With the easing of lockdown, many cultural centres are planning on reopening their doors in August.
This list rounds up the expected opening dates of museums with a family focus. Please note that dates are subject to change, especially in light of local lockdowns. Note also that UK law has changed to make wearing of masks inside museums and other cultural spaces compulsory, from 8 August.
We will update this list as we receive further information. Please contact matt@kidadl.com with any additions or changes.
East of England
1 August
Imperial War Museum Duxford (Cambridgeshire)
3 August
Gressenhall Farm and Workhouse (Norfolk)
Time & Tide (Great Yarmouth)
8 August
Sandringham House (Norfolk)
11 August
Fitzwilliam Museum (Cambridge)
14 August
Kettle’s Yard (Cambridge)
London and South-East
1 August
Brooklands Museum (Surrey)
Churchill War Rooms (London)
Florence Nightingale Museum (London)
Guildhall Art Gallery (London)
Imperial War Museum (London)
Osborne House (Isle of Wight)
Ranger’s House (London)
View From The Shard (London) Find out more
Wellington Arch (London)
3 August
Royal Observatory (London) Find out more
4 August
The Serpentine Galleries (London)
5 August
Fashion & Textile Museum (London)
Natural History Museum (London) Find out more
6 August
Headstone Manor (London)
Museum of London Find out more
Museum of London Docklands Find out more
Turner’s House (London)
V&A (London) Find out more
10 August
Ashmolean Museum (Oxford)
Brunel Museum (London)
Queen’s House (London) Find out more
12 August
Freud Museum (London)
19 August
Science Museum (London) Find out more
London Transport Museum’s Acton Depot Find out more
22 August
Handel & Hendrix Museum (London)
Midlands
1 August
Black Country Living Museum (Dudley)
Shakespeare’s Birthplace (Stratford-upon-Avon)
3 August
MAD Museum (Stratford)
4 August
Nottingham Contemporary
6 August
Rugby Art Gallery and Museum
8 August
National Space Centre (Leicester)
North of England
1 August
Bowes Museum (Barnard Castle)
The Hepworth (Wakefield)
Imperial War Museum North (Manchester)
Life Science Centre (Newcastle)
York Castle Museum (York)
4 August
National Railway Museum (York)
5 August
National Coalmining Museum (Wakefield)
8 August
Eureka! National Children’s Museum (Halifax)
14 August
Museum of Science and Industry (Manchester)
Scotland
5 August
National Museum of Flight (East Lothian)
12 August
National Museum of Rural Life (East Kilbride)
17 August
Kelvington Art Gallery (Glasgow)
19 August
National Museum of Scotland (Edinburgh)
27 August
V&A Dundee
31 August
Riverside Museum (Glasgow)
Wales
4 August
St Fagan’s National Museum of History (Cardiff)
23 August
National Slate Museum (Gwynedd)
27 August
National Museum Cardiff
28 August
National Waterfront Museum (Swansea)
Northern Ireland
1 August
Titanic Belfast
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