means 'meeting point' in Arabic.

MultakaOxford is a project currently running at the Pitt Rivers Museum and the History of Science Museum in Oxford. The project brings people together as a meeting point to share experience, knowledge and skills and be a platform for cultural dialogue. The project has been running a tour guide training programme since February 2023 to facilitate individuals to develop unique tours to share their personal knowledge of cultural objects in the museum.