Family visits

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

• Chat to one of our friendly family facilitators to make the most of your visit.
• Collect backpacks and Museum explorer trails.

Opening hours: 10.00–16.30 (weekends and London Borough of Camden school holidays only).

Located beneath the Great Court, the Ford Centre for Young Visitors can be accessed by the staircases near the Information Desk or via 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. 

Opening hours: 10.00–16.30 (weekends and London Borough of Camden school holidays only).

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

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.

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 
• 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. 

Families are welcome at the Court Café to purchase child-friendly lunchboxes and drinks. 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: