Play. Create. Discover.
For 0-11 year olds and their grown-ups.
We're 5 minutes from Stratford Station.
Getting here
383-387 High Street
Stratford
London E15 4QZ
020 8536 5555
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If you want to see what’s on and when visit the Things to See and Do page or scroll down. Find out more about pricing on the Opening Times and Prices page.
Pick a date to see Events, Exhibitions and more.
We'll be learning about doing things for others in an enchanting reading of A Flower for Firefly, you can sniff out Hairy Maclary's lovable gang in our Story Worlds, and meet a multicoloured icon, the one and only...Elmer! Come and join the fun.
Hairy Maclary and Friends: Interactive Trail & Café Exhibition
So Devin Wore A Skirt
Elmer Day
See For Yourself
A Flower For Firefly
Ground Floor Story World
First Floor Story World
Venture into our Story Garden
Get drawing in our Illustration Stations
Make up some tall tales in our Story Factory
Explore our events and exhibitions!
Monster Funfair
Dates: Open now! *
Age guide: 0-8
Duration: 50 mins
* Every day, times vary
£5 in addition to your Discover Entry ticket. Go through the circus tent and into the woods. In amongst the trees you’ll find a amazing, marvellous, EXTRAORDINARY… Monster Funfair! Our new immersive family adventure is created with the award-winning Nadia Shireen. For 0-8 year olds.
0-3 Storytelling: That’s Not My… Dinosaur
Dates: From 20 May *
Age guide: 0-3
Duration: 25 mins
* Times vary
£3.50 in addition to your Entry ticket. Tails, horns, flippers and spines... dinosaurs come in ALL kinds of colours, shapes and touchy-feely textures. An intimate and interactive storytelling for our smaller visitors and their caregivers — based on the best-selling That’s not my… series from Usborne.
Baby Storytelling: Animal Adventures
Dates: 20 May – 30 Jun *
Age guide: 0-2
Duration: 20 mins
* Times vary
£2 in addition to your Entry ticket. Roar! Quack! Baa! Tweet! An intimate, interactive storytelling for babies and their caregivers — with stories, songs and rhymes inspired by the animal kingdom.
Hairy Maclary and Friends
Dates: 17 May – 31 August *
Age guide: All ages
Duration:
* Drop-in. Pick up a trail guide from our front desk.
Free with your Entry ticket. A celebration of the beloved rhyming classic Hairy Maclary from Donaldson’s Dairy — featuring a doghouse with furry friends to foster, hidden characters to find around our Story Worlds, dog bones to uncover in our garden, beautiful artwork in our café, and more.
A Flower for Firefly with Monika Singh Gangotra
Dates: 24 May
Age guide: 3+
Duration: 50 mins
Join Monika Singh Gangotra for an enchanting reading of ‘A Flower For Firefly’- learn how easy it can be to do something for somebody else. Enjoy some colouring and activities alongside the story. Free with entry ticket.