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. 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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  4. Children playing with coloured scarves
    Free

    Family Under 5's: Sensory Adventures

    Start the summer with sensory storytelling.

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  5. 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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  6. Mother and daughter engaging with activity while another girl draws.
    Free

    Family Station: Legendary Creatures

    Exploring South Asian Tales.

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  7. 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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  8. A photograph of a hearth AV inside the Fairy Tales exhibition
    Free

    Relaxed morning for SEND Families (PMLD)

    Join us for a relaxed opening of Fairy Tales, designed with families of children and young people with Profound and Multiple Learning Disabilities (PMLD) and/or complex communication needs in mind.

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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: Summer Holidays

    Escape the heat and explore the Library with our creative offer, designed for families.

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