Children & Families

Visitors of all ages can find something to entertain them at Bluecoat. We love welcoming families to our building, and have lots of activities and facilities to help make your visit enjoyable and stress-free.

As well as discovering our gallery exhibitions, there's always something to do for families in our Hub space, which features a family zone created by artist Harold Offeh.

Pick up a children's lunch box from our cafe, and enjoy it inside or in our safe, enclosed garden where children can play and explore. We have high chairs and baby changing facilities available, and mothers are supported to breastfeed wherever they want in our building.

Ask our staff about our upcoming family events - we usually have something coming up that you'll want to save the date for.

Two families, the one on the background features one adult and three children, the one on the foreground features one adult two children. Each group are smiling as they cut and stick with a variety of art supplies on the table. The room has one orange wall and one green.
Rise Up Family Workshop, 2019. Photo by Brian Roberts