Focus | Designing playful museums
Holly Black shares some different approaches to play-based interventions and exhibitions
Play
Trendswatch | Outdoor play areas
Museums and heritage sites are improving their outdoor offerings in the hope of reaching new audiences
Guide | Facilitating slow play
Educator Nicola Wallis explains what slow play is and how it can be used in museums
Case study | Creating playful experiences for under-fives
The Royal Academy of Arts shares how its early years learning programme aims to inspire creativity
Case study | Producing playful digital content
How Fast Familiar and Manchester Museum created an interactive quiz for the Wild exhibition
Case study | Playing at London Museum Docklands
The museum runs regular sessions as well as open-ended immersive spaces
Young V&A named family friendly museum of the year
National Civil War Centre and Turner Contemporary also win Kids in Museums awards
Stonehenge to host temporary adventure playgound
Half-term event will see visitors construct Playhenge
Young V&A shapes up for a new generation
East London venue has been revamped as a space 'for children' rather than a museum of childhood
Whizz kid
Gina Koutsika, the director (creativity and skills) of the V&A Museum of Childhood in east London, tells Eleanor Mills about the venue’s forthcoming redevelopment
Play time
The museums that are using play to engage younger visitors