BABY BUNDLE

SUBSCRIBE FOR MONTHLY BABY ACTIVITIES

Online and at the Museum

Aimed at new parents and carers with babies under one year-old

Subscriptions are offered for 3-month and 6-month periods.

Please email us at families@ashmus.ox.ac.uk to find out about future availability or to get on our waiting list.

Activity times: 10.30–11.30am and 2.30–3.30pm

Booking is essential – details are below. ABOUT BOOKING

Baby Bundle gives families the chance to  enjoy monthly social and learning activities in a subscription package, which includes a mix of three sessions (listed here) each month.

The subscription includes:

  • Once a month 40-minute long video, including singing and engaging information about objects in our collection, with additional suggestions of related activities to explore with your baby
  • Once a month 1-hour-long family sensory social event in the Learning Studio, encouraging bonding with your baby and other families, with refreshments
  • Once a month 1-hour-long gallery session, exploring connections to the objects and engaging activities for your baby

Note that each of the above activities are offered in the morning and afternoon and subscribers can choose which they prefer

  • PLUS regular emails to subscribers with details of what's planned for the coming month's baby bundle activities.

How it works

  • We start the bundle from the first session you are able to attend
  • We try to be flexible with the family subscription programmes to enable you to swap the time of your session that month when possible
    Please email any schedule changes or requests to families@ashmus.ox.ac.uk with at least 48 hours' notice to see if we can accommodate your request
    NB, we are unable to accommodate requests for you to swap one month for another. In these situations, you would need to re purchase a subscription
  • Please contact families@ashmus.ox.ac.uk to register your interest and ideal start date.
    A member of the Public Programmes team will then respond within 5 working days to update you with availability, confirm your subscription start date and send a payment link.
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MONTHLY ACTIVITIES SCHEDULE

There are three baby activities each month. Subscribers can choose one of the twice-daily, one-hour sessions on the day. Activities are always on Wednesday.

Participants will receive a monthly online resource (we're no longer doing an online Zoom activity), along with their Museum and Social session.

The morning session starts at 10.30am. The afternoon session starts at 2.30pm.

Please email families@ashmus.ox.ac.uk if there are any questions.

Mar–May 2025

Mar 2025 

  • Online Resource – Spring Theme 
  • 5 Mar: Museum Session – Islamic Middle East, Gallery 31 
  • 19 Mar: Sensory Social – Baby Massage, in Lecture Theatre

Apr 2025 

  • Online Resource – Ancient Childhood 
  • 9 Apr: Museum Session – Mughal India, Gallery 33 
  • 23 Apr: Sensory Social – Texture Board, in Lecture Theatre

May 2025

  • Online Resource – Money and Metal  
  • 7 May: Museum Session – China, in Gallery 38  
  • 14 May: Sensory Social – Bubbles, in the Lecture Theatre
     
Jun–Aug 2025

Jun 2025

  • Online Resource – At Home  
  • 4 June: Museum Session – Japan, in Gallery 37  
  • 18 June: Sensory Social – sponges in water, in the Lecture Theatre

Jul 2025

  • Online Resource – Music and Rhythm 
  • 9 Jul: Museum Session – Renaissance, Gallery 43 
  • 23 Jul: Sensory Social – Baby Movement, in the Lecture Theatre

Aug 2025 

  • Online Resource – Sea Theme 
  • 13 Aug: Museum Session – Baroque Art and Music, in Gallery 46 and 39   
  • 27 Aug: Sensory Social – Edible Sand in the Lecture Theatre
Sep–Nov 2025

Sep 2025

  • Online Resource – Bird Theme  
  • 10 Sep: Museum Session – Sickert and Camden Town, in Gallery 63  
  • 24 Sep: Sensory Social – Edible Paint, in the Lecture Theatre

Oct 2025

  • Online Resource: Colour Pigments  
  • 15 Oct: Museum Session – Pre-Raphaelites, in Gallery 66   
  • 29 Oct: Sensory Social – Herb Bags, in the Lecture Theatre 

Nov 2025 

  • Online Resource: Portrait Faces 
  • 5 Nov: Museum Session – European Art, in Gallery 44 
  • 19 Nov: Sensory Social – Ocean in a Bottle in the Lecture Theatre 

BOOKING

BOOKING DETAILS

Choose your subscription:

  • £19.25 for 3 months of access
  • £38.50 for 6 months of access

Please contact families@ashmus.ox.ac.uk to book and ask any questions about Baby Bundle