Hands On! Logo int. Accociation of Children in Museums

MEMBERSHIP

Become a member today!

ABOUT MEMBERSHIP

Hands On! believes that museums should encourage curiosity and imagination in the children who visit them. We recognize the role and significance of both collecting and non-collecting children’s museums. Hands On! is committed to the professionalization of all museums that welcome children. Not only in terms of exhibition design and programs, but also in financial and personnel management.

Hands On! has members from 20 countries worldwide. Do you want to connect with the best professionals in the children’s museum and museum field?

BECOME A MEMBER

WHAT WE OFFER

Do you want to connect with the best professionals in the children’s museum and museum field? Hands On! Members enjoy all kinds of benefits.

  • Exchange ideas and expertise with other members at Hands On! activities.
  • Attend the Hands On! Conference at a discounted fee.
  • Highlight your organization’s news, exhibitions and events through the Hands On! website, social media profiles and newsletter.
  • Get access to special resources and the HO! forum in our members zone.
  • Participate in online meet-ups with like-minded professionals from all over the world.
  • Enter for the annual Children in Museums Award at a discounted rate.
  • Receive updates on the latest and most inspiring trends, exhibitions and programmes for children in museums worldwide.
  • Find out about relevant research projects and job vacancies.
  • Benefit from our database, with contact information of other members and associates across the globe.
  • Receive detailed survey results and personalized advocacy documents (e.g. Letters of support, etc.)

KINDS OF MEMBERSHIP

Hands On! offers two kinds of memberships

Institutional membership

For children’s museums, museums and other non-profit organizations that offer exhibitions, or museum-linked activities for children and young people.

€250,- per year.

Corporate membership

For businesses, consultants and other for-profit organizations that develop exhibitions or museum-linked activities for children and young people.

€600,- per year.

BECOME A MEMBER

REGISTRATION

1. To register as a member of Hands On! please carefully read our statutes

2. Fill in this application form: pdf/docx

APPLICATION FORM (PDF)

3. Send us the formular to secretariat@hands-on-international.net

If you need more information about the membership benefits and fees, please
contact Hands On! International Association of Children in Museums.

OUR MEMBERS

Hands On! has members from all over the world.

Austria

Austria

  • FRida & freD - The Graz Children's Museum
  • KinderKunstLabor
  • Künstlerhaus, Gesellschaft bildender Künstlerinnen und Künstler Österreichs
  • Spielzeugmuseum Salzburg
  • Vienna Museum of Technology
  • wissens.wert.welt
  • ZOOM Kindermuseum
AUSTRALIA

AUSTRALIA

  • C Adam Selinger
  • C Early Start Discovery Space
Belgium

Belgium

  • AG/CIA/Erfgoed
  • Le Musee des Enfants
  • Provincial Suske en Wiske - Kindermuseum
  • Teseum
  • The Pass - Scientific Adventures Park
  • Visit Flanders
  • Visit Mechelen
Bulgaria

Bulgaria

  • Bread Houses Network
Chile

Chile

  • CONVERGENCIA
  • Mavi Museum- Visual Arts Museum of Santiago
China

China

  • CMRC (Children's Museum Research Center)
  • Mwoods Art Museum
Cyprus

Cyprus

  • Children’s Museum of Cyprus
Czech Republic

Czech Republic

  • DEPO2015
  • Divadlo Drak a Mezinárodní institut figurálního divadla / Drak Theatre and The International Institute of Figurative Theatre
  • Moravian Museum
  • Prague Botanical Garden
  • Sladovna Pisek o.p.s.
Denmark

Denmark

  • ARoS Aarhus Kunstmuseum
  • Association of Danish Museums
  • Den Gamle By
  • Forening alverdens born
Finland

Finland

  • City of Oulu
Germany

Germany

  • AHA-ERLEBNISmuseum für Kinder und Jugendliche e.V.
  • Akki - Aktion und Kultur mit Kindern e.V.
  • Bundesverband Deutscher Kinder-und Jugendmuseen e. V.
  • C Kurt Hüttinger GmbH & Co. KG
  • Deutsches Museum Kinderreich
  • Experimenta gGmbH
  • Historische Museen Hamburg, SöR
  • Jüdisches Museum Berlin
  • Jugend Museum Schoneberg
  • Junges Museum Frankfurt
  • katho, Katholische Hochschule Nordrhein-Westfalen Catholic University of Applied Sciences
  • Kinder-Akademie Fulda, Kaf
  • Klick-Kindermuseum
  • Landesmuseum Württemberg
  • Mathematikum Giessen e.V.
  • Stadtmuseum Stuttgart / Stadtlabor
  • Technoseum
  • The Mobile Music Museum
Hungary

