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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.

This article explores how Sewerby Hall and Gardens partnered with local organisations to deliver cooking sessions for referred families, using food to support confidence-building, social skills and parenting. It highlights the role of cultural spaces in community wellbeing and family support.

Discover how the Great North Museum: Hancock trialled Makaton to provide a welcoming, accessible environment and to engage a wider range of family visitors.

A collaborative project between the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge University Botanic Garden and Ace Nursery School, exploring how cultural and natural spaces can support early-years learning through regular, child-led visits.

An early years project led by a partnership of eight Tees Valley museums, investigating what makes a meaningful cultural experience for EYFS groups. It highlights collaborative planning with local children’s services and insights from the museums and schools programme.

A dedicated early years space, the Mouse house, and its programme of under-5s activities at the Great North Museum: Hancock.

How can you facilitate family wellbeing in a museum? Islington Heritage delivered a collaborative research project for families experiencing mental health challenges.

Find out how the Herbert Art Gallery & Museum worked with their Visitor Experience department on their most recent annual exhibition for under-5s, 'A Very Viking Voyage'.

If young children spent most of their school day in a museum over a long period, what would their learning be like? The 'My Primary School is at the Museum' project found out.

Young brains need to be nurtured. Ruth Churchill Dower explains why it's important for us to understand neuroscience and the role our venues can play in early brain development.

In this article Manchester Metropolitan University ask: How are we imagining or anticipating the babies, toddlers and children that enter our museums?

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

An example of a lesson plan for Little Moles toddler session at London Museum.