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
To begin building your visit, first you'll need to select a date!
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.
So Devin Wore A Skirt
See For Yourself
Hairy Maclary and Friends: Interactive Trail & Café Exhibition
Elmer Day
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: The Duck Pond
Dates: 28 March – 11 May *
Age guide: 0-3
Duration: 30 mins
* Times Vary
£3.50 in addition to your Entry ticket. An intimate, interactive storytelling for our smaller visitors and their caregivers — featuring sensory objects, rhymes and stay-and-play.
Campfire Adventures
Dates: Sat 10 May, Sat 14 Jun, Sat 26 July
Age guide: 5-11
Duration: 3 hours
£31 per person. Visit Discover after-hours for supper, crafts, scavenger hunts, a visit to a Monster Funfair and hot chocolate round a story-time campfire. This brand-new, evening event gives a super-special chance to experience Discover after-dark for 5-11 year olds.
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.
Tiny Tales Takeover
Dates: Monday 23 - Friday 27 June *
Age guide: 0-4
Duration: All day, every day mins
* Tiny Tales Takeover festival
A festival of fun for 0-4 year olds and their grown-ups. A jam-packed mid-week for our littler visitors, with everything perfectly curated for babies, toddlers and preschoolers (plus their grown-ups!) Lots of events are free with your Entry ticket, with some additional storytelling and performance available to add to your day for under £5.