Hungary

  • Poetry and Folktale Academy
  • Museum of Applied Arts Budapest
Italy

Italy

  • Alchemilla Cooperativa Sociale
  • Associazione Piccolo Museo della Natura
  • Children's Museum Verona
  • Explora Il Museo dei Bambini di Roma
  • M-children
  • Muba Museo dei Bambini
  • MUDEC
  • MUSE - Museo delle Scienze
  • SCIENCE CENTRE Fondazione Idis - Città della Scienza
  • We love moms
Turkey

Turkey

  • cocukistanbul and Informal Education Consultancy and Services inc.
  • ISTANBUL TOY MUSEUM/ SUNAY AKIN MUZECILIK VE KULTUR
  • KArşıyaka Evrensel Değerler Çocuk Müzesi, Karşıyaka International Values and Children Museum/ Kent A.Ş
Slovenia

Slovenia

  • Children's Museum Herman's Den
  • Lutkovno gledališče
  • Museum and Galleries of Ljubljana
Jordan

Jordan

  • The Children Museum Jordan
Sweden

Sweden

  • Goteborgs Stadsmuseum
  • National Museum
  • Tekniska museet- National Museum of Science and Technology
Slovakia

Slovakia

  • Slovenská národná galéria
  • BIBIANA, Int. House of Art for Children
  • Kreativne Vedy
Norway

Norway

  • Midt-Troms Museum
France

France

  • Le Vaisseau
  • Lordculture
  • Philharmonie des enfants
The Netherlands

The Netherlands

  • Amsterdam Museum
  • Beeld en Geluid
  • Dutch Open Air Museum
  • Eye Film Institute Netherlands
  • Het Scheepvaartmuseu
  • LevievanderMeer
  • Literatuurmuseum / Kinderboekenmuseum
  • Maritiem Museum Rotterdam
  • Museum Boerhaave
  • Nationaal Archiv
  • Rijksmusem Muiderslot
  • Rijksmuseum van Oudheden (National Museum of Antiquities)
    Zuiderzeemuseum
  • Groninger Museum
  • C Bruns B.V.
  • Centraal Museum
  • Gemeente Delft Museum Prinsenhof Delft
  • Hermitage Amsterdam
  • Joods Cultureel Kwartier Children's Museum
  • KOSSMANN.DEJONG
  • Museon Museum for Culture and Science
  • Museum Catharijneconvent Utrecht
  • Museumvereniging
  • Naturalis Biodiversity Center
  • PALAIS HET LOO
  • Rijksmuseum Amsterdam
  • Science Museum NEMO
  • Tropenmuseum
  • Zeeuws Museum
Switzerland

Switzerland

  • Kindermuseum Creaviva, Zentrum Paul Klee
  • Schweizer Kindermuseum
  • The Olympic Foundation for Culture and Heritage/The Olympic Museum
Philipinnes

Philipinnes

  • Museo Pambata Foundation Inc.
Portugal

Portugal

  • C MUSEU DAS CRIANÇAS
  • MUSEUM OF THE PLAYING
Poland

Poland

  • Artanimajice
  • Muzeum Łazienki Królewskie w Warszawie
  • Muzeum Narodowe w Gdańsku
United Arab Emirates

United Arab Emirates

India

India

  • Luba Hamied Children's Foundation
Greece

Greece

  • Emotions Museum for children and teens
  • Hellenic Children’s Museum
  • Poetry and Folktale Academy
United Kingdom

United Kingdom

  • Eureka The National Children's Museum
  • Kids in Museums
  • Seven stories National Centre for Children's Books
  • Southbank Centre
  • Victoria & Albert Museum
Israel

Israel

  • The Israel Museum
Romania

Romania

  • Kindermuseum Bekokten
  • UNIVERSUL CUNOASTERII
Lithuania

Lithuania

  • Žaislų muziejus (Toy museum)
UNITED STATES

UNITED STATES

  • Art Institute Chicago
  • Children's Discovery Museum of San Jose
  • Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum
  • Peabody Essex Museum/ Art & Nature Center
Thailand

