A Free Guide to visiting museums with babies

museum communities can support new parents
Museums are Good for Babies
Helping Museums to Welcome Parents and Babies

Museum reviews

We have been busy visiting museums with babies, hunting for changing tables and highchairs, checking out level access and buggy parks, assessing transport options and facilities and rating each place out of 5. Just for you!

from the Babies in Museums Teams

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The Natural History Museum, London
Portsmouth Historic Dockyard, Portsmouth
National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh
Young V&A, Bethnal Green
The Painted Hall, Greenwich
The King’s Gallery, London
National Maritime Museum, Greenwich
William Morris Gallery, Walthamstow
The Queen’s House, Greenwich
The Tower of London, London
National Gallery, London
Great North Museum: Hancock, Newcastle upon Tyne
Hampton Court Palace
The Foundling Museum, London
The British Museum , London
V&A, London
York Castle Museum, York
National Railway Museum, York
The Palace of Westminster, London
Warner Brothers Studio Tour
Museum of London, Docklands
Tate Britain, London
Royal Albert Memorial Museum, Exeter
British Library, London
Eltham Palace, Greater London
Leeds Castle, Kent
Blenheim Palace, Oxfordshire
Kenwood House, Hampstead
Cutty Sark, Greenwich
Brighton Pavilion, Brighton
Hall Place and Gardens, Kent
Kensington Palace, London
Ashmolean Museum, Oxford
Lyme Regis Museum
Fashion and Textile Museum, London
The Garden Museum, London

Babies in Museums’ MANIFESTO

  • To provide new parents with practical information about visiting museums with babies.
  • To champion the role museums can play in supporting new parents through community, safe spaces and the ingredients for good mental health.
  • To demonstrate how museum and heritage environments benefit babies and their development.
  • To support museums and the heritage sector to connect with their youngest visitors. To understand and cater to the needs of babies and their families.

Babies in Museums is a self-funded community project to help babies, parents and museums work well together and support each other.