INTERACTIVE animal sessions will be returning to a West Cumbrian museum. 

Pet Encounters will be returning to The Beacon in Whitehaven over the summer months. 

The sessions are running throughout August and into September. 

In a post on social media, The Beacon wrote: "Our Pet Encounter sessions always book up so quickly, but we're lucky enough to have Pet Encounter Cumbria days booked in every Thursday through the Summer holidays until September 2.

"We've still got plenty of places available on our late Summer dates, but some sessions are almost sold out, so don't miss out."