Nottingham Contemporary

For Families
Photograph: Ismail khohon

Play & Learn: Make, create and explore together!

Find out what’s on offer for families below or subscribe to our mailing list to keep up to date with what’s coming up soon.

Booking for our May half term family activities is live. Click here to book. We're running SEND sessions 1pm-3pm on Wednesday, click here to book.

Take a look at all our past activities here. Some you can do at home - there’s lots to keep you busy!

Early Years: We are Wonderlings!
An adult and toddler playing with a large hanging sheet of fabric.
Family Holiday Activities
In the Gallery: Family Explorer Bags
A birds-eye photo of a child lying on the ground in a gallery space with others sat around them.
In the Gallery: Sensory Bags
Visiting as a Family
Photo of outside the front of Nottingham Contemporary
Accessibility
a graphic showing accessibility features with representative symbols 1. accessible toilets and a changing places toilet with a changing bed 2. we can provide a wheelchair for you to borrow and accessible spaces for wheelchair users to access all parts of the building 3. portable folding stools are available for visitors to use in the galleries 4. communication cards to ask for directions or help in our building 5. step free (street level) access and lifts 6. hearing loops are fitted in our reception and in the space 7. children's and adult's ear defenders 8.Easy Read and Large Print exhibition guides are available in the galleries, at our reception desk and online.9. Audio Description guides to some artworks are available online and at our reception desk. 10. coloured overlays and magnifiers are available at our reception desk. Our team are always happy to help with your access requirements - ask a member of staff during your visit or contact us ahead of your visit by emailing info@nottinghamcontemporary.org or phoning 0115 948 9750.
Play and Learn Team
A collage picture of 7 photos of different people

Give What You Can

Entry to our exhibitions and our family activities is free but we need your support. Your donations make it possible to keep doing everything we do: from our world-leading exhibitions to our activities for families, young people and schools. With your support we can continue making a difference to the cultural, educational and social life of Nottingham and the East Midlands.

Please support us with a donation and register for Gift Aid to add 25% at no extra cost to you.

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Blend at Contemporary: Children's Menu
toast on a plate
Robin Hood's Adventure Trail - free fun for families!
Families: I'm going to tell you a story...
a blue graphic with text reading "I can make a story from anything" "yes, I'll be your friend... hugs!" "she says 'will you be my friend?'" and two images of children playing with toothbrushes
Exhibition Self-Care Toolkit
Overlapping lines that form a point in the centre.
Learning Highlights 2024
the front cover of a document called "learning highlights 2024" there are blocks of bright colour and images of young people in an art gallery as well as the Nottingham Contemporary logo
Learning Highlights 2024 (for use with access tools)