Zoom Through History

11/06/2026

👑 Royally good fun!

🌸 We were delighted to have joined the Royal Parks for their FREE Discovery Day event at The Hyde Park Learning Centre this May Half term!

🎉There were so many activities to take part in as well as the chance to meet with Queen Victoria!

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Image by Chris O’Donovan, © The Royal Parks

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25/05/2026

🥳We’re back at Hyde Park tomorrow for the fourth year running!

👑We love collaborating with The Royal Parks on this lovely event.

Free, educational holiday activities travelling back through the history of The Royal Parks.

01/05/2026

The Case of Steel, Gold & Chocolate!

🌺 Meet Mr Laurel Jones the Palace Gardner!

🪴 The team had a blast researching the gardens at Hampton Court Palace in the reign of Queen Victoria.

📸 All week we will be sharing some amazing photographs from that event- so keep your eyes peeled!

©Historic Royal Palaces, Easter live performances at Hampton Court Palace 2026.

29/04/2026

The Case of Steel, Gold & Chocolate!

🚂 Meet Mr John Steel a Train Guard on the newly opened (1849) Hampton Court Railway line, bringing passengers from Surbiton to Hampton Court Station to enjoy their day at Hampton Court Palace.

🧐 The team had a blast researching the creation of Hampton Court Station, its corresponding branch line and what the local area was like the reign of Queen Victoria.

📸 All week we will be sharing some amazing photographs from that event- so keep your eyes peeled!

©Historic Royal Palaces, Easter live performances at Hampton Court Palace 2026.

28/04/2026

🕵️ Meet Detective Berdie Montague!

🎭 We had a blast at Hampton Court Palace this Easter performing The Case of Steel, Gold and Chocolate with Historic Royal Palaces.

📸 All week we will be sharing some amazing photographs from that event- so keep your eyes peeled!

😂Here’s our companies Associate Artist .marchant being absolutely brilliant as always.

©Historic Royal Palaces, Easter live performances at Hampton Court Palace 2026.

28/04/2026

Breaking News: Natural History Museum Members help Charles Darwin with his theory! 🗞️

📖 Earlier this month young participants helped Charles Darwin find his missing notebook page, revealing a lost species. They completed three Evolution themed challenges which unlocked clues to find the hidden creature!

🐢 Zoom Through History provided an actor to play Charles Darwin as well as developing this brand new workshop adventure for the Membership Team at the Natural History Museum.







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16/04/2026

🐦We are so excited to be back at Natural History Museum, London this Saturday for the Members Family Workshop: Charles Darwin’s Explorers!

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31/03/2026

🐰🔍 THE CASE OF STEEL, GOLD & CHOCOLATE 🔍

Something mysterious is afoot at Hampton Court Palace…

Queen Victoria and Prince Albert are in need of your detective skills! 🕵️‍♂️

The gold statues have vanished, clues are scattered, and a rather suspicious cast of characters are on the scene… 👀

Can you follow the trail, crack the case, and uncover the sneaky culprit?

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🎟️ Join the investigation – if you dare…

18/02/2026

🚀 Lift off!

🪐We had a wonderful time at exploring space!

🔭Evelyn and Joe were back at The Natural History Museum last weekend delivering an interactive workshop with future space cadets.

🌟 Our team had the best time writing & delivering a brand new character led tour for the latest exhibition at the Natural History Museum.

💫We love being apart of the Members Family Morning Corporate events at The Natural History Museum.

05/02/2026

👋 Let’s catch up!

🌊 In November a group of young oceanographers joined Captain Joe for a full steam ahead tour of the 5 oceans of the world.

🗺️ They travelled to the depths of the Mariana Trench, explored polar ice shelves and even made their own take-away Oceanarium!
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