Relaxed Mouse Tales with early museum entry

9-9.45am: Access to the museum galleries. 

This is to enable you to enjoy a quieter experience of the museum galleries before the session begins.  

9.45-10.20am: Mouse Tales session.

Relaxed Mouse Tales is a session aimed at families who may require a quieter environment to enable them to participate. This could include autistic visitors, visitors with adhd, learning disability, anxiety or other medical conditions which mean sitting or concentrating for long periods of time without moving; or coping with larger groups of people can be difficult. The session will be most suited to participants who are learning at an age of 5 or under. There will be an interactive story, and songs followed by some simple exploratory play experiences which relate to the story theme. There will also be an opportunity to feel a museum object. A visual story will be provided via email 5 days before the event. 

Please note: if you are booking less that 5 days before the event you may need to contact the venue directly to receive your visual story. This ticket will include early entry to the museum before general opening hours. 

This session has a small capacity, if your circumstances change and you are no longer able to attend, please contact the learning team at learning@greatnorthmuseum.org.uk so that we are able to offer the space to our waiting list.

This event is part of our Ways to Play programme of free and low-cost family-friendly activities.

Make your ‘Ways to Play’ adventure a great value day out by travelling to our venues by the Metro and / or Ferry.  

Up to three children aged 11 and under can travel for free on the Metro and the Shields Ferry with a fare-paying adult. Metro is the convenient, fast and frequent way to get to your favourite attractions and now it’s even more affordable. 

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Ways to Play is sponsored by Tyne and Wear Metro