A family-run museum!
Orkney
Looking at life in Orkney at the time of the Stone Age and Bronze Age. An opportunity to handle Neolithic artefacts.
The Higgins, Bedford - come and visit
Bedfordshire
Visit our transformed Museum and art gallery - something for everyone.
A great day out!
Anglesey
Find out about crime and punishment in Beaumaris Gaol, see the spartan cells and unique treadwheel.
Lot of things to do for kids here.
Nottinghamshire
Great Day out for families! & FREE
Yorkshire
For a fantastic free day out with railway legends, daily demonstrations and interactive exhibits visit the National Railway Museum in York.
Find out more!
Situated on the historic Shiprow
Aberdeenshire
Incorporating Provost Ross's House - built in 1593 - Aberdeen Maritime Museum tells the story of the city's long relationship with the Sea.
Killhope is a fully restored 19th century lead mine.
County Durham
You experience the life and work of the local lead mining families. Huge working waterwheel.
Welcome to Brighton's iconic landmark!
An extraordinary and extravagant pleasure palace, built for the Prince Regent, later King George IV, in stages between 1787 and 1823.
Regular events and shows at this great Transport Museum in Aberdeenshire
Dramatic displays, working exhibits and DVD presentations trace the history of travel and transport in the North East of Scotland in our Aberdeenshire Museum.
Take a look!
Britain’s original dinosaurs museum.
Dorset
Award-winning museum in Dorset on your kids days out - fossils, skeletons and life-sized dinosaur reconstructions with multimedia and hands on displays.
Climb the tower!
Learn more about the remains of Guildford Castle
Surrey
Trace the fascinating history of Wiltshire.
Wiltshire
Learn about Wiltshire and its environment and its people over the last 6,000 years. Collections from Stonehenge and Avebury World Heritage Site.
A great day out for all the family!
A real treasure house of the ordinary and the extraordinary from Swansea past, and is a focus for the future of the city and its people.
A great educational day out!
A wonderful day out!
Acres of award winning family fun
Devon
A great Aircraft attraction for all the family.
Tyne and Wear
If you like aircraft this is the place for you with over 30 aircraft and plenty more to see.
WOW - Take a look at this!
Home to a variety of animals!
Pembrokeshire
Enjoy the interesting Hereford Museum and Art!
Herefordshire
The museum is full of interesting local history with hands-on elements for all the family.
Plenty of special features for children!
Sussex
Learn about fossils that transform into dinosaurs, prehistoric crocodiles and fish, a diorama of local animals and birds and much more!
The museum tells the story of childhood in the Highlands
Ross and Cromarty
Learn about childhood amongst hardworking crofters and townsfolk, where money and luxuries were scarce and life followed the rhythm of the seasons.
Normal admission rules apply.
A great visit!
Over 100 aircraft on display. Free entry!
Make discovering history fun by using interactive displays, visiting our interactive centre, having a ride on a simulator and much more!
Educational and interesting!
Lincolnshire
An amazing day out!
The Haynes Motor Museum in Somerset is a great Kids Days Out
Somerset
Bringing the age of steam to life
Buckinghamshire
Free entry attraction for families at Irchester Country Park
Northamptonshire
Kent
Verulamium Museum
Hertfordshire
Museum of Roman Britain with lots of interesting exhibits including mosaics.
Great place to visit!
A motoring journey through the 20th century
Gloucestershire
Wonderful collections of cars, motorcycles, caravans and a huge toy collection of pedal cars & models.
Something for everyone!
One of our ideas for things to do for the family.
Discover the American way of life from colonial times, the joys and hardships of American children. Set in 30 acres of beautiful parkland.
Enjoy a great family day out.
Isle of Wight
This is one of the finest Romano-British archaeological sites in the UK. Our award-winning Exhibition and Visitor Centre offers a unique insight into Roman life in Britain.
Another thing to do from Kids Days out.
Our recent £10million redevelopment has created dynamic and innovative new galleries that encourage you to get involved as you wander round.
