The Beaney shortlisted for Best Accessible Museum award!

The Beaney is thrilled to be nominated for another Kids In Museums, Family Friendly Museum Award!

You might remember back in 2023 we won the Best Medium Museum category. This year we’re excited to be shortlisted in the ‘Best Accessible Museum’ category.

The other museums nominated for their accessibility are Eureka! The National Children’s Museum in Halifax and Worsbrough Mill Museum and Country Park in Barnsley.

The Kids in Museums Family Friendly Museum Award celebrates the most family-friendly heritage sites in the UK and is the only museum award to be judged by families.
From February to April, families across the UK voted for their favourite heritage attraction on the Kids in Museums website.

A panel of museum experts, children and young people then whittled down hundreds of nominations to a shortlist of 18 heritage attractions.

Here’s what one family said when nominating The Beaney:
“We visited the museum and were blown away by the lengths that they went to in order to ensure that it is accessible to all. The staff were wonderful.”

Now we look forward to the summer when we’ll be visited by undercover family judges who will assess the shortlisted museums against the Kids in Museums Manifesto, a set of guidelines on what makes a great museum visit for all ages.

Their experiences will decide a winner for each award category and an overall winner of the Family Friendly Museum Award 2025.

Thanks again to everyone who nominated The Beaney and for all of your feedback and support that has helped the museum be an accessible place for families!

Read the full press release in the Canterbury City Council Newsroom