Family visits

The Families Desk is currently closed. 

The Ford Centre for Young Visitors is currently closed. 

The Museum is accessible for parents bringing prams and buggies but these will need to remain with you during your visit. 

Please note that due to the new measures necessary to ensure the safety of our visitors and staff the Museum is currently unable to provide cloakroom service, for visitors or our Members. We apologise for any inconvenience caused.

Items of large luggage (including some bags and rucksacks, and all wheeled suitcases) are not permitted on site.

Baby changing facilities can be found:

• Great Court toilet facilities, level access 

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. 

Families are welcome at the Court Café at the end of the one-way route to purchase child-friendly lunchboxes and drink. High chairs are available on request and will undergo cleaning between uses. 

Please note that no food is to be consumed in the galleries.

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