Making science accessible for the whole family
You must take a look!
Amazing aircraft collection!
Shropshire
Educational and Exciting!
Berkshire
Lots of school holiday activities at this historic castle
Norfolk
Helicopters!
All year award winning attraction with more than 70 aircraft. Adventure and picnic area. Helicopter rides. Coffee shop with hot meals.
Fun and educational day out!
School trips too!
Home of the Codebreakers - children under 12 free
Explore this historical museum!
Sutherland
Good Museum - Relating the history of the Royal Burgh of Dornoch, interpretive displays and items illustrating the town’s history.
Imagine an open-air museum inside a massive modern building!
Hampshire
A network of streets with shops, a village green and even a pub... dating from Victorian times and the 1930s!
A must visit - why?
Where children play to learn and grown-ups learn to play...
Enjoy 300 years of history through hands-on exhibits and displays.
Essex
Discover what family life was like. Interesting Schools sessions - dress up in Victorian Costumes.
Make learning fun!
Warwickshire
Expand your child's knowledge at the Gordon Highlanders Museum!
A look into life in the Regiment and the area of Aberdeenshire, with collections and exhibits at this interesting museum.One of our suggestions for school trips!
The museum has an extensive and varied collection of domestic and defence wireless equipment.
Perfect for aviation fans!
Small Museum of Teddy Bears!
The Dorset Teddy Bear Museum.
Have a great Kids Day Out at Dorchester's unmissable family museum, plus Teddy Bear House, a unique family house with people sized bears.
Following the trail of Sirius the dog!
Discover how astronomers and musicians William and Caroline Herschel lived in Georgian times, and what wonders they discovered!
Develope your knowledge at Banbury Museum!
Oxfordshire
New Museum in attractive canal side locationwith exciting displays. Resource Room, Cafe.
Just another idea for a day out with your kids.
This museum combines the excavated remains of the fort with spectacular reconstructions and exciting, hands-on museum displays.
Secrets of King Richard III
Discover the incredible story of the last English king to die in battle and the first to be DNA tested
This heritage centre is a must!
Glamorgan
The museum which creates historic Welsh life is also making gardens for the many old re-erected buildings. Also excellent formal gardens.
Check this out!
The largest independent air museum in Britain with plenty of things to do for kids!
Over 50 historic aircraft including Tornado GR4, Spitfire & the rarely-seen Nimrod MR2. Large range of military vehicles.
Museum
Inverness-shire
Here you actually enter the World of the Highlander and experience walking through a number of 'time windows' dating from the early 18th century.
See the famous Egyptology galleries...
The new Science for Life gallery; Zoology featuring mammals, birds and live animals; and the Museum's own collections of fossils and minerals.
Foxton Canal Museum was opened in 1989.
Leicestershire
Foxton Canal Museum is situated in the reconstructed Boiler House of the lift. It tells the story of the lift and canals it served for the public.
Ideal for schools!
There is always something fun to do at the Museum of Farnham!
It is a great place to spend a rainy day or have a picnic in the garden when the weather is fine. Monthly Museum club. School visits.
A train lover's paradise!
Full 'Steam' ahead for a great day out in Swindon
STEAM is an interactive, hands-on history of the people & locomotives who built & operated the Great Western Railway. Cafeteria.
Local stories bringing local history to life
Hertford Museum
Local history museum with restored Jacobean knot garden.
An educational and fun place to visit!
Lots of things to see and do here. Chippenham Museum and Heritage Centre holds an interesting collection telling the history and story of Chippenham past and present.
A great all weather attraction!
All weather 5 star attraction
All weather, multi-award-winning Five-Star visitor attraction.
Angus
European Industrial Museum of the Year Winner. Original working machinery. Computer displays and hands-on interactive Juteopolis film show.
Family-friendly activities all year round at this popular community museum!
Packed full of inspiring art, fascinating social history and fun interactive gadgets. School groups welcome with prior bookings. School Holiday Workshops
With its entertaining & creative workshops, friendly interactive galleries & an outdoor Story Garden, The Bowes Museum is first choice for family fun.
Dumfries Museum is centred around the eighteenth century windmill.
Dumfriesshire
You will see fossil footprints left by prehistoric reptiles, the Wildlife of the Solway marshes, tools and weapons of the earliest peoples of the region.
Fun activities galore!
We offer many fun activities
Set in a futuristic glass building located at the heart of Manchester
We are proud to care for the world’s greatest football collection - over 140,000 items - including the FIFA Collection.
Carmarthenshire
Families can have fun following the specially designed trail, 'A Woolly Tale', trying their hand at carding, spinning and sewing along the way.
Family Fun at Tudor World
Eastnor Castle.
This is one of England's most beautiful castles. Knight's Maze and Children's Assault Course. Adventure Playground.
See a recreated ironmonger's shop.
Selkirkshire
Other lively displays relate to the history of the building and to Selkirk. Video and audio-tape programmes are available.
Another days out idea for kids in Inverness!
Explore our lively "Man in the Landscape" exhibition and our Discovery Centre, both on the ground floor and much more. Gift shop.
Medicine changed the world!
A great family day out!
Kirkcudbrightshire
Fine private collections of gemstones, crystals, minerals, rocks and fossils in Great Britain.
Take a peek into local industries!
Have fun seeing the evolution of computing & our UK digital history!
Lots of hands-on working exhibits: try vintage games in our ‘Pong to Playstation’ Zone with Pong, Pacman, and more. School visits.
The museum is set in parkland
Displays exhibits relating to Northampton's varied history including, military history, 19-century fashion gallery and leathercraft gallery.
A great attraction for your days out in Merseyside.
Merseyside
This Museum tells the history of one of the world's greatest ports and the people who used it.
Have one of your days out at this museum housed in a beautiful Victorian farmstead
Have one of your days out at this museum housed in a beautiful Victorian farmstead this is much more than a run of the mill museum.
Learn about the history of Norwich!
Have a great day out here with your kids.
Worcestershire
Small museum in Riverside setting with good collection of historical items. Regular events.
Discover farming through the ages
Cambridgeshire
Discover farming through the ages and learn about the rural history of Cambridgeshire with objects displays and interactives for all ages.
Travel back in time to Roman Canterbury
Enjoy and explore!
The Museum for Dorset!
Take a trip back in time
Take a trip to this family friendly museum in Matlock
Derbyshire
Get really hands-on here!
Edward Booth's collection is a fascinating – and quirky – celebration of natural history. Hands-on natural history in the interactive Discovery gallery.
Ghost tours. School visits.
Brighton
A wonderful atmosphere of Edwardian living in the home of the Stanford family for over 130 years.
Chester's family friendly museum.
Cheshire
Explore the history of West Berkshire!
Stockwood Discovery Centre - A great place to take the kids and free!
For high drama and explosive action.
Fort Nelson’s the place to visit! Enjoy large-scale historical battle re-enactments, exciting hands-on children’s holiday activities.
Lots for kids to see and find out about at this 900 year old Cathedral
Mums & Dads will love this too!
Aviation and motor-sport museum!
Lots of family activities, hands-on-discovery centre. Much more to see than you can imagine. Tea room and gift shop.
Come and Learn at the Lichfield Heritage Centre!
Staffordshire
2000 years of history with some great displays, mouse-hole trails and more!
This child friendly Museum is a great place to learn of the history of Evesham
Historical fun for all the family!
The People's History Museum is the only national museum dedicated to the lives of ordinary people.
This free attraction is a great place to take the family!
The huge, 7½ acre site has five historic buildings
Manchester
Enjoy the fascinating exhibitions, hands-on galleries, historic working machinery and superb special exhibitions. Cafe. Shop. School trips.
Interactive family fun!
Northumberland
Dumfries & Galloway
Good Museum - Take a look at varied items from the past with lots of interesting displays.
Great air museum that kids will love!
Excellent air museum for all the family with many historic aircraft, activities and museum. Events throughout the year.
Enjoy an exciting ride on the Steam train.
All aboard for an exciting journey into history! Ride a steam train and visit the museum, plenty for the whole family to enjoy.
A beautifully restored building which explores the town’s turbulent early history.
Roxburgh
We also host a variety of temporary displays and activities suitable for all the family. Audio tours, tourist information, gifts & souvenirs.
Perfect for fans of fire engines!
This great museum focuses on the rich natural heritage of North Essex.
Hands on displays plus churchyard Nature Reserve and well stocked shop. Excellent School sessions.
Farming and domestic memorabilia, from the rural community that was Dalgarven.
Ayrshire
Regularly changing display of vintage costumes from the museum's 1,000 or more collection.
More than you can imagine!
Filled with fun exhibitions, 3 cinemas inc. IMAX (charges apply) and galleries!
The National Media Museum is a FREE fun day out for the whole family devoted to film, photos, TV, radio & the web. Restaurant, Cafe.
Award winning museum.
Featuring many hands-on displays showing Colchester's history from the Stone Age to the Civil War.
Popular with schools. Full programme of family events.
Indoor for Kids -Set in an old woollen mill the Museum tells the story of its past, as well as hosing many other exhibits.
You will love Penrhyn Castle!
Gwynedd
Large 19th-century neo-Norman castle fantasy castle with spectacular contents and grounds. Train museum, Doll museum.
Museum and Arts and Crafts Centre!
Berwickshire
Cottage Tearoom and Crafthouse Gallery. Small children's play area and picnic site. A variety of walks through the grounds of the Estate.
Kincardineshire
Find out about 19th century tartans, Royal commemorative china and the life of local musician and composer, J. Scott Skinner.
Good Museum!
Wigtownshire
An exhibition about the history of Creetown. Historical photographs, audio and video presentations, local arts & crafts.
Explore military history in Gloucester
Enjoy the Cultural New Walk Museum and Art Gallery!
Leicester's oldest museum has wide-ranging collections spanning the natural and cultural world, special discover area for 2s to 8s.
Come and explore the Dunbeath Heritage Centre!
Caithness
This small museum is well worth a visit with good displays from the history of the area.
Another one of our days out with the kids.
Lanarkshire
Special Events: Spring into Easter, April 4. Classic Cars May 2, on our 1950s working farm with dairy cows, sheep, pigs, and much more!
One of the most talked about Museums in Britain today
Imperial War Museum North is about people and their stories. Cafe and shop.
A gem of a Museum
Country Life Museum
Perthshire
Unique collection of information, photographs and artefacts from the local area & people which ties in to stories and displays of how their use.
Plenty of things to do here.
Discover the chequered history of Newcastle upon Tyne, from Romans and Knights to ship-builders and pitmen.
It houses one of the finest craft collections in the country.
Lots of regular hands-on events and activities in one of the most family friendly and accessible museums in the south east with an unusual Indian gateway in its grounds.
Surely Scotland’s grandest castle set on it's magnificent volcanic rock.
Stirlingshire
With historical displays, recreation of the 16th century kitchens, Regimental Museum of the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders.
Guided Underground tours at Scotland's only lead-mining museum in Scotland's highest village.
Gold Panning in July and August. Educational & school visits, Interactive displays. Beam Engine. Gift shop, cafe.
Lots here to see with regular events for the whole family.
This is the exciting story of the Corps of Royal Engineers. see their innovation & creativity including tanks, torpedoes, bridges.
Award Winning Museum
Interactive areas throughout our family!
Friendly museum allow all ages to get involved. Regular junior workshops, family events and a range of activities!
Come and explore the wreck of the Warship Anne!
Warship Anne is the best known surviving vessel from Samuel Pepys’ Restoration Navy. Travel back to 1749!
