🎉 The wait is over! Meet the Family Friendly Museum Award 2026 shortlist 🏆 Spread across England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, this year’s museums are finding imaginative, practical ways to make family visits easy and fun. See who made the shortlist: kidsinmuseums.org.uk/2026/06/the-...

The Family Friendly Museum Award 2026 shortlist - Kids in Museums

20 museums across England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales are in the running to be named the UK’s Best Family Friendly Museum.

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Our spring and summer training programme has sprung 🐣 Whether you want to improve your venue's welcome for autistic families, consult with young people or recruit a young trustee, we have a fantastic range of free or low cost webinars coming up: kidsinmuseums.org.uk/what-we-do/t...

👨‍👩‍👧 @kidsinmuseums.bsky.social Nominations open for the Family Friendly Museum Award celebrating museums that go the extra mile for families buff.ly/399NKkj

Family Friendly Museum Award - Kids in Museums

Our Family Friendly Museum Award celebrates museums, galleries and heritage attractions that go the extra mile to provide an excellent family friendly experience.

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Aged 18-25 and interested in learning new skills, meeting and learning from senior sector leaders and building your understanding of how a cultural organisation works? Kids in Museums is currently recruiting 2 young people to join our Board ➡️https://kidsinmuseums.org.uk/who-we-are/vacancies/

The UK's biggest family focused museum award is back for 2026! The #FamilyFriendlyMuseum Award is totally free to enter - and just being shortlisted can have big benefits for your museum. Find out more and apply: kidsinmuseums.org.uk/what-we-do/f...

We’re delighted to welcome Paul Sapwell as the new Chair of Kids in Museums. In this short video, Paul shares his thoughts on what makes a great museum experience and what he'll bring to this new role. Read the full news story ➡️ kidsinmuseums.org.uk/2026/01/paul... #CulturalLeadership

What happens when you look at art a little differently? 👀 Find out on the #ArtSchoolTrail at over 35 museums across the UK this February half term. A free, creative trail for families to explore artworks - with a sticker prize at the end! ℹ️ kidsinmuseums.org.uk/what-we-do/m...

🏆 Family Friendly Museum Award: Special category announced This year, our Award special category will shine a spotlight on museums giving young people valuable careers experience in the heritage sector. Join our free webinar on Tues 3 March to learn more ➡️ kids-in-museums.cademy.io/hurdles-to-p...

FREE WEBINAR: Cuppa session for freelancers and consultants Wednesday 21 January, 1pm - 2pm Working in a #freelance or consultancy role in the heritage sector? Set aside some time this January to connect over a cuppa ☕ Places are free, booking essential ➡️ kids-in-museums.cademy.io/kids-in-muse...

NEW WEBINAR: Planning and running family workshops Tuesday 10 February, 10am-12.30pm Learn about the developmental stages of children aged 0-12 to help you plan engaging family workshops for a wide range of ages. Book here: kids-in-museums.cademy.io/planning-and...

Museum worker or volunteer based in #Wales? Start 2026 by learning a new skill on our free webinar unpacking how to create museum visual stories! 📆 Monday 12 January, 10am - 11.30am Places free but booking essential Book here: kids-in-museums.cademy.io/how-to-creat...

Happy New Year! 🎉 We're refreshed, renewed - and ready to make 2026 the best year yet for children, families and young people in museums. Want to join us? Full dates for 2026 here: kidsinmuseums.org.uk/2025/12/get-...

🎉 2025 - what a year it's been! Huge thanks to everyone we worked with this year - whether you signed our Manifesto, read one of our free resources, hosted a Takeover Day or paid an undercover judging visit to a Family Friendly Museum Award shortlisted venue. We couldn't have done it without you.

#Museum30 One of our proudest #achievements this year was when Experience Barnsley Museum won the Kids in Museums Family Friendly Museum Award. We couldn't have done it without all your support ❤️ @kidsinmuseums.bsky.social

It’s been a pleasure and a privilege to work with so many brilliant sites this year, all of whom are helping to set the standard for high quality family provision in the heritage sector. Want to get involved next year? Check out our key dates for 2026 ➡️ kidsinmuseums.org.uk/2025/12/get-...

