Worth every penny and every second spent dragging my 35-month-old child and my 39-week-pregnant bottom to Peckham for.
This free-flow workshops was perfect with its floor-based activities, including boxes to rummage in, costumes to try on and materials to create with.
Giving toddlers something to make a loud noise with is a crucial measure in making sure they don’t disappear forever into the museum’s infinite loop of galleries.
You can’t help feeling a little bit like you’ve gatecrashed a toddler birthday party, no matter how nice and friendly the other parents are.
The ball pit was almost constantly occupied by a small clique of under-ones, all wobbling around like Weebles on an 18-30s holiday.
This month, lose yourselves in immersive exhibitions, interactive theatre, cultural festivals and playful installations.
The ship is a time-warp; less artefacts in glass cases, more “let’s pretend it’s 1950 and you’re a petty officer in the Royal Navy”.
There was actually no pasta involved whatsoever; not a morsel of macaroni, a strand of spaghetti or a crumb of cannelloni.
We ended up staying for 2-3 hours and Babu even asked for extra time at the end – her golden seal of approval.
Like Bach to Baby in that there are a bunch of classical musicians and the whole thing is pretty laid back and covered in toddlers.
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