These Great Family Museums Reopen In August

With the easing of lockdown, many cultural centres are planning on reopening their doors in August. This list rounds up the expected opening dates of museums with a family focus. Please note that dates are subject to change, especially in light of local lockdowns. Note also that UK law has changed to make wearing of masks inside museums and other cultural spaces compulsory, from 8 August.We will update this list as we receive further information. Please contact [email protected] with any additions or changes. East of EnglandImperial War Museum Duxfod1 AugustImperial War Museum Duxford (Cambridgeshire)3 AugustGressenhall Farm and Workhouse (Norfolk)Time & Tide (Great Yarmouth)8 AugustSandringham House (Norfolk)11 AugustFitzwilliam Museum (Cambridge)14 AugustKettle’s Yard (Cambridge) London and South-EastMuseum of London Docklands1 AugustBrooklands Museum (Surrey)Churchill War Rooms (London)Florence Nightingale Museum (London)Guildhall Art Gallery (London)Imperial War Museum (London)Osborne House (Isle of Wight)Ranger’s House (London)View From The Shard (London) Find out moreWellington Arch (London)3 AugustRoyal Observatory (London) Find out more4 AugustThe Serpentine Galleries (London)5 AugustFashion & Textile Museum (London)Natural History Museum (London) Find out more6 AugustHeadstone Manor (London)Museum of London Find out moreMuseum of London Docklands Find out moreTurner’s House (London)V&A (London) Find out more10 AugustAshmolean Museum (Oxford)Brunel Museum (London)Queen’s House (London) Find out more12 AugustFreud Museum (London)19 AugustScience Museum (London) Find out moreLondon Transport Museum’s Acton Depot Find out more22 AugustHandel & Hendrix Museum (London)Midlands1 AugustBlack Country Living Museum (Dudley)Shakespeare’s Birthplace (Stratford-upon-Avon)3 AugustMAD Museum (Stratford)4 AugustNottingham Contemporary6 AugustRugby Art Gallery and Museum8 AugustNational Space Centre (Leicester)North of England1 AugustBowes Museum (Barnard Castle)The Hepworth (Wakefield)Imperial War Museum North (Manchester)Life Science Centre (Newcastle)York Castle Museum (York)4 AugustNational Railway Museum (York)5 AugustNational Coalmining Museum (Wakefield)8 AugustEureka! National Children’s Museum (Halifax)14 AugustMuseum of Science and Industry (Manchester)Scotland5 AugustNational Museum of Flight (East Lothian)12 AugustNational Museum of Rural Life (East Kilbride)17 AugustKelvington Art Gallery (Glasgow)19 AugustNational Museum of Scotland (Edinburgh)27 AugustV&A Dundee31 AugustRiverside Museum (Glasgow)Wales4 AugustSt Fagan’s National Museum of History (Cardiff)23 AugustNational Slate Museum  (Gwynedd)27 AugustNational Museum Cardiff28 AugustNational Waterfront Museum (Swansea) Northern Ireland1 AugustTitanic Belfast 

With the easing of lockdown, many cultural centres are planning on reopening their doors in August.