Gallery Babies: First Forms

Thursday 4 September 2025

11:00–12:30

Henry Moore Institute, Leeds

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Part of Fragment and Form

A baby sat on the floor, supported by its mother, playing with coloured plastic objects.

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Gallery exploration and sensory play for babies and their grown-ups.

A new workshop to introduce our tiniest visitors (and their grown-ups) to sculpture! Join us for a relaxed tour of the galleries to explore our exhibition Fragment and Form, then head upstairs to our Studio for a sensory play session.

Babies can explore objects and textures related to the exhibition, while the grown-ups can take part in some gentle making, with a cup of tea and chance to chat.

We hope that these free sessions provide a chance for parents and grandparents to socialise and explore our exhibitions, while also providing sensory experiences for babies in our new learning space, the Studio.

This session is a pilot to develop our early years offer. We hope to make this a regular session running every eight weeks.

Tickets

Tickets for this workshop are free, but please book in advance as places are limited.

Children must be accompanied by an adult for the duration of the workshop.

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Two children at at table, wrapping sticks with wool to make small sculptures.

A school group sat around four tables, working on a creative project involving photos of sculpture, transparent sheeting and brightly coloured string.

A young girl drawing bold colours over the top of a photo of a sculpture on a clipboard.

Accessibility

The workshop will take place in the Studio, our new workshop space on the second floor of the building.

We want to make it as easy as possible for all to attend, so please get in touch if you have any access needs that you would like to discuss before the workshop.

Accessibility

Step-free entrance

Our accessible entrance is on Cookridge Street, with a lift (doors 100cm wide) bringing you onto the ground floor of the building.

Internal lift

There is an internal passenger lift (doors 72cm wide) to all floors of the building.

Pushchairs & bags

You can store pushchairs and bags in the Studio for the whole event. We also have lockers on the basement level, suitable for bags and smaller items.

Toilets

The Studio has its own toilet facilities, including one fully accessible superloo (self-contained cubicle with a toilet and sink) and two additional gender-neutral superloos.

Baby-changing facilities

There are baby-changing facilities within the Studio’s toilets. Additional baby-changing facilities are located on the basement level, within one of our gender-neutral superloos.