💡 FREE RESOURCE

Families are an important audience for many museums. Recent data shows they make up an average of 35% of museum visitors.

Creating Family Friendly Exhibitions is full of practical tips to support you to create family exhibitions.
➡️ kidsinmuseums.org.uk/resources/crea…

Takeover Day was created to empower museums to give young people meaningful roles within their institutions. Over 5,000 children and young people now take part every year.

Join us for a free online briefing to find out how to get involved this year: bit.ly/3IzP9Zc

Don't miss Kids in Museums youth panel at the #MandHShow ! Connor Brown and Carys Owen will be sharing their thoughts and findings about what young people want from museums. 🏛️

Register for your free two-day pass here: museumsandheritage24.smartreg.co.uk/Visitors/Visit…

🗣️📢Calling all #WelshMuseums its nomination time for the Kids in Museums #FamilyFriendlyMuseum Award, celebrating the most accessible, fun and welcoming museums for families.

🗓️You have until June 3rd to get your nomination in!

Are you a grassroots organisation who works with young people aged 11-25? Would you like to get creative and use heritage as your inspiration? Shout Out Loud have opened applications for Reverberate 2024, with funding of £2,500 for five projects.
ℹ️shoutoutloud.org.uk/project/reverb…

🙌 Would you like to work with young volunteers in your organisation?

Join us on 18 June for a training webinar exploring all aspects of how to work with young volunteers, from recruitment and logistics to safeguarding.

Book here: bit.ly/3xDoOHv

Bank holidays are for... museum visits!

If you've had a brilliant trip somewhere this weekend, why not nominate them for the Family Friendly Museum Award? The form takes less than five minutes to complete: bit.ly/FFMA24

Planning a bank holiday weekend day out? Check out our resource page for families, showcasing amazing #FamilyFriendlyMuseums from across the UK 🌻
bit.ly/3TEBLrQ

In partnership with Kids in Museums we've launched 'Kids in Museums Family Friendly Museum Cohort'! This is for museums within Levelling Up for Culture Places in the #Hampshire Solent area. The programme focuses on creating a family friendly museum: buff.ly/3QqPUZ8

📢 We're excited to work with Museum Development South West on a partnership support programme within Levelling Up for Culture Places in the Hampshire Solent area. We'll work together to support museums without dedicated learning teams to become more family friendly 🤝

ℹ️ southwestmuseums.org.uk/2024/04/family…

We are delighted to take part in this exciting programme to engage young trustees here at Wiltshire Museum!

VERY pleased to be participating in this exciting programme from Kids in Museums
We will be recruiting a young trustee later this year... more info coming soon!

We’re pleased to share the organisations participating in Engaging your first Young Trustees.

Led by Kids in Museums & Upstart Projects, the programme will support museums to recruit their first Young Trustees, and develop more inclusive board cultures🤝ℹ️bit.ly/engagingyoungt…

💥 NEW FUNDING OPPORTUNITY

Art Fund are partnering with Nesta on two-year research & development programme to develop, test and scale a new early years’ intervention in museums. There are 8 places for museums leading in early years learning.

ℹ️bit.ly/44aYUr1

Well done to all nominees! It's wonderful to see the winners of last year's #FamilyFriendlyMuseum Award in this list - huge congratulations to the team at Craven Museum Skipton Town Hall 💫

📢 Our 2024 summer training programme is open for bookings! Join us for webinars covering:
💥 Creating activities for 0-12 year olds informed by developmental stages
🙌 Working with young volunteers
🌞 Creating family friendly exhibitions
Book: bit.ly/49Xn5KV

Always great to hear from Laura Bedford, Kids in Museums and how to create inclusive and family friendly museums. #SMFConference2024

Interested in developing family friendly exhibitions, but unsure where to start?
Book now for an online webinar led by Sarah Shaw, exploring the process of developing and delivering a family exhibition with practical tips.
🎟️ Tickets £5 - £40
🗓️ Wednesday 3 July, 10am-12.30pm

We had some fab entries to the 'Design your own hieroglyph' #TCHMuseumTrail competition ✏️

The winner is.... Esme, aged 9, for a celebration of all things 'friendship'😊

A copy of #TotallyChaoticHistory by Greg Jenner plus a National Art Pass are winging their way to you! ✨

How can museums support children and young people to learn about the Climate and Ecological Emergency, discuss issues surrounding it and get involved with social action?

You can purchase a recording of our training webinar, led by Kathy Moore, here: bit.ly/3w8Ex0S