fun for free! the museum

The Auckland Museum in the Domain is a great free (for Auckland residents, just present your library card) place for small children. There are always  groups of Mums hanging in the foyer whilst tiny toddlers clamber on the furniture. Upstairs they have a Kai room, you can go mad and messy there small people. Next to that is Weird and Wonderful. Lots of live bugs and fish next to stuffed animals and drawers upon drawers of specimens. Insects, molluscs, birds, butterflies. It's not a huge space so your toddler can explore without you having to be right next toy them, but the specimen drawers are very heavy.

This week I went with Ada and Olive and the front pack and the double pram. We went to see the Wildlife Photographer of the Year exhibition. The photographs are amazing and the entries come from experienced photo journalists through to young children. Olive really loved these when she was in the front pack, reaching out and exclaiming with each image but didn't engage from the floor. The tiles confused her and she crawled for the first time in months! Ada enjoyed being about to identify the animals, even thought they photos are taken from new perspectives. They really enjoyed upstairs and the freesom to explore there. There were a lot of people there so we didn't stay long, but that doesn't matter!

Here is the helpful link for getting there and parking.

Here is the helpful link for kids activities.

Have you discovered anywhere lately?
Have fun friends xx

(Here is another visit pic)