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
Art School... in a trail! Join us this February half term
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...
Hurdles to participation and Family Friendly Museum Award: Afternoon cuppa session Tuesday 3 March 2pm - 3.30pm
🏆 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...
Cuppa session for freelancers and consultants, Wednesday 21 January, 1pm - 2pm
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...
Planning and running family workshops, Tuesday 10 February 10am-12.30pm. Two children of different ages take part in a museum craft workshop
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...
How to create a museum visual story. Two people enjoy an interactive museum exhibit
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...
An adult carries a smiling child through a museum exhibit
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-...
The Kids in Museums office will be closed from 22 December - 4 January. 2026 is already packed with fantastic opportunities to work with us - but in the meanwhile, we wish you a very merry festive period and a peaceful New Year.
🎉 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.
The kids in museums award sitting on a plinth pride of place in the main gallery
An adult helps a young child with pigtails use a small green shovel to dig in a sandbox indoors at Barnsley Museums, with colorful educational posters visible on the walls in the background, celebrating Barnsley heritage.
A young child with blonde hair sits in a small green toy car with the number 8 on the side, indoors at what appears to be a Barnsley Museums play area. The child looks up curiously, embracing the spirit of Barnsley heritage and discovery.
Two young children sit together on a retro green sofa, looking at a book. Surrounded by vintage décor and reminders of Barnsley heritage, the room features colourful pillows, patterned wallpaper, magazines, and framed photos on the wall.
#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
An adult carries a smiling child through a museum display
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-...
A group of people in a cinema smile and laugh. Text reads 'Together we act'
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...
TODAY!
A child holds a sheet of paper, gazing joyfully at something off camera. Beside this photo sits the Takeover Day logo
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 ➡️
Hand holding up a sticker in the National Videogame Museum. The sticker reads 'Kids in Museums, I've been taken over, takeover day'.
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
We're really pleased that #TakeoverDay coincides with #DiscoverCreativeCareers Month - a national programme designed to inspire 11–18-year-olds to explore the vast array of opportunities in the creative industries across every region.
#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:
#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
The Hidden Wonders Hunt 18 October 2025 to 2 November 2025 Children aged 4+ and their families are invited to experience the joy of discovery at Stromness Museum during the October school holiday. The Hidden Wonders Hunt is a free spotter trail from Kids in Museums and Walker Books, celebrating the release of The Search for our Cosmic Neighbours, a new book from bestselling author-illustrator Chloe Savage. Discover hidden wonders around the museum and take on a special drawing challenge. Complete the activity sheet to receive your Hidden Wonders Hunt sticker! Share your drawing on Instagram or BlueSky with the hashtag #HiddenWondersHunt and tag @kidsinmuseums for a chance to win out of this world prizes, including a Double National Art Pass Plus Kids and a signed Hidden Wonders book bundle.
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
Working in partnership with ALN families. Free training webinar, Monday 1 Dec, 10-11.30am
creating family friendly museums. Cuppa Session (Scotland), Wednesday 29 October, 10.30am - 11.30am
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...
“They received hands-on training in all aspects of exhibition planning, including writing interpretation, object selection and handling and marketing. They put the skills they learned into practice with a display case of their chosen objects in the exhibition. This group, now our Young Curators Collective, have continued to work with us by designing their own exhibition.”
New case study now live ✨
Find out how the Museum of Wigan Life found new ways to engage teenagers with their programmes as part of the Family Friendly Museum Programme, run by Kids in Museums and musdevnorth.bsky.social ➡️ kidsinmuseums.org.uk/resources/mu...
