Early Years Activities

From story time and imaginative play to Makaton-friendly adventures and curious moments, there's lots to inspire and entertain little learners on a visit to the Science and Industry Museum.

Discover inspiring new sights and sounds in our permanent galleries and displays. Head to ExperiDen, in our interactive gallery Experiment, to play and explore with building blocks, a pegboard, and sensory activities specially designed for our youngest visitors.

Build a textiles tower, weave colourful materials or spin your body like a bobbin in Textiles City, an interactive play space in the Textiles Gallery.

Explore our early years activities below and plan your visit.

A woman and baby playing with building blocks

Experitots

Activity

Various dates

Experitots is a regular event specially designed for children aged 0–4. During these playful sessions, toddlers and their adults are encouraged to play, explore and experiment together.

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A young girl wearing a yellow hard hat and an orange high-vis jacket playing with toy construction tools

Early years construction packs

Free activity

Subject to availability

Especially for Baby Builders and Mini Engineers, our Construction Packs contain everything you need to ‘work’ around the museum.

Mini movers

Free activity

Saturdays and Sundays (term time only)

Calling all Mini Movers! Join us as we roll, clank, whirr and clack our way round the Textiles Gallery.

A toddler looking at a painting on a wall

Early Years Story Time

Free activity

Saturdays and Sundays (term time only)

Join a quest to return a bear left at Liverpool Road Station to its home in this brand-new sensory story time.

A young boy holding his ears and looking surprised

Curiosity Stops

Free activity

Dates and times vary

Unravel science secrets with our expert Explainers at Curiosity Stops around the museum.

A man and two young boys playing with wooden blocks

Plan your visit

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