Kids in Museums

Activities for under 5s?...

Would love to hear of any Under 5 activities for kids not in school at museums/galleries/heritage venues. If your local venue doesn’t have one, have you ever asked why not?

Mar Dixon

Added: September 6, 2011Comments: 9

Age of unaccompanied children?...

Should children under the age of sixteen have to be accompanied by an adult when visiting a museum/attraction?

Charlotte Wilkinson

Added: July 19, 2011Comments: 14

After School in the Museum?...

Children often feel the museum as a dark, dusty, boring place.
Historia Snc, a company that manages the workshops of some museums in Italy, to experience the museum in a different way to younger, created the After School in the Museum.
The idea is to make the museum a familiar place where … Read more

Added: May 28, 2011Comments: 1

Museum family ticketing, family services...

Our Family Fortunes workshop on flexible family ticketing and family services in museums was full of discussion and debate. Did you attend? If so, add your ideas here and what you’re doing about them since the workshop. If you couldn’t manage to join us, still join in the debate. We … Read more

Added: March 22, 2011Comments: 2

Young Peoples Manifesto...

I went to a conference at the British Library yesterday, about young people and heritage. It was great to see that half the delegates were young people, actively reporting back on all the projects they’d been involved with. One of the workshops asked for our thoughts on a Young Peoples … Read more

Added: February 22, 2011Comments: 0

Babies in galleries and museums...

I took my six month old baby son to the Heroes and Monsters exhibition at Manchester City Art Gallery. The staff were helpful and enthusiastic as ever with the whole experience complimented by a trail guide. The colours and images brought art to life and my son loudly gave his … Read more

Added: February 16, 2011Comments: 8

Good museums near Swindon?...

I want to take my son (aged 7) to a museum this weekend. I dont want to travel more than 1 hour – We live in Swindon, Wiltshire. We are going to the Natural History Museum, London later this month.
Any suggestions on GOOD museums/places of interest for us to visit???

Clare … Read more

Added: January 7, 2011Comments: 7

Museums for toddlers...

I am on a mission to find the best museums for the Under 5′s, specifically toddlers.
Leeds City Museum has a designated “Toddler Town” play area for the Under 5′s which has a model house, crannog, library and a road track with cars, as well as bricks and toys and a … Read more

Added: December 14, 2010Comments: 13

Using Museum Cafés...

Do you use museum cafés, or museums themselves, to meet up regularly with people with a common interest? Things like knit & natter, self employed networking, recipe swap, collectors, new parents… Or does your local museum organise anything like this on a weekly or monthly basis? Where is it happening … Read more

Added: October 18, 2010Comments: 7

Should families have more say?...

Do you want families to have more say in how our museums are run, what they display and how they display it? Or do you want staff to just get on with it using their skills, commonsense and imagination?

Added: July 22, 2010Comments: 3