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Families with SEND

For families with Special Educational Needs, including Autistic Spectrum Disorder, we open outside our regular hours on certain special days.

Enjoy the Museum at a quieter time, free from the general public, and with many of the gallery sounds turned off. Explore our All Aboard family spaces in peace, have a go at our holiday activities or get hands-on with genuine parts of transport history.

We now offer a sensory space at these events. Feel free to come in and use any of the sensory objects including our bespoke stimming board, carefully crafted by our Learning Team to provide a calming sensory experience for our visitors.

Blue playmats on the floor with a range of books, soft toys, toy vehicles and a sensory board, and three fabric-covered cube-shaped seats
A wooden stand with various different objects stuck to it, including fabrics, cogs, and a horn with the words "I'm loud"
Wooden stand with objects stuck to it including a wheel, an hourglass with sand in, and a door lock

Advanced booking is essential as places are limited and must be booked online.

Children and young people under 18 go free; adults charged general admission rate, carers go free.

Visual story

To prepare for your visit to London Transport Museum, we have made a visual story.

Download our visual story to guide your family visit, so you know what to expect when you arrive.

Other things to help with your family visit

We're an award-winning day out for kids and families! Check out our guide to visiting us with your little ones.

A grandmother and child building a tunnel from foam blocks

Enjoy singing and story sessions every week and explore our collection with special events every school holiday.

Young children at a table of crafts

Special events and sessions for families with children under 5 years old at the Museum or in Acton.

A young boy with a Museum facilitator holding a strap hanger