Family visits

If you're visiting as a family, visit the Families Desk in Great Court to:

• Chat to one of our friendly family facilitators about your visit
• Collect backpacks and Family explorer trails

Opening hours: 10.30–16.00 (weekends and London Borough of Camden school holidays only)

When the Families desk is closed, please visit the Information Desk in Great Court to get Museum explorer trails.

Located beneath the Great Court, the Ford Centre for Young Visitors can be accessed by the staircases near the Information Desk or through level access by the lifts in the Great Russell Street entrance.

Available for families at weekends and during the school holidays for picnicking, locker storage and toilets. 

The centre is currently open on weekends and London Borough of Camden school holidays.

Cafés and restaurants 

Families are welcome at all of the Museum's cafés and restaurants. High chairs are available on request for children who require them, subject to availability.

The Pizzeria and Great Court restaurant both have children's menus:

• Pizzeria children's menu pdf
• Great Court Restaurant children's menu pdf

Picnics and packed lunches

Families with young children may bring their own food to eat in the Ford Centre which is open on weekends and during London Borough of Camden school holidays. 

When the weather is nice, families can eat by the Museum's front lawns, where there are waste and recycling bins for you to dispose of your unwanted food and packaging. 

The Museum is accessible for parents bringing prams.

Fold-up prams and buggies can be left free of charge in the cloakroom, which is found by turning left immediately after passing through the Main Entrance of the Museum.

Families are welcome to store their belongings in the Ford Centre for Young Visitors which is open during weekends and London Borough of Camden school holidays. 

Baby changing facilities can be found:

• Great Court toilet facilities, level access 
• Levels 0 and 3 of the North stairs
• Ford Centre for Young Visitors – weekends and London Borough of Camden school holidays only

Parents are welcome to breastfeed or bottle-feed anywhere on the Museum's grounds. Should parents wish for more privacy, there's a feeding room located adjacent to the baby changing space on the east side of Great Court. Please see the Museum map for more details. 

A second feeding room in the Ford Centre for Young Visitors is open during weekends and London Borough of Camden school holidays.  

Information to support visits for families with additional sensory needs can be found here: