Raising kids to love museums!

Places once synonymous with being quiet and stuffy are upping their engagement reach. Youth are top of the list with children's museums being the fastest growing sector of the museum community worldwide, per the Association of Childrens Museums (ACM).

Luxembourg's first Childrens Museum PLOMM opens 28 April this year and will be the only museum in the Grand Duchy to operate as part of the ACM network.

That said, we still have many museums in Luxembourg designed primarily with children in mind. Others have increased their child friendly content and some are firm family favourites as they offer something for everyone.

Quench their insatiable thirst for knowledge, without the need to monitor wandering hands. Parenting win!

Park Sënnesräich

Spend a day exploring Park Sennesraich in Wincrange, an interactive museum, large garden and on-site bistro. Delve into sensory perception. Walk blindfolded on the barefoot path and guess the surface! Simple, quick, and fun experiments with activities themed around water, electricity, and force. Explanatory notes on theoretical basis and objectives are in FR and DE. Indoor Airtramp is popular for parties. Pram and wheelchair access, too.

Outside, navigate a huge Corn Maze, play on the multi-sports field, try the oversized hanging musical instruments, spot frogs in the pond or zoom on the zipline. Grab lunch on the Bistro terrace, which backs directly onto the garden and playground.

To note: Admission fee only applies to the museum. Visit the garden free of charge every day until 5pm.

Check opening hours directly as they often change. Open Sat & Sun 10am - 5pm (Museum) Garden until 5pm daily.

Luxlait Vitarium

The Luxlait Vitarium (a.k.a The Milk Museum!) in Roost boasts itself as being one of Europe’s most modern dairy museums. At the forty-five interactive workstations, kids can touch, press, pull, click, and play to their hearts content! A fun way to learn about all things dairy, the human body and nutrition physiology.

Visit the 3D cinema, book a guided tour (3 times per day), try an agricultural or cooking workshop. Hosts birthday parties and business events. End your visit at the outdoor playpark enjoying a Luxlait treat, included with all tickets.

Open every day 9am - 5:30pm.

Luxembourg Science Centre

At the Science Centre in Differdange, kids can navigate one hundred interactive learning stations. Touch screens are in FR, EN, DE and LU as are the science shows. The proposed 3 hours to tour is relative as its self-guided. Shows are for kids over six, as they encourage audience participation.

Kitchen Lab, for age eight and over is co-financed by an outreach and communication subsidy from Luxembourg National Research Fund. The planetarium is captivating. Events run frequently, full schedule and booking via their website.

Open Mon to Fri 9am – 5pm. Sat/Sun 10 – 6pm.

Natural History Museum

An immersive world of animals, insects, plants, minerals, fossils, and planetary science awaits at the Natural History Museum in Grund. Lots of interactive activities and hands on experiments on offer. Learn about the wider world we live in as well as local Luxembourg wildlife.

Two kids' clubs combine education and play: Panda club for age 6 - 10 and Science Club for ages 11 - 18.

Every September the "Naturmusée" festival runs family activities. Text throughout the museum is in FR and DE with EN and LU translations available via a free phone app. Take a 3D tour here.

Open: Tues to Sun 10am - 6pm. (8pm on Tues) Closed Mon.

MUDAM

The benefits of early exposure to the Arts have been well documented. Not least to enhance creativity, aid problem solving, develop fine motor skills, promote self-expression, and build confidence.

MUDAM offers workshops, events, and tours for ages 4-12 through their Mudamini programme. Younger kids (4-6) can join the fairy tale tours and artworks. Older kids (6-12) can take guided tours, play games, and sign up for creative workshops.

To note – Many open displays not for touching, so keep an eye on wandering hands here!

Open: Tues to Sun 10 - 6pm (9pm on Wed). Closed Mon.

Contemporary Art Gallery Casino Luxembourg

The Contemporary Art Gallery (inside Luxembourg City Casino) hosts lively and vibrant exhibitions to which the children's workshops are always linked. Every Saturday for ages 6-12 and the first Sunday of the month for ages 3-6. Pick up a copy of their bilingual (FR/LU) Art magazine for ages 5-12 or subscribe. Art boxes (Klik Klak Kits) are available free of charge.

Children's birthday parties are for ages 6-12 with a menu of themed two hour Art workshops for a maximum of ten kids.
Holiday workshops available, full schedule on website.

Sign up for a Klik Kaart pass and benefit from free and subsidised activities.

Open: Wed to Mon 11am - 7pm (9pm on Thurs) Closed Tues.

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Biodiversum Reserve

The Biodiversum Reserve in Remerschen is a nature museum in a futuristic building, set on an artificial island at the foot of the vineyards. Perfect for walking, bird watching or, in more clement weather, to enjoy the nearby gravel pit ponds.

