Family visits - Museum of the Home
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Family visits
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Events and activities
Young explorers can expect a fun-filled day out, with lots to see and do. Parents and carers can relax in a supportive environment, with plenty of facilities for babies and children. We were shortlisted for a Kids in Museums’ family friendly museum award in 2024 and 2025.
During your visit
Mini Playhouse
A place to play, co-designed with local children.
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Mini Playhouse
Family trails
Two interactive trails by illustrator Emma Thrussell bring the Home Galleries and Gardens Through Time to life with characterful drawings.
Pick up during your visit
Family trails
Sensory Explorer Bags
Pick up a sensory explorer backpack from reception, filled with things to help make your visit enjoyable and calm. Leave a contact number to sign out.
Reading Lounge and sensory den
Our Reading Lounge is a safe space for children to play and families to rest. Read more on the page under Facilities.
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Spaces
Our Reading Lounge is a safe space for children to play with home-themed resources, including our mini market, kitchen and a dress up station for imaginative and role play.
Our range of inclusive and beautifully illustrated children’s books is updated regularly, telling stories of home, identity, belonging and the world.
We are a registered Warm Bank and have several resources to make the space comfortable for a longer stopping time. Relax on our sofas, bean bags or rocking chairs for as long as you need.
The sensory den is an enclosed space for children to explore light and texture. In the den you will find soft matting, colourful lighting, and sensory toys.
Facilities for babies and children
The museum is accessible for prams and buggies. There are some larger lockers in the Welcome Area for buggies, as well as a buggy park.. At busy times, we may ask you to fold your buggy or leave it in the buggy park.
There are baby changing facilities in each of the accessible toilets across the museum (there are three of these).
Parents and guardians are welcome to breastfeed or bottle-feed anywhere on the museum’s grounds. The Reading Lounge offers comfortable seating and the Garden Reading Room is a little off the main route and is often much quieter.
You can’t eat and drink in our galleries (including the family area). But you are welcome to picnic on the Kingsland Road Gardens or use our Lunch Room.
Our quieter and less crowded spaces include the Garden Reading Room, a seating area on the ground floor, and our Gardens Through Time.
To explore the spaces before or during your visit, download our family-friendly map of the museum, perfect for one of our free family days.
Download the family map
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