Resources
These practical resources are designed for use by museum and heritage education practitioners working with a wide range of audiences.
Kids in Museums: Welcoming families to your venue
Top tips from Kids in Museums on supporting your staff and volunteers to give a friendly welcome to family visitors.
Colchester + Ipswich Museums, Decolonisation + Democratisation Resources
During November and December 2020, Colchester + Ipswich Museums hosted a series of live-streams on their YouTube channel. Catch up on all 6 episodes and find further resources below.
Online Working Risk Assessment for Vulnerable Adults and Children
This Online Working Risk Assessment for Vulnerable Adults and Children has been commissioned by GEM and written by Heritage and Arts Freelancer Lizzie Mee for the use of all working within learning in the museums, heritage and cultural sectors. For the Word version of this resource, click to download here.
Safeguarding Policy Example
Safeguarding policy example commissioned by GEM and created by Heritage and Arts Freelancer Lizzie Mee. This policy is adaptable to various museum, heritage and cultural organisations. For the Word version of this resource, click to download here.
Self-led school trails – A toolkit for developing trails with impact
This toolkit is an introduction to developing effective self-led school trails for museum educators and interpretation designers who want to maximise the effectiveness of their self-led resources. Many education teams now face the task of redeveloping existing resources that have become obsolete due to the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic. Trails are commonly used interpretation and engagement resources, and when they are truly […]
Routes In Report from Tate Modern
Routes In is a Young People’s Programme that aims to support young people from under-represented backgrounds into creative careers. It is made up of several strands including internal advocacy, a network of sector professionals and a public programme, including the Alternative Careers Fair. This report was commissioned by Tate Young People’s Programmes and written by […]
Black History Resources for Home Schooling
School resources (Powerpoint slides and Word documents) developed from the Colonial Countryside project are now available free to parents for use in home schooling. Aimed at Years 5-8, these resources were produced for the National Trust by the Colonial Countryside project and a team of historians led by Miranda Kaufmann, who wrote Black Tudors. The […]
Wonder House
The Wonder House podcast is hosted by Dr Sushma Jansari. It’s a podcast series that shares some of the most innovative contemporary approaches to decolonising museums so that we are all empowered and inspired to learn and experiment. Recent contributors include Dan Vo, founder of the award-winning LGBTQ+ volunteer-led tours at the V&A, Thanh Sinden, […]
Planning for Alternative Futures
Video recap of London Museum Development session on planning for alternative futures.
Best evidence on supporting students to learn remotely
Resources from the Education Endowment Foundation on supporting students to learn remotely.