Royal Albert Dock Art Trail At The Heart of Tate Liverpool’s Family Activity This Autumn

Tate Liverpool is organising a series of activities to inspire families and young art lovers to get creative and explore the waterfront this autumn. Visitors can follow Mildred, Tate’s art-loving cat, to find images of 6 artworks displayed around the inner quay of the Royal Albert Dock. There’s also family friendly arts and crafts for the October half-term holidays and tours of their latest display aimed at children.

Inspired by the much-loved children’s book about Mildred the Gallery Cat at Tate, the Art Trail will be available to take part in throughout the year and is a great way for families with children aged 7-11-years-old to spend time together, doing something that is both creative and active. 

The free Art Trail booklet is available to collect from Tate Liverpool + RIBA North at Mann Island and The Nest art and design shop in Albert Dock. While Tate Liverpool is temporarily closed, the Art Trail gives visitors the chance to explore the dock by following the map on the back of the booklet to find pictures of Tate artworks throughout the colonnades. There’s plenty of space and guidance inside the booklet to encourage young people to create their own amazing art along the way.

Free family arts and crafts activities at the gallery for the October half-term holidays will be inspired by the free Brickworks display and the brilliant variety of brick-based artworks on show. The Learning Space is open every day for visiting families – a space to relax and create with art games, colouring-in, books, toys and more.

From Monday 28 October to Friday 1 November activities will include:

• Bricktionary – play against friends and family, put your building block construction skills to the test and communicate clues to your teammates.

• Poem Wall – Get inspired by Saloua Raouda Choucair’s Poem Wall art work on display in Brickworks and then unleash your creativity on our poem wall.  Write, draw, jumble and swap building blocks to create your visual poem.

• What’s behind the door? – Check out Jannis Kounellis’s work in Gallery one and then head to the learning space to help answer the mystery of what’s lurking behind that door!

There will also be some special tours of the Brickworks display aimed at children, daily at 10am between 28 October and 1 November. Bricks can be used to make fascinating artworks but younger visitors may be wondering why an artist has used tights in their sculpture or why a pile of bricks is classed as art.

Tate Liverpool’s learning team is here to answer those questions and help you discover more about the artworks and some of the stories behind them. The tours last approximately 25 minutes, followed by a 20-minute art activity and places are limited.

For more information visit the Tate Liverpool website.