Starting out

Read our latest case study to discover how we approach early years at London Museum today with free-play sessions, immersive spaces and a focus on sensory, child-led learning.

Manchester Museum worked with their local library to deliver a series of events to better understand their local family audiences.

London Museum Docklands have proven that working with your Visitor Experience department can enhance the breadth and quality of your under-5s progamme.

Find out how Fulham Palace reviewed the quality of their under-5s offer and increased community awareness through their Palace Explorers programme.

Find out how the story of The Twelve Days of Christmas inspired the V&A to develop a brand-new sensory storytelling session with their Visitor Experience department.

What happened when the Dulwich Picture Gallery, the first purpose-built public art gallery, developed a brand new offer for 2-4 year olds? How did colleagues, families and visitors respond?

London Transport Museum encouraged families to explore their permanent galleries, working with Artburst to develop singing and story sessions for under-5s.

Can you be too young to visit a museum? In this article, Jo Graham explains how young children learn and the opportunities this presents for museums.

Recommendations for evaluating provision for under-5s, including how evaluation has influenced our programming over the last 10 years.

How we added gallery interventions at London Museum Docklands.

We reflect on over nine years of running an early years programme and share the lessons we've learnt.

This guide explains how to better understand your audiences and how to reach them, whether you have little to no budget or money to spend.

A trail on offer at London Museum Docklands developed specifically for under-5s.