Thailand

  • National Discovery Museum Institute
Luxembourg

Luxembourg

  • Kannermusée PLOMM
Taiwan

Taiwan

  • Chinese Association of Children's Museums
South Korea

South Korea

  • Nexperium
  • North Gyeonggi Children's Museum
  • Seoul Children's Museum
  • Gyeonggi Children's Museum
  • Gyeongju National Museums
  • National Museum of Korea
  • The National Folk Museum of Korea
Singapore

Singapore

  • National gallery Singapore
  • National Museum of Singapore, National Heritage Board
  • The Storytelling Centre Ltd Singapore

Current Members

KinderKunstLabor
https://www.kinderkunstlabor.at/de
FRida & freD - The Graz Children's Museum
https://fridaundfred.at/
wissens.wert.welt
https://wissenswertwelt.at/
Vienna Museum of Technology
https://www.technischesmuseum.at/
Visit Mechelen
https://visit.mechelen.be/
AG/CIA/Erfgoed
https://www.antwerpen.be/
Le Musee des Enfants
https://www.museedesenfants.be/
DEPO2015
https://www.depo2015.cz/
Divadlo Drak a Mezinárodní institut figurálního divadla / Drak Theatre and The International Institute of Figurative Theatre
https://draktheatre.cz/
Sladovna Pisek o.p.s.
https://www.sladovna.cz/
Den Gamle By
https://www.dengamleby.dk/
Universcience
https://www.universcience.fr/en/pro-area/exhibition-services-en
Philharmonie des enfants
https://philharmoniedeparis.fr/en/philharmoniedesenfants
Le Vaisseau
https://www.levaisseau.com/en/
Akki - Aktion und Kultur mit Kindern
https://www.akki-ev.de/
Historische Museen Hamburg
https://www.shmh.de/
Experimenta
https://www.experimenta.science/
Technoseum
https://www.technoseum.de/
Stadtmuseum Stuttgart / Stadtlabor
https://www.stadtpalais-stuttgart.de/vermittlung/stadtlabor
Mathematikum Giessen e.V.
https://www.mathematikum.de/index.php
Jugend Museum Schoneberg
https://www.museen-tempelhof-schoeneberg.de/jugendmuseum.html
Jüdisches Museum Berlin
https://www.jmberlin.de/en
Junges Museum Frankfurt
https://junges-museum-frankfurt.de/
Hellenic Children’s Museum
https://www.hcm.gr/
Emotions Museum for children and teens
https://www.mce.gr/en/
Children's Museum Verona
https://www.cmverona.it/museo/
Muba Museo dei Bambini
https://www.muba.it/
Explora Il Museo dei Bambini di Roma
https://www.mdbr.it/
Kannermusée PLOMM
https://www.plomm.lu/
Joods Cultureel Kwartier Children's Museum
https://jck.nl/en/longread/jewish-museum-junior
Paleis Het Loo (Apeldoorn)
https://paleishetloo.nl/
Naturalis Biodiversity Center
https://www.naturalis.nl/
Museum Catharijneconvent Utrecht
https://www.catharijneconvent.nl/
Centraal Museum
https://www.centraalmuseum.nl/nl
Groninger Museum
https://www.groningermuseum.nl/
C MUSEU DAS CRIANÇAS
Kindermuseum Bekokten
http://www.kinderuni.ro/
BIBIANA, Int. House of Art for Children
https://www.bibiana.sk/
Museum and Galleries of Ljubljana
https://mgml.si/en/
Lutkovno gledališče
http://www.lgl.si/en/
Children's Museum Herman's Den
https://www.muzej-nz-ce.si/?lang=en
Gyeonggi Children's Museum
https://gcm.ggcf.kr/
Seoul Children's Museum
https://www.seoulchildrensmuseum.org/eng/
National Museum
https://www.nationalmuseum.se/en/
Kindermuseum Creaviva, Zentrum Paul Klee
https://www.creaviva-zpk.org/de
Museumvereniging
https://www.museumvereniging.nl/english
LevievanderMeer
https://www.levievandermeer.nl/
Dutch Open Air Museum
https://www.openluchtmuseum.nl/
Rijksmuseum van Oudheden (National Museum of Antiquities)
https://www.rmo.nl/
Museum Boerhaave
https://rijksmuseumboerhaave.nl/
Literatuurmuseum / Kinderboekenmuseum
https://literatuurmuseum.nl/nl
Het Scheepvaartmuseum
https://www.hetscheepvaartmuseum.nl/
Eye Film Institute Netherlands
https://www.eyefilm.nl/en
Discover Children's Story Centre
https://discover.org.uk/