Kids in Museums 2026 Training Events
Kickstart 2026 with a new programme of training from Kids in Museums. Highlights include Makaton awareness, developing self-guided resources for under fives, family workshop planning and learning from youth social justice projects. Tickets start from £5 with three free sessions on offer. Find out more and book.
🤝 Kids in Museums Cuppa Session for freelancers and consultants - FREE
Wednesday 21 January, 1-2pm | Tickets free (booking essential)
Are you a freelancer or consultant working in the museum, heritage or cultural sector? Learn how Kids in Museums can help you enrich your offer for clients in this free informal virtual briefing and discussion session for freelancers and consultants. BOOK NOW
👋 Makaton awareness: Taster session for museums
Wednesday 28 January, 10am-12pm | All tickets £30
Attendees will have the opportunity to learn more about Makaton and how it may be used in different settings to support language development and communication and learn approximately 30 useful everyday signs and symbols, alongside 12 more words which have been tailored for museum settings.
⚖️ Young people’s social justice projects: Afternoon Cuppa Session - FREE
Wednesday 4 February, 2-3.30pm | Tickets free (booking essential)
Join Kids in Museums for an informal virtual session to hear inspiring case studies from the three organisations who were shortlisted for the Best Museum Youth Project: Social Justice category, as part of the Kids in Museums Family Friendly Museum Award 2025. BOOK NOW
👪 Planning and running family workshops
Tuesday 10 February, 10am-12.30pm | Tickets from £5 - £40 (recording only places available)
Do you want to know more about how to plan and facilitate family museum workshops, so they are suitable for a range of ages? In this session, we will think about the practicalities of running family workshops, learn about the developmental stages of children aged 0-12, gain an understanding of different facilitation styles to build confidence when interacting with children of different age groups and make plans to put the training into practice in your organisation.
🏆 Hurdles to participation and Family Friendly Museum Award: Afternoon cuppa session - FREE
Tuesday 3 March, 2-3.30pm | Tickets free (booking essential)
What stops some families visiting museums? Hurdles to participation include practical barriers, social and attitudinal barriers, constraints on school resources and short-term funding. Understanding these barriers is the first step towards being able to put measures in place to mitigate them. You can also find out more about the Kids in Museums Family Friendly Museum Award. Launched in 2004, the Award recognises the venues that are most welcoming, fun, and accessible for families. BOOK NOW
🦖 Creating self-guided resources for under 5s
Wednesday 11 March, 10am-12.30pm | Tickets from £5 - £40 (recording only places available)
Museums can be brilliant spaces for under 5s to play, explore and learn with their parent/carers. Creating self-guided resources specifically for this audience can help you to enhance the experience of a museum visit for both young children and their accompanying adult. In this session, we will deepen your understanding of who under 5s are, gain insight into how babies and young children learn, identify age-relevant content and plan self-guided resources that capitalise on how young children learn best.