Follow THE HERDS at museums and galleries across the UK
THE HERDS have arrived in the UK. Discover how you can take part in this epic climate action project, which sees life-size puppet animals sweep through the UK.
From April to August 2025, herds of life-size puppet animals are stampeding into cities across Africa and Europe to flee climate disaster.
THE HERDS is the new project by the creators of The Walk, which saw Little Amal, a 12-foot-tall puppet of a Syrian refugee girl, travel from Turkey to the UK.
THE HERDS have travelled through Kinshasa, Lagos, Dakar, Marrakesh, Casablanca & Rabat, San Fernando, Venice, Madrid, Marseille and Arles, Venice and Paris, and have now arrived here in the UK.
THE HERDS in London
THE HERDS will be in London on 27, 28 and 29 June at Towerbridge, The Scoop, Somerset House, Camden High Street and Westfield Stratford (among other places).
THE HERDS in Manchester
On 3, 4 and 5 July THE HERDS will be in Manchester, Rochdale and Pennington Flash Country Park. On their entry to Manchester they will be caught up in the opening of Manchester International Festival in the city centre – with the music of Manchester Camerata swirling around them.
You can follow the animals' journey on social using the hashtag #THEHERDS, and full details of their movements in the UK can be found on THE HERDS website.
Discover all participating museums, galleries and trusts:
Art Fund supported 44 museums, galleries and historic houses across the UK to deliver activities inspired by THE HERDS' global journey.
Museums have delivered workshops and events, from puppet-making to nature walks, and invited their local communities to come together to explore, learn about and appreciate local nature and the challenges it faces in the face of the climate crisis.
Art Exchange – Colchester, University of Essex
Bankfield Museum – Halifax
Barnsley Museums & National Trust – Wentworth Castle Gardens, South Yorkshire
Beach Creative CIC – Herne Bay, Kent
Broughton House and Garden – Dumfries and Galloway
Chapter – Cardiff
Co-operative Heritage Trust – Rochdale
Culture Coventry Trust – Coventry
Dales Countryside Museum – Hawes, North Yorkshire
Falmouth Art Gallery – Falmouth, Cornwall
Great North Museum: Hancock – Newcastle upon Tyne
Gwella, Flintshire Libraries and Leisure – Mold, North Wales
Haslemere Educational Museum – Surrey
Hay Castle Trust – Hay-on-Wye
Herefordshire Museum Service – Worcestershire
Judges' Lodgings Museum – Lancaster
Kendal Museum – Kendal, Cumbria
Kirkleatham Museum – Redcar
Manchester Museum – Manchester
Museum of Oxford – Oxford
Natural History Museum (First Light Festival) – Lowestoft
Nature in Art Trust – Gloucester
Norton Priory Museum and Gardens – Cheshire
Our Big Picture – Grimsby
PK Porthcurno - Museum of Global Communications – Porthcurno, Cornwall
Quaker Tapestry Museum – Kendal, Cumbria
Rockingham Forest Trust – Stanwick, Northamptonshire
Science and Industry Museum – Manchester
Silk Heritage Trust – Macclesfield
St Barbe Museum and Art Gallery – Lymington, Hampshire
Stevenage Museum – Stevenage
Storiel – Bangor, Gwynedd
Tenby Museum & Art Gallery – Tenby, Pembrokeshire
The Art House – Wakefield
The Brunel Museum – London
The Exchange Erith Ltd. – Erith
The Mint House – Pevensey
The Museum of Land Speed – Pendine
The Shakespeare Birthplace Trust – Stratford-upon-Avon
The Watt Institution – Greenock
UCL Grant Museum of Zoology – London
Wheal Martyn Trust – St Austell, Cornwall
Wigan Museum – Wigan
Yr Ysgwrn (Eryri National Park Authority) – Trawsfynydd, Gwynedd
Activities to do at home
Couldn't make an event? You can download fun activities to do yourself from THE HERDS website.
Let the Wildness In is a set of free resources, education and activity packs, puppet-making guides and more.