How do you engage young people with museum collections?

What goes into designing a programme that combines exciting hands-on clay activity with history, science and local stories?

How do you create cross-curricular links that will get schools interested in participating?

The Clay Museum Conference will address these questions and more as we look back on The Potteries Museum & Art Gallery and British Ceramics Biennial’s collaborative work in recent years in an open discussion of the successes and challenges of the Clay Museum Programme. This all-day event will bring together artists, museum staff, and educators to talk about how we can get young people excited to learn.

The Clay Museum Conference is bringing together key people to discuss, share and reflect on the Clay Museum programme. We will look at how we have developed workshops that engage on many levels. So many different skill sets came together to work on this project, from museum staff to ceramic artists. There will also be the opportunity to hear from teachers who have engaged with the programme. They will discuss the impact this programme has had on their students. Additionally, we will talk about what educators need from museum programmes to help with school visits and engagement.