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Open House Families

Explore London’s architecture past and present by playing, learning and getting creative.

A photograph of an adult and child building architectural structures with grey lego at a museum event.

Build a London landmark!

From Big Ben to Buckingham Palace, what would you make?

In these activities you can build, discover and reimagine the city around you.

Open House Families is London’s architecture festival for children. Explore more online resources here or the festival programme of online and onsite events taking place across London here.

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Discover architecture family trail

Dive in to London’s history and its architecture at the Museum of London over the Open House Families weekend.

Download trail as PDF
Photo of a rusty, metal and a phoenix column within Smithfield market.

Market to museum

Did you know the Museum of London is moving?

Learn about the special architecture of our new home and take the great column challenge.

Download activities as PDF
Panorama painting of Blackfriars Bridge

Build a Bridge

Did you know there are over 30 bridges over the River Thames? How many can you name?

Create your own bridge using anything from paper, recycling, or building blocks.

A mother and daughter creating a London landmark in cardboard during a museum families session.

Cardboard Icons

Try the wartime principle of ‘make do and mend’ by recycling old cardboard boxes into a brand new creation!

Or can you recreate a famous London building?

Could you build a house from prehistory? Take the roundhouse challenge quiz to get the lowdown.

Roundhouse quiz

It's 3000 years ago. You need to build a home. Can you manage it? Find out in this educational quiz.

Take the challenge
A view of recreated Victorian shopfronts in our Victorian Walk gallery.

Interactive tour

Our immersive Victorian Walk experience recreates the winding streets of 19th-century London. We've captured it in 3D for you to explore!

Can you complete all six challenges?

Enter the experience
Explore historically accurate city maps in Minecraft to find hidden objects, burn London and fight the fire!

Great Fire 1666: Minecraft

Play through the streets of London during the blaze in this exciting Minecraft experience.

Begin your journey


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