Resources by Kids in Museums
Kids in Museums Manifesto
The Kids in Museums' Manifesto is a set of simple guidelines for museums created with children, young people and families. It sets out what they feel makes a museum a great place to visit.
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Guide: How can your museum support children and young people to understand and respond to the Climate and Ecological Emergency?
This guide is designed to help museums support youth climate activism and collaborate with young people on events, exhibitions and debates. It was produced by Kids in Museums in partnership with Climate Museum UK, the Happy Museum Project and Julie's Bicycle.
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Flexible Family Tickets in Museums – commercial considerations
A report by CultueLabel for Kids in Museums looking at opportunities to use flexible family tickets to develop new creative business models.
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How can your museum better welcome families and young people who are blind and partially sighted?
This guide by Kids in Museums offers simple ideas to help overcome the hurdles faced by those with visual impairment in visiting museums and cultural heritage sites.
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Kids in Museums: Guide to Welcoming Families with a Wheelchair User
Kids in Museums believes museums are for everyone. But families with a wheelchair user find that some museums are much better than others at making them feel welcome and included in everything there is to see and do. Her is their Keep and Share Guide to making your venue more accessible.
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Where can museums find young people?
This factsheet explains how cultural institutions such as museums, galleries and heritage sites can locate and attract young people to take part in Kids in Museums Takeover Day. It is useful in general for cultural organisations who want to know where to find young people ahead of a special event.
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Kids in Museums Takeover Day report 2012
Following the success of the 2011 event, children were again put in charge of museums, galleries and heritage sites across the UK for a whole day in 2012. This report looks at how these cultural institutions attracted young people to take part, and what the participants – both children and museums – got out of it. Featured case studies include Birmingham's ThinkTank science museum, Pitt Rivers Museum in Oxford and the Geffrye Museum in London.
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Kids in Museums Takeover Day report 2011
Children were put in charge of museums, galleries and heritage sites across the UK for a whole day in 2011. This report looks at how these cultural institutions attracted young people to take part, and what the participants - both children and museums - got out of it. It features six case studies, including Tyne and Wear Archives & Museums, the People's History Museum in Manchester, and the Horniman Museum in London.
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