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V&A Dundee Selkie Selfie
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{Scotland} The V&A Dundee with Kids

Happy Museum Monday! A couple of weeks ago, I wrote about our visit to Dundee Science Centre. While we were in Dundee, we also took the opportunity to check out the new V&A. Well, it's not really that new any

5 June 2023
National Mining Museum Scotland Pithead
Travel

{Scotland} The National Mining Museum with Kids

Two weeks ago, we visited the National Mining Museum at the restored Lady Victoria Colliery in Newtongrange. I remember coming here on a day trip as a kid, about 35 years ago! Now it was time to take my own

17 April 2023
Abbotsford House Witch Corner trail witches
Travel

{Scotland} Abbotsford House & Witch Corner with Kids

We love going on day trips, and don’t let the fact we don’t have a care hold us back. We quite often venture out to East Lothian or Fife, but our latest day trip took us ‘down’ to the Scottish

10 April 2023
Scottish Gallery of Modern Art family room
Travel

{Edinburgh} Art Space 2 at the Gallery of Modern Art

Just a quick post today, to tell you about a neat new feature we discovered at the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art. The Gallery is one of our happy places in Edinburgh. Besides the fact that modern art is

25 February 2023
Edinburgh City Art Centre ArtSpace
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{Edinburgh} ArtSpace at the City Art Centre

Today we went to visit the City Art Centre, part of Museums & Galleries Edinburgh. The City Art Centre exhibits historic and contemporary Scottish visual and applied arts, including drawings, paintings, prints, photography, and sculpture. Art works are rotated in

14 January 2023
Museum of Edinburgh entrance
Travel

Explore Auld Reekie’s History at the Museum of Edinburgh

Happy Museum Monday! One museum that's good for families but often flies under the radar in Edinburgh, is the Museum of Edinburgh. It's housed in Huntly House, one of the iconic and historic buildings on the Royal Mile, near Holyrood

9 January 2023
Von der Heydt Museum Wuppertal Entrance
Travel

{Germany} The Von der Heydt Museum

We did it! We finally managed to make it across to Wuppertal in Germany, where most of my family live, for the first time in over two years. While we of course spent much time catching up with loved ones,

25 April 2022
Audubon's Birds of America National Museums Scotland
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Audubon’s Birds of America

Last week, schools in Edinburgh were off for half term so I made some time to take the boys on a couple of outings. One such outing was to the National Museum of Scotland, which we visit frequently year round

21 February 2022
Museum Alphabet Hunt Activity Sheet
Entertainment

Museum Alphabet Hunt

We're more than half way through the summer holidays here in Edinburgh. Among the many outings we've done over the past few weeks has been a visit to the National Museum of Scotland. It's a place we visit a lot,

2 August 2021
John Muir's Birthplace Museum
Travel

{Scotland} John Muir’s Birthplace Museum

Last week we were on holiday in Dunbar and of course, wherever we go on holiday we always scout out the local museums. Dunbar is a small town on the East Coast of Scotland, and home to the John Muir

19 July 2021
Travel

{Scotland} Jupiter Artland Sculpture Park

Museum Monday has been on a bit of a break since the beginning lockdown in Spring, with most cultural institutions closed and all travel plans put on hold. But as things slowly started to open up again, we embarked on

28 September 2020
Deutsches Röntgen Museum - German X-ray Museum
Travel

{Germany} X Marks the Spot – The Röntgen Museum

Happy Museum Monday! Many museums around the world are closed right now, due to the ongoing Coronavirus pandemic, which means no new museum visits for a while. BUT I still have a few in my archives to share with you

30 March 2020
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