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World-class art museum housing over 2,300 masterpieces from the 13th to 19th centuries, including works by Van Gogh, Botticelli and Rembrandt. Free entry to permanent galleries with family-friendly trails, interactive games for ages 7+, and storytelling sessions for toddlers. Magnificent neoclassical building with vast, peaceful rooms, plenty of benches and creative spaces designed to engage young visitors.
World-class collection of 220,000 British portraits spanning from Tudor times to the present day, displayed in a stunning refurbished building off Trafalgar Square. Purpose-designed family activities including guided trails for ages 4+, monthly sessions for under-5s, interactive drawing challenges, and creative workshops in the Learning Centre. Step-free accessible throughout with buggy park, changing facilities, and lunchroom for families.
World's largest collection of British art spanning 500 years, from Pre-Raphaelites to contemporary masters like Hockney and Himid. Free galleries welcome families with buggies and young children; family-friendly tours, art trolleys and interactive activities available during school holidays. Quiet room for neurodiverse families and staff who actively encourage children to talk, make noise and explore.
World-renowned modern and contemporary art gallery housed in a converted 1947-1963 power station beside the Thames. Seven floors of paintings, sculptures and installations by Picasso, Kusama, Matisse and others, with a soaring five-storey Turbine Hall showcasing specially-commissioned pieces. Dedicated family spaces including the Families Welcome Room, interactive activities, multimedia guides, and weekend/school holiday art workshops.
A world-class art museum housed in a grand 18th-century aristocratic townhouse filled with 5,000+ masterpieces across 28 rooms. Highlights include the famous Armoury with impressive European and Asian weapons and armour, plus paintings by Rembrandt, Rubens and Fragonard that appeal to all ages. Interactive family trails, multimedia guides, and regular hands-on workshops like armour-handling sessions make it engaging for children, while the intimate domestic setting creates an almost secret-palace atmosphere.
World's largest museum of decorative arts and design, with 2.8 million objects spanning 5,000 years of global creativity across fashion, furniture, jewelry, ceramics, sculpture and more. Features iconic galleries like the Cast Courts with full-scale casts of Renaissance masterpieces and the glittering Jewellery Gallery with 3,500+ pieces. Free family activities, trails, and interactive backpack programs (including award-winning 'Agent Animal' backpacks for under-fives) encourage exploration at all ages.
Interactive, hands-on museum co-designed with children, where visitors explore design and creativity through three permanent galleries (Imagine, Play, Design) filled with sensory playscapes, performance stages, construction zones, and touchable exhibits. Winner of Art Fund Museum of the Year 2024. Historic red-brick building recently transformed with spaces tailored to babies through teenagers.
London's first permanent public art walk featuring sculptures and installations by renowned artists including Damien Hirst and Antony Gormley, stretching 7.7km along East London waterways from Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park to the O2. The route passes historical landmarks like Three Mills tidal mill, follows the Greenwich Meridian, and includes sculptures that children find engaging—shopping trolleys arranged as a DNA helix, an upside-down pylon. Cody Dock marks the geographical centre with gardens and a café for refreshment.
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