Firstsite has transformed a space outside the gallery into Colchester-on-Sea.
Open every day throughout the summer holidays, from 10am to 5pm, visitors will have free access to games, including volleyball, table tennis, swingball and Welly-Wanging.
It is also a perfect spot for a picnic with parasols, buckets, spades and art activities.
Jude Merritt, head of learning, said: “The only thing we can’t guarantee is the sun.”
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