Join other museum learning professionals from the East of England to explore Gainsborough’s House and catch up with news and projects from our region. Please come prepared to talk for 2-3 minutes about something you’re doing in the afternoon showcase.

Provisional timetable:

11.00 Arrival and refreshments

11.15 Introductions and updates

11.30 Deaf Perspectives project – Hannah Salisbury

12.00 Hands on History of Science: Recreating the Learning Gallery at the Whipple Museum – Alison Giles

12.30 Lunch

1.30 Tour of Gainsborough’s House

2.15 Learning at Gainsborough’s House

2.45 Attendees Showcase

3.30 Discussion and goodbyes

Gainsborough’s House combines the childhood home of Thomas Gainsborough – a Grade I-listed eighteenth-century Merchant house and its historic garden – with impressive new exhibition galleries and visitor facilities. Gainsborough (1727–88) is one of Britain’s greatest ever artists and his birthplace and childhood home is a national asset. The house was saved from destruction in 1958 and opened to the public in 1961 to promote the wider knowledge, appreciation, and enjoyment of the art of Thomas Gainsborough and to preserve and enhance the house and its collections for the benefit of present and future generations.

Find out more about how to get to the house at https://gainsborough.org/your-visit/getting-here/ and accessiblity information at https://gainsborough.org/your-visit/accessibility/. Please contact Alison on [email protected] if you need any further information or if there is anything we can do to help you to access this event.