FAMILY fun weekends are being held at Darlington Railway Museum.

The programme includes arts, crafts, painting competitions, treasure hunts, puzzles and games.

Volunteers Olive Howe and Irene Macleod will be on hand to tell people about tracing their family history.

A Victorian themed weekend where children took part in Victorian school activities has already been held.

A storyteller will take up residence on March 15 and 16 and model railways take the platform the following weekend.

The Victorian theme returns for the final weekend in March. Admission for children is half price on family fun weekends.

At each event there is the chance to lend a hand with a papier mache train model project, which will see a quarter-scale model of one of the museum's exhibits take shape over the next two months.

The family fun weekends will take place between 11am and 4pm on March 15 and 16, March 22 and 23 and March 29 and 30.

For more details telephone (01325) 460532.