Resources
Here you can find all of our resources. These include guides to taking part in our programmes and practical advice on how to make your museum more accessible and family friendly. We’ve also included resources from our partners that we think you’ll find helpful.
In the right hand menu, you can search all of our resources, or select the category and audience relevant to you. You can also click on resource tags to see all resources on that subject.
You can find all bilingual Welsh and English resources under the Welsh Language tag. Welsh versions of the resource can often be found as a PDF download from the bottom of the page.
If you have a resource you think would fit on this page, or you are looking for a more specific Takeover Day example, please contact us: [email protected]
Part 1: How can your museum engage children, young people and families with sensitive topics?
This resource is designed to support your work discussing and engaging young audiences with difficult, challenging or sensitive topics, including supporting staff and visitor wellbeing.
Categories: Equality and inclusion
Audience: Children, Family, Primary school, Secondary school, Young people
Part 2: How can your museum engage children, young people and families with sensitive topics?
Read the second part of our guide to how your heritage organisation can engage children, young people and families with difficult or challenging topics. This section discusses how to practically embed this work in your organisation.
Categories: Equality and inclusion
Audience: Children, Family, Primary school, Secondary school, Young people
Part 3: How can your museum engage children, families and young people with sensitive topics?
Read the third and final part of our guide to how your heritage organisation can engage children, young people and families with difficult or challenging topics. This section discusses how to support staff and young participants, and provides links to further resources to help you.
Categories: Equality and inclusion
Audience: Children, Family, Primary school, Secondary school, Young people
Part 1: Play, museums and cultural organisations – Play Wales
This resource is to support museums, galleries and cultural organisations working with children and families to broaden their understanding of play and find ways to incorporate play into their day-to-day work and service provision.
Categories: External resources, Play
Part 2: Play, museums and cultural organisations – Play Wales
This is the second part of Play Wales' resource to support museums, galleries and cultural organisations working with children and families to broaden their understanding of play and find ways to incorporate play into their day-to-day work and service provision.
Categories: External resources, Play
Part 3: Play, museums and cultural organisations – Play Wales
The third and final part of the Play Wales resource to support museums, galleries and cultural organisations working with children and families to broaden their understanding of play and find ways to incorporate play into their day-to-day work and service provision.
Categories: External resources, Play
Supporting families during the cost of living crisis
This resource outlines how you can create a generous and welcoming offer for all families, children and young people this year as the rising cost of living continues to negatively affect family finances.
Categories: Equality and inclusion
Audience: Family
Bahamas Loco Society Engine Shed | Case Study: Family Friendly Cohort
Bahamas Loco Society Engine Shed shares improvements it has made as part of our Family Friendly Cohort with Museum Development Yorkshire.
Categories: Case Studies
Audience: Family
Fairfax House | Case Study: Family Friendly Cohort
Fairfax House shares improvements it has made as part of our Family Friendly Cohort with Museum Development Yorkshire.
Categories: Case Studies
Audience: Family
Tolson Museum | Case Study: Family Friendly Cohort
Tolson Museum shares improvements it has made as part of our Family Friendly Cohort with Museum Development Yorkshire.
Categories: Case Studies
Audience: Family
Dales Countryside Museum | Case Study: Family Friendly Cohort
Dales Countryside Museum shares improvements it has made as part of our Family Friendly Cohort with Museum Development Yorkshire.
Categories: Case Studies
Buxton Museum & Art Gallery | Case Study: Family Friendly Programme
Buxton Museum and Art Gallery shares improvements it has made as part of our Family Friendly Programme with Museum Development East Midlands.
Categories: Case Studies
Audience: Family