Learning For all ages
Playday
Join us for UK Playday, a celebration of play and playfulness for all ages and abilities.
Please note: This event is now sold out. Keep an eye on the website for future similar events. You can also become a member or sign up to our newsletters to be the first to hear our latest news.
Playday is the national day for play, celebrated each year across the UK on the first Wednesday in August. It is a celebration of children’s right to play, and a campaign that highlights the importance of play in children’s lives.
Join us to celebrate playfulness across generations and cultures, as a vital force for creativity, connection, health and happiness.
Playful drop-in activities and interactive interventions will turn the museum into an immersive, creative studio for experimentation, investigation, making and hands-on play for all ages and abilities.
As a Playday Champion, the Design Museum is committed to the child’s right to play – on Playday and every day.
Onsite activities:
• Hula hooping, skipping and ping pong
• Wooden off-cut animal printing
• Peg doll dress up
• Inventing and creating with SnapKit!
• Flutters and a giant aerial installation at the museum's atrium with architects MATT+FIONA
Learn more about National Playday here, coordinated by Play England, Play Wales, Play Scotland and PlayBoard Northern Ireland.
Share your day at the museum using @designmuseum and the hashtag #Playday2024
Facilitators
Male is an explorative Maker and Designer. His curiosity about how things work drives his creative practice. He designs through playful discovery and enjoys learning and experimenting with new processes and materials. He has designed SnapKit, a small but powerful connector that helps players to create inventions with waste materials. SnapKit makes creative play more fun, sustainable and accessible.
Book Online
• Pre-booking is required as spaces are limited
• Please ensure you only book if you plan to attend, and please cancel your booking in advance if your availability changes
• This event is for families. Suitable Age 3+. Children under 16 must be accompanied by a responsible, ticket-holding adult
Tickets are non-refundable and non-exchangeable. Visit our Terms & Conditions page for further information.
Pay-What-You-Can supports visitors who might find the standard ticket price a barrier.
Please note that this event is sold out. A new Playday event will be announced soon via our newsletter.
From just a couple of events in 1987, Playday grew to around a dozen in London by 1989, went national in 1991 and is now the biggest celebration of children’s play in the UK. Taking place on the first Wednesday in August, Playday is a celebration of children’s right to play, and a campaign that highlights how play is fundamental to their health, wellbeing and development. Coordinated by Play England, in partnership with Play Wales, Play Scotland and PlayBoard Northern Ireland.
What's On
Background image 'Grazie Enzo: Contemporary Responses to Enzo Mari' display. Artwork Animal Off Cuts by Studiomama photographed by Eva Herzog .
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