{"id":196,"date":"2016-07-22T12:26:22","date_gmt":"2016-07-22T12:26:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kiddyzone.co.uk\/news\/?p=196"},"modified":"2016-07-10T12:28:13","modified_gmt":"2016-07-10T12:28:13","slug":"free-attractions-to-keep-your-children-entertained","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kiddyzone.co.uk\/news\/2016\/07\/free-attractions-to-keep-your-children-entertained\/","title":{"rendered":"Free attractions to keep your children entertained"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sometimes the holidays can be a very expensive undertaking and cash can be a bit strapped.\u00a0 But the good news is that this doesn\u2019t mean you are stuck in the house because there are hundreds of fantastic free attractions and entertainment for families and children<\/a> around the country. Here we look at the top free visitor attractions.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

British Museum<\/span><\/p>\n

The British Museum is located in the Bloomsbury area of London and has over 8 million works from all around the world and from the earliest periods of history.\u00a0 It first opened in 1759 and covers human history, art and culture.<\/span><\/p>\n

National Gallery<\/span><\/p>\n

The National Gallery is in Trafalgar Square in London and has over 2,300 paintings from as early as the 13th century within its collection.\u00a0 Some of the most important pieces on show include the Virgin of the Rocks by Leonardo da Vinci and Vincent van Gogh\u2019s Sunflowers.<\/span><\/p>\n

Tate Modern<\/span><\/p>\n

The Tate Modern is Britain\u2019s national modern art gallery, based in Bankside in London.\u00a0 It is a former power station that holds art dating from 1900 to modern times.\u00a0 As well as permanent exhibits, the gallery also has changing temporary exhibitions.<\/span><\/p>\n

Natural History Museum<\/span><\/p>\n

The National History Museum, London, is concerned with the history of life on earth and has over 80 million items from botany, mineralogy and zoology.\u00a0 It is also a centre specialising in identification and conversation and even has items collected by Charles Darwin.<\/span><\/p>\n

Brighton Pier<\/span><\/p>\n

Brighton Pier opened in 1899 and has recently undergone major refurbishment to make it once more a top free attraction.\u00a0 There are rides and attractions as well as eating places and even its own radio station so something for all ages.<\/span><\/p>\n

Victoria & Albert Museum<\/span><\/p>\n

The Victoria and Albert Museum is the largest museum of decorative arts and design in the world with a permanent collection of over 4 million items.\u00a0 It was founded in 1852 and named for Queen Victoria and her consort, Albert and is based in the Brompton district of London.<\/span><\/p>\n

Science Museum<\/span><\/p>\n

The Science Museum is found on Exhibition Road in South Kensington, London and has a collection of over 300,000 items ranging from the oldest steam locomotive to the first jet engine and the first typewriter.\u00a0 It also has a special medical exhibit on the fourth floor.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Sometimes the holidays can be a very expensive undertaking and cash can be a bit strapped.\u00a0 But the good news is that this doesn\u2019t mean you are stuck in the house because there are hundreds of fantastic free attractions and entertainment for families and children around the country. Here we look at the top free … Continue reading “Free attractions to keep your children entertained”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[40,59,55,100],"tags":[102,71,97,87,70,62],"class_list":["post-196","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-attractions-museums","category-entertainment","category-kids","category-plan","tag-adventure","tag-children","tag-education","tag-family","tag-find","tag-fun"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kiddyzone.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/196"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kiddyzone.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kiddyzone.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kiddyzone.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kiddyzone.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=196"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.kiddyzone.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/196\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":197,"href":"https:\/\/www.kiddyzone.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/196\/revisions\/197"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kiddyzone.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=196"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kiddyzone.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=196"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kiddyzone.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=196"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}