Family Day: Design and Worldbuilding

In this family day out, take part in short creative exercises, imagining your own characters and developing a world around them.

The activities will be inspired by our major exhibition 'Wes Anderson: The Archives', as well as the Mini Designers publication – a book of creative projects inspired by designers from around the world, written by Joséphine Seblon and illustrated by Robert Sae-Heng.

You can book a 75-minute slot to participate in short, facilitated workshops around the museum. Outside of these timed slots, explore a range of free design exercises and discover the rest of the museum at your own pace.

Activities are designed for ages 5 to 11, though all family members are welcome to join.

Please note:

• This event's ticket does not include entry to 'Wes Anderson: The Archives'. Exhibition tickets can be booked separately here

• Children must be accompanied by a responsible, ticket-holding adult at all times

• This is a child-focused event: any adults attending must be accompanying a child. Lone adults or adult-only groups will not be granted entry to Family Day spaces

• The facilitated workshops will start promptly at the advertised time. Please arrive early to avoid missing out

Eat & Drink:

On the day, bookers of this event will also enjoy a 15% discount on food and drink purchased at the museum's Design Cafe (ground level) and Design Kitchen (level 2) by showing their event ticket or wristband. If you wish to eat in the Design Kitchen, we recommend reserving a table in advance by emailing the team at thedesign.kitchen@designmuseum.org with the desired date and time. Please note that this discount cannot be combined with members' discount.

• Children must be accompanied by a responsible, ticket-holding adult at all times.
• Please note there will be photography at the event.
• This event is wheelchair accessible, with step-free access throughout the museum.
• Carer tickets are available for those supporting participants with disabilities.
• A chill-out space will be available for bookers during event hours.
• Capacity is limited, we recommend booking early to avoid disappointment.
• If you have any questions, you can reach us at DMAcademy@designmuseum.org.

Please note that we have a new booking system. All Members must now log in to the ticketing platform to book tickets for upcoming events. How to book:

• Click 'Book now’, and this will take you to our new booking platform
• You will be prompted to log in or create an account to complete your booking. Please use the email address registered with your Membership to access Members' discounts and exclusive Members' events
• Choose an event from the drop-down list
• Select the desired tickets, dates and sessions and add them to the cart
• Follow the instructions for checkout and payment
• You will automatically receive an order confirmation email with the details of your booking, along with a PDF with your ticket
• Members don’t need to book tickets for exhibitions and can continue to present their Digital Membership Cards to access exhibitions

If you have any issues, please contact the team at membership@designmuseum.org

For non-members ticketing enquiries, please contact bookings@designmuseum.org

Background image: © Matthew Kaltenborn