I was really pleased to be back photographing for Kids in Museums to document their annual Takeover Day, this year documenting the children taking over The National Archives in Kew.
Takeover Day is when museums, galleries, historic homes, archives and heritage sites invite young people in to take over jobs normally done by adults.
It was wonderful to see how excited and enthusiastic everyone was (staff very much included!) and I’m always amazed by how many cool things they get to try in a day: looking at insects under microscopes, finding out about suffragettes in original documents, having full creative control over the shop Christmas tree, making videos for social media, designing posters to educate people about making sure they look after the planet and decorating canvas bags they can use instead of disposable plastic bags – incredible!
I’ve shared a few images below – it was such a great day and wonderful to work with such a fantastic teams at Kids in Museums and The National Archives, too!
To find out more about Kids in Museums checkout their website here: kidsinmuseums.org.uk
and The National Archives here: nationalarchives.gov.uk