How to get kids excited about museums

More and more museums are interested in opening their doors to the family audience, and parents determined to discover to their children since childhood the immensity of our culture through them. To make our visit leave us with a good taste and desire to return, we must follow two fundamental guidelines. First, choose the museum very well according to the age and interests of our children. And the second, do not exceed the time of the visit. Although each child has a different endurance capacity, the reality is that they usually get tired soon, so it is preferable to take advantage of an hour or two and leave with the desire to return soon, than to exhaust them all morning touring rooms, which in the end already They are not able to distinguish.

Before entering we must explain certain rules of conduct, such as that you cannot run through the halls or halls inside, or speak loudly, make noise or scream and, unless otherwise indicated, you cannot touch anything. Surely they will understand and respect it when they know that many of the things they are going to see existed, were created or used many centuries ago. It is also important that children have eaten before embarking on our visit so that this does not prevent them from enjoying a good collection. In any case, the ideal when we go out with children is to always carry a snack and a bottle of water by hand, in this way we can stop along the way if they get tired, always outside because inside it is not allowed to eat, and re-enter Once the energies are replenished.

It is also advisable to wear comfortable clothes and shoes and leave the excess coat and bags or backpacks that we will not need in the wardrobe when entering. In this way we will avoid being loaded and uncomfortable with things in the hands that, in addition to being able to lose, will make us tired before. More and more museums and temporary exhibitions are organizing informative activities and specific workshops for families and children in which it is very advisable to participate.

If we are interested in conducting a workshop, we must inform ourselves of the conditions of access to them, since it is often necessary to reserve. To make them participate in our visit it is important to ask the children things about the exhibition and also make it clear that they can ask all they want and that there are no ‘dumb questions’. Many of the museums have mobile apps or specific family programs in which the most appropriate tours or the essential pieces of each space are marked. It is very advisable that parents review this material before, so we can have thought games or gymkhanas so that they can find the pieces that we are going to see in each room. We can also propose games with pictures to look for hidden figures or elements or simply express what we suggest to each one.

As we have asked our children before leaving home what they would like to see, when the visit is over it is good to ask them what they liked most and why, as well as what they would like to see in The next visit.

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