The force is strong in Bury St Edmunds

Film fans of all ages flocked to the opening of the 10th Anniversary Sci-Fi and Action Exhibition, in Bury St Edmunds, on Saturday, with over  1,000 visitors over its first weekend.

As Family Friendly Museum of the Year 2017 Moyse’s Hall will be celebrating half-term in full sci-fi style with exhibition trails, quizzes, and have-a-go-activities.

Little and large Star Wars fans alike can enlist in the Empire (Mon 22 & Wed 24 October). Future TIE Fighter Pilots, Scout Troopers, AT-AT drivers, Death Star Janitors or Stormtroopers can find out what it takes to battle for the Emperor and Empire against those pesky Rebels. Recruits will perform tasks including laser gun shooting range and learning the Aurebesh Star Wars alphabet.

Prepare for the Battle of Endor with the ‘YUB – NUB!’ workshop to make your very own small and furry Ewok and life-sized spear (Tue 23 October).

Those sci-fact fans can enjoy a special Kinetic Science workshop (Thur 25 October) when Moyse’s Hall will be teaming up with the ever-amazing ‘Kinetic’ for a Sci-fi and Science workshop.

Potterheads can get magical with the ‘Wonderful Wands’ workshop (Fri 26 October). With a production made wand or two, as well as 400-year-old historical wands and replicas; you’ll be able to immerse yourself in all things magic.

Visitors will also be able to see a unique selection of screen-used props and costumes, plus replicas, memorabilia and more, from the likes of Star Wars, Dr Who, Star Trek and even Harry Potter – plus original space race artefacts – from 20 October – 25 November.

This year the highlights will appeal to all film and television fans from Trekkies to Potterheads as Moyse’s Hall team up with Kudos Memorabilia to bring the best of the world of fantasy and fiction to our doorstep.

Moyes’s Hall will also be celebrating the fact behind the fiction with amazing original space race artefacts including two NASA manuals (Apollo 11 Flight Plan and Apollo 11 Spacecraft Operational Trajectory) which were also used by as reference material for Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope’ (1977).

This adventurous exhibition is spread out across the various galleries in the museum, so that visitors also have an opportunity to see the historical collections housed in this 900 year-old building.

The exhibition will be open Monday to Saturday, 10am – 5pm and Sunday, noon – 4pm with admission only £5 for adults and £3 for children.