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]
Playful Museums Case Study: Collective
In our Play in Museums in a Socially Distanced World project with Charlotte Derry and PlayKX, we supported 11 museums across the UK to trial new play ideas during October half term 2020. Here Katie Brennan, Producer (Learning), shares how Collective in Edinburgh encouraged safe play with its family visitors.
Categories: Play
Audience: Family
Playful Museums Case Study: Poole Museum
In our Play in Museums in a Socially Distanced World project with Charlotte Derry and PlayKX, we supported 11 museums across the UK to trial new play ideas during October half term 2020. Here Louise and the Learning team from Poole Museum share how Poole Museum encouraged safe play with its family visitors.
Categories: Play
Audience: Family
Playful Museums Case Study: Wrexham County Borough Museum and Archive
In our Play in Museums in a Socially Distanced World project with Charlotte Derry and PlayKX, we supported 11 museums across the UK to trial new play ideas during October half term 2020. Here Eleri Farley, Learning Officer, shares how Wrexham Museum encouraged safe play with its family visitors.
Categories: Play
Audience: Family
Museum Careers Quiz
Take our quiz to explore some of the different career options you can find in museums.
Categories: Careers
Audience: Secondary school, Young people
Kids in Museums Manifesto SWOT analysis
This downloadable chart will help you assess where you are as an organisation against the points of our Kids in Museums Manifesto.
Categories: Manifesto
Audience: Family
How arts organisations can use TikTok – MuseumNext
This article from MuseumNext explores how cultural organisations can use the TikTok social media platform, with inspiration from successful accounts including the Uffizi Gallery and the Carnegie Museum of Natural History.
Categories: Digital Takeover Day, External resources
Audience: Secondary school, Young people
About Arts Award
A brief look at how Arts Award can be useful for your organisation and for your young visitors.
Categories: Arts Award
Audience: Children, Primary school, Secondary school, Young people
How can museums support young people’s employment and employability skills?
Our guide to how museums can help young people develop transferable skills for employment.
Categories: Careers
Audience: Secondary school, Young people
Creating digital content for children and families
In the last two years creating digital content has become crucial to reach and engage family audiences. But what makes great digital content? Here's advice from our Family Friendly Museum Award From Home shortlist.
Categories: Creating family events and resources
Audience: Children, Family, Young people
Welcoming families with special educational needs and disabilities
Our top tips on how your organisation can become more accessible and welcoming to special needs families, created in partnership with Sam Bowen, Special Needs Mum, Museum Freelancer, and creator of SEND in Museums.
Categories: Accessibility
How to use the Kids in Museums Manifesto to create a quality and COVID-19 safe experience for children, young people and families
Our guide to how museums can provide a quality experience for children and families with COVID-19 safety precautions in place.
Categories: Manifesto
Audience: Family
How can your museum support children and families’ wellbeing?
This resource explores how your organisation can work with children and families to support their wellbeing and focuses on two inspiring case studies.
Categories: Wellbeing