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 green background. It shows a tree with birds and frogs around the tree, two planets ans stars are in top corners of the image. A cat in a spaceship travels toward the the left hand planet

    Story Explorers: A journey through imaginary worlds

    Free

    Take a free family trip through our collection and discover the stories behind objects which take you to wondrous places. Designed for children aged 2–9.

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  2. Hands of a child and an adult over a planter, planting seeds in the soil.

    Family Under 5s Workshop: Get Gardening!

    Free

    Join our friends from the Garden Museum as they help us explore our exciting new exhibition Unearthed: The Power of Gardening. Suitable for under 5s.

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  3. An outline of a bird on paper, block printed with shapes of different colours.

    Family Workshop: Brilliant Birds

    Free

    Celebrate birds with illustrator Sharon King Chai. Suitable for families with children over 5.

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  4. A person wearing glasses look up through vertical threads

    Family Workshop: Stitching Stories

    Free

    Share stories this Refugee Week as we open up our Afghan collections. Suitable for families with children over 5.

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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

    Family Station: Explore and Play

    Free
    Explore the Library with our creative offer, designed with families.
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  6. Colourful children's drawings of a fish, bird and star with googley eyes on a blue backdrop.

    Family Festival: Story Explorers

    Free

    A day of creativity inspired by our free family exhibition, Story Explorers: A journey through imaginary worlds.

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  7. Line drawing of a yellow chick on a bed of flowers simulating a garden.

    Family Under 5s Workshop: Peekaboo Art

    Free

    Experiment with mirrors, art and nature. Suitable for families with children under 5.

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  8. A family taking part in a workshop

    Relaxed Early Opening for Families

    Free

    Join us for a free sensory friendly early opening of the Library. For families with children aged 2–11.

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