Fab Mums

Visiting a museum can be a very dispersing experience for kids who have so much to take in all at once, that’s why museums’ visits for children should be channeled to specific sections for them to take the information having fun and focus their attention to an area that they will remember. The backpacks available [...]

Museums have really become children friendly in recent years and not just the usual family oriented museums that have always appealed to children, but more traditional national treasures like the British Museum now offer specific trails and explorer backpacks for more enjoyable family visits.  
The British Museum has in place a series of facilities for [...]

What I love about London is that if you look well enough you find plenty of free activities to do with kids like the fabulous workshop for children aged between 6 and 12 offered by the Contemporary Applied Arts (CAA).
The Make It – Magical workshop is inspired by the gallery’s current exhibition Mystery, Magic [...]

As the mum of a creative child I am always on the lookout for workshops and activities to do at home to encourage his naturally artistic vein. Taking part to one of the free workshops at the National Gallery is on my list of things to do next time we are in London.  The workshops [...]

These photos were taken during our visits to the Tate Modern in London last March. The first photo is a shot of the TH2058 exhibition in the Turbine Hall, which is the futuristic vision of London under attack by artist Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster consisting of 200 bunk beds where people would find shelter 50 years from [...]

I have recently come across to the brilliant Kids in Museums organisation that promotes family friendly visits to museums and art galleries across the country. The organisation was founded after writer Dea Birkett’s son was thrown out of the Aztec’s exhibition at the Royal Academy for shouting “monster” at an exhibit. A fair reaction one [...]