I'VE just posted about this at Have a Lovely Time, but it's something that I also wanted to add here in case anyone who just so happens not to have a family that fits into a neat 'two by two' box is reading. I know families with triplets or one child then twins can feel the pinch so I hope this can help!
Plus I absolutely love Quentin Blake so I wanted to use the picture again!
DOES your family fit the shape of a standard family ticket?
Or perhaps it's Mum plus her four kids, Dad plus his only child, and the young cousin who lives with them.
Maybe it's grandparents and their grandchildren, for whom they care or big sister and very little sister, whom she looks after. Mum, Dad, Auntie and her daughter.
Yet what’s the shape of a typical family ticket to a museum or gallery? Two plus two.
Kids in Museums has launched the Flexible Family Ticket campaign at the British Museum, supported by Ed Balls, Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families.
They say:
We’re kicking off the campaign with the Family Ticket Watch, run by Kids in Museums.
For the Watch, we want you to tell us:
• What has been your experience of a family ticket?
• Did it fit your family?
• What would you like a family ticket to look like?
Let us know by: Email – yourview@familyticketwatch.org.uk
Twitter – www.twitter.com/familyticket
Website – www.familyticketwatch.org.uk
Post – Family Ticket Watch Kids in Museums Downstream Building One London Bridge London SE1 9BG
Mariella Frostrup, Patron of Kids in Museums, said: “Visits to museums and galleries should be at the heart of family life, there are few better places to spend quality time with your kids and also give them an enriching and memorable experience. Most museums offer a family ticket but it’s increasingly rare for families to fit the two plus two standard that remains the norm. Why shouldn’t you bring along your Mum, Dad and Stepmother too, or perhaps Granny fancies a day out?”
Kids in Museums will publish the results of all your comments in March, recommending a Flexible Family Ticket format that can be adopted by all museums and galleries, to reflect the changing face of families in Britain today.
Kids in Museums produces the Kids in Museums Manifesto, a 20-point document compiled entirely from visitors’ comments. And a top issue for family visitors – point number two on the Manifesto - is that their family can’t get a family ticket. Because their family isn’t two plus two.
To get your free copy of the 2010 Kids in Museums Manifesto, email manifesto@kidsinmuseums.org.uk
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