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Cabinets Unlocked: Sensory Explorers

Ham House, Petersham

Free event, but normal admission charges apply for the venue

Cabinets Unlocked: Sensory Explorers

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Cabinets Unlocked: Sensory Explorers is a family event at Ham House and Garden where visitors explore the house's unique collection of cabinets using their senses. You can listen to music etched on a cabinet, smell precious spices once kept in these beautiful objects, and search the house for lost cabinet keys. It is part of the Cabinets Unlocked programme and finishes with a 17th-century musical performance from The Morley Consort. Visitors can also enjoy the walled Kitchen Garden and seasonal activities, colouring-in and toys in the family Garden Room.

Written by a model, sources: nationaltrust.org.uk

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Ham House is in London’s Petersham.

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