Comments on: Kids In Museums http://blog.ilcuk.org.uk/2010/01/14/kids-in-museums/ International Longevity Centre - UK Mon, 30 Jan 2012 12:34:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Claire Crook http://blog.ilcuk.org.uk/2010/01/14/kids-in-museums/#comment-32 Claire Crook Fri, 22 Jan 2010 11:27:08 +0000 http://codesign.it/ilc-blog/?p=177#comment-32 We (at Kids in Museums) totally agree that many of the points on the 2010 Kids in Museums Manifesto would also benefit older people, and are happy to report that almost 200 museums and galleries across the UK have pledged their support for the manifesto, with more signing up every day. David didn’t mention it specifically in his blog post but point two on the Manifesto (’have a flexible family ticket - don’t dictate the size of a family’) is also relevant to older people. With the changing nature of families today, grandparents are becoming more involved in daily family life. Yet the standard family ticket to a museum or gallery is for two children accompanied by two adults – grandparents are not always eligible. If we want that ‘friendly welcome’ to be extended to older people, family tickets need to be more flexible and reflect the changing face of families in Britain today. That’s why we have launched the Flexible Family Ticket campaign, supported by the Department for Children, Schools and Families. We’ve kicked off the campaign with the Family Ticket Watch and are asking families to tell us about their experiences of family tickets and what they would like them to look like. We’ll be publishing the results and recommendations in March. To have your say and help shape the family ticket of the future, visit www.familyticketwatch.org.uk We (at Kids in Museums) totally agree that many of the points on the 2010 Kids in Museums Manifesto would also benefit older people, and are happy to report that almost 200 museums and galleries across the UK have pledged their support for the manifesto, with more signing up every day.

David didn’t mention it specifically in his blog post but point two on the Manifesto (’have a flexible family ticket – don’t dictate the size of a family’) is also relevant to older people. With the changing nature of families today, grandparents are becoming more involved in daily family life. Yet the standard family ticket to a museum or gallery is for two children accompanied by two adults – grandparents are not always eligible. If we want that ‘friendly welcome’ to be extended to older people, family tickets need to be more flexible and reflect the changing face of families in Britain today.

That’s why we have launched the Flexible Family Ticket campaign, supported by the Department for Children, Schools and Families. We’ve kicked off the campaign with the Family Ticket Watch and are asking families to tell us about their experiences of family tickets and what they would like them to look like.

We’ll be publishing the results and recommendations in March.

To have your say and help shape the family ticket of the future, visit http://www.familyticketwatch.org.uk

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