Family activities

About our events

Join us for family fun from creative family festivals to artist-led workshops, regular under 5s sessions and relaxed openings, there's so much for your family or community group to enjoy together.

What's on

  1. A collage on a blue background. It shows a cat in a spaceship and a star against an orange planet-shaped background. There are a frog and some leaves against a green planet-shaped background. And, a fish and some coral against a blue planet-shaped background. There are also a bird and a rocket!
    Leeds Central Library
    Free

    Story Explorers in Leeds

    Our Story Explorers exhibition is launching off to Leeds! Play your way around this family exhibition co-produced with Leeds Libraries.

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  2. A cheeky green dragon with yellow eyes drawn by illustrator Chris Riddell on a purple background. The dragon is surrounded by smoke and stars.
    British Library, London

    Fairy Tales

    A family adventure through magical worlds and enchanted stories.

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  3. A child’s hands using a screwdriver to repair an electronic toy.
    Free

    The Broken Umbrella Challenge

    Join us for a fun, hands-on workshop where we challenge you to get creative with broken items and transform them into something new!

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  4. A family workshop taking place in the Library with children dancing
    Free

    Family Festival: Happily Ever After

    Get creative with Fairy Tales!

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  5. Joseph Coelho holding a book
    Free

    Joseph Coelho's Fairy Tales Gone Bad

    Create your own gruesome stories.

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  6. Chris Riddell

    Chris Riddell's The Cloud Horse Chronicles

    Enter the world of the Guardians of Magic.

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  7. A child and parent reading a book inside a British Library exhibition
    Free

    Relaxed Early Opening for Families

    Join us for a free sensory friendly early opening of the British Library.

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  8. Toddler holding a battery powered tealight candle
    Free

    Family Under 5s Workshop: World of Wishes

    Jump in this musical journey and make a wish.

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  9. Two children playing, one sits on a mat on the floor with and adult, the other child is drawing on a blackboard
    Drop-in
    Free

    Family Station: Explore and Play

    Explore the Library with our creative offer, designed with families.
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  10. Mother and daughter engaging with activity while another girl draws.
    Free

    Family Station: Legendary Creatures

    Exploring South Asian Tales.

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  11. An image of three children inside the British Library's Fairy Tales exhibition
    Free

    Relaxed morning for SEND Families

    Join us for a sensory friendly opening of Fairy Tales for SEND families

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