Walker Art Gallery

Ah! A spot of culture for the boys & me! We visited The Walker Art Gallery on Friday & had a fantastic time! We got the train into Lime Street which is always a treat & walked across the road to the gallery.
The boys absolutely LOVED the huge fountain outside the gallery & we spent quite sometime admiring it. This little piccie of Luke is him saying 'It's huge!' & showing me just how huge it is!
Had to pose for a photo on the steps coz my boys look so small compared to the enormous building! Inside the gallery is a room dedicated to children called Big Art. It is full of exciting things related to art & artwork for kids to experience & do. There is...
...a multi-sensory room full of lights that change colour & different buttons to press so you can hear different sounds...

...music to listen to...

...dress up doll jigsaws with different costumes from various paintings in the gallery...

...displays of old children's toys & artifacts with quizzes & games to play relating to the items (the snap game was right up Jordan's street!) & books & story bags to enjoy...

...there are flaps to slide back & holes to hide things in...

...puzzles based on wooden carvings that are hanging on the walls...

...interactive computer puzzles...

...a puppet theatre full of exciting puppets to play with...

...period costumes to dress up in & a king's throne to sit on! Luke & Jordan loved being Henry VIII!

There are shells to look at through magnifying glasses...

...phones to communicate with & play 20 questions with using the boxes full of carved animals that are hiding under flaps (bet you never thought you'd see 2 Henry VIIIs on the telephone!)...

...giant teapots to have a tea party with. Timmy makes a delicious cuppa by the way!

And last but not least there is paper, chalk, glue, tissue paper & crayons to make your very own work of art or brass rubbings & worksheets galore to do. What fun!

And if all that isn't enough fun for you there are railings outside the gallery to swing on till your heart's content! ;O)

We had such a lot of fun at the gallery. I love how excited the boys are to go to an art gallery & the interest it gives them in cultural things. After having some juice on the gallery steps we went back to Lime Street station to watch the trains coming in & out. We even saw the Virgin train! After about 45 minutes we got our train back to Wavertree & walked home. Just as we stepped in the door the rain came pouring down & didn't stop till the boys' bedtime! What good timing eh?!