We visited with our 9yo son and were lucky to be in a small group of 7 (one other child). Joel(?) our guide was really enthusiastic and really involved the kids, asking them questions and talking really at their level. After about 30 minutes of showing things found during digs and talking about archaeology, we went to their fun dig site where you get to scrape away the fake dirt and see what you have uncovered. There are 4 dig sites each with different things to find and history to hear about. You likely won’t do all 4 sites in the 30 minutes but don’t worry because there’s so much to learn your brain will be full! You’re then free to look around the rest of the museum, eg see / smell / touch archaeology exhibition. This was great but try to go when there’s a smaller group (eg first thing) as your kids will be so much more involved = not bored!

DIG is an attraction that testfies to York's rich history and it's recent archaeological discoveries. I attended the last talk of the day which is reserved for adult's only. This meant that the speaker was able to spend time exploring each of our questions specifically rather than wrangling children too! As there was a fairly small group of us, this was a great experience. We were encouraged to ask questions and the talk speaker was an archaeologist with experience in the field. This was great as you could really ask anything and they had an insiders knowledge of how archaeoligical digs work as well as an obvious passion for the facts they were sharing. Their specialty was in human remains but when asked about glass they were perfectly able to educate us on that too. The dig pits were still available for adults to have a go at excavating. It was fun to "get your hands dirty" (though the "dirt" is not real so don't worry about getting messy). There is no pressure to do this though if it's not your cup of tea. Highly recommend going along!

We recently went on our second trip to Dig as we had some time to kill in York and decided to take advantage of our yearly pass from a previous visit. As our tour guide was different from our first time we learnt new things and saw different artefacts which was great. The children were talked to like they were intelligent which made them want to work out the answers and they felt confident to make guesses. I was really impressed by how our tour guide made sure that our 6 year old understood and reexplained when she didnt. Dig is a really unique kids focused museum but it's also really interesting for adults and definitely worth a repeat visit.

We were 3 generations from age 3 to 71 and Anastasia catered for us all. The two children were welcome to go to the play area at any time for the 25 minute talk but they stayed and were interested. Digging in the 'clean' dirt was fun and we could call Anastasia to explain our finds at any time. Very well organised in the beautiful and ancient St. Saviour's Church.

My son loved his birthday party at Dig on Saturday. The pros: The viking host and the other person assigned to us were lovely and really helpful. The staff were all friendly. The food was great, I believe the sandwich selection is a bit too grown up for kids. Plain cheese or ham etc would probably be better so alot went to waste, us grown ups certainly loved them. The fruit was amazing. Loads of it and berries, watermelon etc not just cheap fruit. The craft activity was great. Making the shields was very fun. The kids loved the dig pits and doing the shield wall. The cons: Poor communication meant we arrived at 1:40 and had nowhere really to wait or put our coats. Not all as advertised. At the banquet they did not have goblets just plastic beakers. Also there was no viking selfie photo frame and props as advertised on the website. There was an opportunity to take pictures with weapons but we had to all line up for this, time was allocated in the party for this so not really a selfie activity and no selfie frame. It is not a big thing though. Overall for a kids party with a bit of a difference I would recommend. Several of the parents told me their children said it was the best birthday party they had ever been to.

Started off with a talk about archeology which was fun and engaging. Our 7 year old loved it as did we. Then on to the dig. The dig sites are fascinating, uncovering some real-life stories. This is a must-do for families. It hints on the we site that it’s mainly fun for kids, but us adults had a great time too!

This was our last stop on the ‘Pastport’ tour of four properties managed by the York Archeological Trust. We were given hands-on opportunities to interact with items from York’s archeological past, with a brilliant running commentary from an inspiring young professional. Fascinating, superb commentary, and if you have children they get to ‘dig’ for themselves. Set in a beautiful old church building. Well worth the visit.

My husband and I took our 2 kids (7 & 4) to Dig and were lucky enough to get a personal tour from Sarah (we booked the 3pm slot, which was quiet). Sarah gave us a really interesting talk about the artefacts and, even though my 4 year old was probably a bit young for it, Sarah did really well to engage with and involve both kids and pitched her talk at the right level. It was great for us adults too. Both kids loved the digging part and were excited by the finds. We'll definitely visit again.

Had a fab time at DIG as part of our pastport. Kezia was very informative and enthusiastic. Gave lots of information during the talk, engaged with all the kids and adults alike. We all had fun digging and being archaeologists for the 2nd half. Definitely aimed more at families with younger children. My 12 yr old enjoyed it but much older might get bored unless they have a keen interest in archaeology, the tour guides are very knowledgeable.

Blimey this was an unexpected hit… my grandkids loved this. Really well pitched presentation to a small group of kids. The female archaeologist was enthusiastic and informative. A superb ambassador for the subject.. we took our two grandsons 5 &7 on Sunday 18th August for the 1:30 ‘slot’ and she held their attention for over twenty minutes. Impressive. Then onto the dig itself. Great fun, what’s not to like when you ‘re seven and you can unearth a skeleton.