To make sure that your children enjoy their visit to a museum you first have to plan your visit well. Get in touch with the appropriate authorities and find out about the workshops and activities aimed at kids. There are very few museums that nowadays fail to offer such activities for younger visitors.

Once you have chosen which museum to visit, try to convince your children of what a good time they�re about to have. If they think it�s going to be boring from the start, nothing will persuade them otherwise. Try to think up some anecdotes to make everything they�re about to see more interesting and stimulating.

Many types of museums
Something else you should bear in mind is that museums aren�t only art galleries. The variety of museums is far wider than you could possibly imagine: archaeology, music, wine, anthropology, science, ancient tools, etc. If your child is young they are likely to be more attracted by these types of museums than by the better known art galleries.

If you visit your local archaeological museum you can tell them stories related to the objects in front of them; in an anthropological museum you can see what clothes or footwear men and women used in ancient times, and so on.

Interactive museums
And the icing on the cake is the interactive museum phenomenon of recent years, where sight is not the only sense required: the senses of smell, hearing, touch and even taste are also called upon.

One of the most notable examples and a great success among children is the Museo de la Ciencia Cosmocaixa. Here kids not only have the chance to witness some experiments, they also form an essential part of them.

Benefits for your children
When you visit a museum you�re not only sharing a moment of fun with your children. The educational benefits are also significant. By learning about other cultures your children will learn to be more tolerant and respect the different ways of life present both in their country and in the rest of the world.

What�s more, these visits can stimulate their curiosity to learn things new and even, on occasion, encourage them to cross the threshold into the wonderful worlds of art and science.