Exhibits cover the history of nature conservation, the underwater world, birds, plants, and other conservation areas in Luxembourg.

Highlights the wealth of flora and fauna and diversity of bird species we have in Luxembourg. Kids enjoy the taxidermy and interactive nature activities. All about sustainability and care for the environment, so a great lesson for the kids.

Open Tues to Sun 10am – 5pm. Closed Mon.

Laboratorium

Opened in 2023, Laboratorium in Livange is more of a small adventure venue but is nature and space themed. Kids can peer at the chameleon, guinea pig, snake, and mouse. They might even get to hold or touch.

Sit in a gigantic snail and listen to its heartbeat. A 3D printing machine fires out items you can purchase. Soft play and space room with slide. Small gym space for parents and on-site cafe.

Gaining popularity as a birthday party venue.

Booking required to visit, open daily 9am – 6:30pm.

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Tramway Museum

Introduce kids to the history of transportation at the Tramway Museum! Free entry. Traverse the journey from 1875 showing advancements in design, engineering, and technology. Climb aboard an old tram and see some transport memorabilia. Kids enjoy the miniature scale exhibits, too.

Small comparative to other transport museums in Europe, but kids love taking a step back in time. Might even prompt reflection on the convenience and luxury of travel that we enjoy today!

Open: Sat/Sun 10am - 6pm and Thurs 1:30pm - 5:30pm.

Aviation Museum

Right in the heart of the thermal park in Mondorf-Les-Bains, sits Luxembourg's Aviation Museum. Kids can learn about the developments in aeronautics over the last century and marvel at the oldest wooden plane to have flown in Luxembourg.

Interactive with buttons to press plus old film and audio recordings to enjoy. End with a walk round the beautiful park, complete with over-sized garden games and a playpark.

Open Wed to Sun 2pm - 6pm. Closed Mon and Tue.

National Mining Museum

Kids love a ride on the mining train at The National Mining Museum (MNM) in Rumelange. Kids aged 6-14 can take on the identity of a miner, receiving a miner’s token as a souvenir plus a free entry voucher to the museum. They can extract some ore and keep it!

Older kids might enjoy learning about the history of mining and the impact it had on Luxembourg's economy.

Open Thur to Sun 2pm - 6pm. Closed Mon, Tue, Wed.

Fire Brigade Exhibition

Small but interesting the Fire Brigade Exhibition in Senningen showcases the history of the fire service, brimming with memorabilia dating back to WW2. Modern toys corner, unsurprisingly with a fire brigade theme.

Open Sat 10am - 6pm.

Further, at the Firefighter Museum in Wiltz, kids can marvel at old fire trucks, equipment and uniforms.

To note: Visits to the firefighter museum are by request.

International Gendarmerie and Police Museum

For Police enthusiasts, The International Gendarmerie and Police Museum in Capellen showcases the history of the Luxembourg police service and an impressive collection of police memorabilia from all over the world.

Guided tours led by former and current police officers available on request.

Open: 3rd Sat of every month 10am – 6pm.

Museum 'A Possen'

At Museum 'A Possen' in Bech-Kleinmacher kids can peruse old shoemaker and weaving workrooms and learn about the daily life of winegrowers from the 18th and 19th centuries. The traditional toy museum exhibits model train sets and antique dolls. The museum links seven houses, the oldest dating back to 1617.

Tours available as well as workshops in DE and FR. Parents can learn about the history of wine!

Finish at the restaurant and a walk nearby up into the vineyards with a stunning view.

Open Wed to Sun 2pm - 6pm. Closed Mon and Tue.

Rural and artisanal museum

In Peppange, the Rural museum is unsurprisingly a tribute to rural life. A step back in time where you can take a horse carriage ride, kids can clamber the preserved agricultural machines all while learning about farm life circa 1849.

An imitation medieval village and gardens to roam. Ancient crafts are demonstrated at the workshops.

To note: Nearby there is a carriage museum and a blacksmith museum.

Open Tue to Sun 2pm - 6pm. Closed Mon.

Kulturhuef

Two museums in one at the Kulturhuef in Grevenmacher. Luxembourg's museum of the printing press and playing cards, displays the evolution of printing, from 1850 to 1950 plus the history of a playing cards manufacturing company.

Perhaps appealing to more niche and quirky interests.

To note: Has a cinema which shows kids movies. Free guided tours every Sunday. Workshops in EN, FR, DE and LU.

Open: Tues to Sun 2pm – 6pm. Closed Mon.

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Luxembourg City Museum

The Luxembourg City Museum doesn't stand out as child friendly although but they do offer a schools programme and host birthday parties for kids age 6 and over.

Top tip! For those who meet certain income criteria, Kulturpass is available for subsidised entry to many of Luxembourg’s cultural venues including the rural museum, the Contemporary Art Gallery and Mudam.