Family Days Out
A brand new guide to family-friendly events and exhibitions at museums, galleries and heritage sites across the UK. This is going to grow and grow, so do keep coming back.
Kids in Museums campaign launches 2010 manifesto
Kids in Museums, the organisation created to urge museums and galleries to become more family friendly, has announced a typically forceful manifesto of advice for sites across the UK in 2010.
Sushi, Lion Dances, Tai Chi and more as Oriental festival hits Royal Armouries Leeds
Officials at the Royal Armouries in Leeds are aiming to help families banish the January blues this weekend by waving goodbye to the month with two days of activities and demonstrations from the Orient.
Longlist announced for Guardian Family Friendly Museums Award
Pioneering charity Kids in Museums has revealed its longlist of 20 museums competing for the 2009 Guardian Family Friendly Museum Award.
Fantastic Mr. Fox: film trailer and much more at The Roald Dahl Museum
Roald Dahl's classic story, Fantastic Mr. Fox, has now been turned into an animated fim by director Wes Anderson. The Roald Dahl Museum and Story Centre have a trailer of the film online and lots of...
Campaign for Drawing celebrates 10 years with activities around the UK
The Campaign for Drawing, which encourages people to embrace the art of drawing in all its forms, is celebrating its 10th year with a host of exciting activities including an exhibition featuring...
Family friendly visits: Imperial War Museum North
With its emphasis on people's personal experiences of conflict told in accessible and thought-provoking ways, Rachel Hayward says the Imperial War Museum North is a family must-see.
Red Squirrel Week celebrates native treasures
Red Squirrel Week kicks off this weekend with events taking place at Wildlife Trust sites around the country, offering opportunities to find out more about these rare creatures.
Bath and North East Somerset gears up for a half term family friendly museumfest
A record 24 organisations will be taking part in Bath and North East Somerset Council's Heritage Open Week with events to keep all the family entertained this half term.
Kids in Museums launches Manifesto at The Royal Academy
Pioneering charity Kids in Museums launched its new manifesto at the Royal Academy last night with 20 ways to make museum visits family friendly for 2009.
All aboard your nearest Santa Special heritage steam train
As recent tradition would have it, Santa sometimes swaps his famous sleigh for a British steam train. Culture24 visits the Lavender Line in Isfield, Sussex, to explore the phenomenon of the Santa...
Museums at Night 2010: exploring this May's family friendly events
Time travel with the kids as Rachel Hayward looks forward to family friendly Museums at Night events on the weekend of May 14 2010.
The Late Shows are back for UK's largest Museums at Night bash in Newcastle
Glowsticks, footballers, poetry, celebrity funerals, comedy and pottery return to Newcastle for The Late Shows, the city's award-winning Museums at Night "culture crawl" across dozens of superb...
Fruity Plantastic show of robots and magical realms at World Museum Liverpool
From exploding seeds and piles of artificial dung to fruity pinball machines and vicious Venus flytraps, World Museum Liverpool's Plantastic show is set to excite families of all ages.
Stuffed bear show makes nature more real at Manchester Museum this weekend
Icelandic artist Bryndís Snæbjörnsdóttir and UK collaborator Mark Wilson photographed every taxidermied bear in the UK between 2002 and 2004. The resulting visual narrative is about to go on show ...
Skeletons, beetles, stuffed birds and pickled midges revealed at Plymouth Museum
Experts from Plymouth City Museum and Art Gallery's bountiful natural history collection are offering a glimpse of their scary specimens in a one-off activity afternoon this weekend.
