KIDS got their mits messy at an event at Oxford’s Ashmolean Museum.

It held an art event as part of the Campaign for Drawing’s national Big Draw event throughout October.

Among the visitors were the Wardhaugh family from South Oxford. Mum Jessica, 37, said her sons William, four and Ralph, 10 months, had a great time.

Ms Wardhaugh, a lecturer in French history at the University of Warwick, said: “It was great fun. It’s such a great resource to have on our doorstep. I wish I had grown up with the Ashmolean.

“They had a really great time and the staff were so helpful.”