Kids in Museums

Family Fortunes Workshop, People’s History Museum, 14th March 2012...

Kids in Museums volunteer Laura Archer reports back on her first event volunteering for us, getting stuck in to our Family Fortunes workshop held in Manchester earlier in March….

On Wednesday 14th March, The People’s History Museum in Manchester hosted the latest Kids in Museums Family Fortunes … Read more

Added: April 20, 2012Comments: 0

The Body Adorned: Dressing London at the Horniman Museum...

What happens when museums involve teenagers in making exhibitions? Kids in Museums volunteer Leonie Saywell, discovered the influence a youth panel can have at the Horniman Museum’s The Body Adorned exhibition…

Why do we wear what we wear? This is the question posed by this fascinating exhibition on dress. If you’re … Read more

Added: April 11, 2012Comments: 0

The Design Museum, London...

Kids in Museums volunteer, Corinna Silk remembers the Design Museum as a place for hipsters to hang out. But does it accommodate children and families?…

It’s been some years since I last visited London’s Design Museum, and I have vague memories of an exhibition of Dyson vacuum cleaners, which isn’t perhaps … Read more

Added: March 27, 2012Comments: 0

Costume Museums...

Dressing up is a key activity in any museum setting. Kids in Museums volunteers, Emma Patterson and Leonie Saywell have been discovering two museums dedicated to dressing up in different parts of the country…

Fashion Museum, Bath

At the moment, the Fashion Museum in … Read more

Added: March 7, 2012Comments: 0

War Horse the Exhibition...

War Horse has recently taken the country by storm! Kids in Museums volunteer, Sophie Serraris visited a special exhibition at the National Army Museum to see what all the fuss is about…

A question often heard: what do you like better, the book or the movie? Less common is whether you enjoyed the … Read more

Added: February 28, 2012Comments: 0