Work in communications, audience development, or leadership in the UK cultural sector? Take part in the Arts Marketing Association’s Together We Act: Sector Survey to share challenges, strategies and what support you need. Complete the survey by 10am on 15 Dec ➡️ www.a-m-a.co.uk/together-we-...

Kickstart your 2026 - our new programme is packed with free and low cost training opportunities to develop new skills and create great museum experiences for children, families and young people 🏛️ Webinars include three free sessions. Find out more ➡️ kidsinmuseums.org.uk/what-we-do/t...

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Tomorrow... @kidsinmuseums.bsky.social #TakeoverDay

It’s our favourite day of the year - kids are taking over museums for #TakeoverDay 🥳 We'll be sharing events from the day on our Instagram stories. Head to @kidsinmuseums to see the day unfold, or get a sneak peek into just some of the events taking place here ➡️ kidsinmuseums.org.uk/2025/11/kids...

"On Takeover Day, we want children and young people to go beyond passive observation, to instead shadow a museum professional and take on real life museum tasks." Read our deep-dive into the impact of Takeover Day, featured on @artsprofessional.co.uk ➡️

Kids take over the museum - Arts Professional

This week, Kids in Museums stages its 15th annual Takeover Day. Across the UK and internationally, museums invite children and young people aged 2-25 to do the jobs of adults. Chief executive Alison…

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Really looking forward to welcoming @st-marys.bsky.social to the museum on Friday for KIMs #TakeoverDay 2026! Excited to see the ideas their mini-curators will come up with for videogames in museums... 👾🎮 @kidsinmuseums.bsky.social @nvmuk.bsky.social @michellegrant.bsky.social

#TakeoverDay is TOMORROW! Run by Kids in Museums since 2010, Takeover Day has given over 45,000 children and young people a unique careers opportunity - to try out real jobs and hands on tasks in museums, galleries and heritage sites. Explore all events ➡️ kidsinmuseums.org.uk/what-we-do/t...

👋 How confident are you in your museum’s welcome for Deaf visitors? 1 in 3 UK adults are Deaf, have hearing loss or tinnitus - and for Deaf families, an inclusive welcome makes all the difference. 💷 £25 per place:

Deaf Awareness Training for museums by Kids in Museums on cademy.io

Thursday 4 December, 10am-12pm Are you interested in learning basic language skills to enable simple communication with Deaf children, young people and families in your museum? About this training…

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#GEM is partnering with The Museums + Heritage Awards on the Learning Programme of the Year Award. The #MandHAwards celebrate the best in the world of museums, galleries and cultural/ heritage visitor attractions. 📅 Enter by 30 January 2026 🔗 Enter: mandhawards.awardsplatform.com?utm_source=G...

From July 2024 to March 2025, we worked with Museum Development South West to support local museums to improve their offer for families. We've got three great new case studies about their experiences, packed with low cost changes that families loved. Read them here: kidsinmuseums.org.uk/resources/

🤝 Want to develop a clear plan for how your museum can begin to consult with local families to create programmes and activities that are deeply connected to your community? There's still places left on our November training webinar! Book here ➡️ kidsinmuseums.org.uk/what-we-do/t...

Are you interested in taking on a governance role, gain new skills, and shape the future of the Museum? There's only 1 more week to apply to be a trustee of the Cromwell Museum Trust! Find out more: www.cromwellmuseum.org/about-us/bec... @kidsinmuseums.bsky.social

Have you joined the #HiddenWondersHunt? Take the fun, family friendly trail from @kidsinmuseums.bsky.social & Walker Books this Oct school holiday! Find hidden wonders in the museum. Do a drawing challenge for the chance to win out of this world prizes. 🔎💫 ℹ️: stromnessmuseum.org.uk/whatson/2025...

We, my son, wife and I, enjoyed our Hidden Wonders Hunt at the Horniman Museum, Forest Hill, today 😊🎉🙏🏾 #HiddenWondersHunt @kidsinmuseums.bsky.social @walkerbooksuk.bsky.social

Based in #Scotland or #Wales? We’ve got some great free training webinars to help your museum connect better with children and families 👇 Scotland: Creating Family Friendly Museums - 29 October Wales: Working in partnership with ALN families - 1 December kidsinmuseums.org.uk/what-we-do/t...