Museum Minis

Museum Minis is back at St Albans Museum and Gallery on Friday 13 November, starting at 10:15 am. It's a session built for the museum's youngest visitors and their grown-ups, and it follows a pretty set pattern: a story and a craft activity paired with a museum treasure hunt linked to that story. The whole thing is aimed at children aged 2 to 4 accompanied by an adult, so it's a morning for the toddlers and the parents or grandparents who've got them for the session.

The story kicks things off, and the craft activity follows on from it. After that, you take the story out into the galleries for the treasure hunt, where the kids look for things in the museum that tie back to what they've just heard. It's a good way to get them moving around the building rather than just sitting in one spot, and it turns the museum into a bit of a game.

If you're planning to go, it's worth knowing that this isn't a one-off — the session runs on the second Friday of the month, so if you miss this one, there'll be another in a few weeks. Booking ahead is advised, which is always a good shout for these kinds of things, especially when you're coordinating with a toddler and a pram.

You'll find it at St Albans Museum and Gallery, in the Town Hall on St Peter's Street, AL1 3DH. It starts at 10:15 am on Friday 13 November, aimed at the 2 to 4 age group with an adult.