Days out with the kids: exploring London’s museums
Some of us tend to start a new year with fresh resolutions and a long list of goals to achieve. Then by the beginning of February, we tend to slip and come March it’s game over. The trick to achieving your goals is to combine them, so hear me out. Let’s say that your goals are something along the lines of: enjoying the extraordinary amount of culture that we have on our doorstep in London, meeting friends more often, and introducing your kids to more cultural activities – in other words, keeping them away from the Xbox/Facebook/Instagram (delete as appropriate). So here we come! What about organising monthly trips to a museum with your children and meeting friends there for a catch up? It’s a win-win isn’t it? Here are some of my suggestions:
Victoria & Albert (V&A) Museum
Your fashion enthusiastic children and friends will find hard to say no to spending the afternoon or evening attending the Christian Dior: Designer of Dreams exhibition. Two words: haute couture. You might want to book tickets for this one as soon as possible, and perhaps dressing up to make it even more fun, say a red lipstick or the scarf you keep for special events and then you are ready to play the part. But if you are taking adventurers – from five to 12 years old – then what about discovering curious ceramic objects, architectural curiosities and going on a trip to find animals. You can show up on the day and, at no extra cost, borrow a backpack from the mu-
seum with all the material needed to embark on an exciting ad- venture. Let the children be the leaders, just give them a compass to navigate their way through the museum – or to pretend to – and follow your little explorers. In addition to the backpack, you could, should you wish, pro-
vide your children with a sketchpad so they can draw something they find interesting. Tey can also glue their entrance ticket to it – and start a collection – or write down what they liked about the experience. Te V&A Garden Cafe caters delicious pick-me-ups for after- wards for both children and adults.
18 FOCUS The Magazine March/April 2019
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