Resources
These practical resources are designed for use by museum and heritage education practitioners working with a wide range of audiences.
A Thousand Lost and Found Stories: How to run your own wellbeing project
The toolkit, created by Wessex Archaeology, includes an animated video guide and a downloadable information leaflet. It is designed to enable cultural and heritage organisations to create and deliver their own digital heritage wellbeing projects and is available to explore and download for free.
Kids in Museums: Welcoming families with special educational needs and disabilities
Read these top tips from Kids in Museums on how your organisation can become more accessible and welcoming to special needs families, created in partnership with Sam Bowen, Special Needs […]
Kids in Museums: Creating digital content for children and families
According to The Audience Agency’s Digital Audience Survey, 64% of respondents say that they are viewing more arts and cultural content online during this period. And this is not just […]
Kids in Museums: How can museums support young people’s employment and employability skills?
Kids in Museums wants to see the museum workforce becoming more diverse by creating routes for young people from all backgrounds to work in museums. Although there may not be […]
Creating engaging videos on a budget
Discover best practice examples from Leeds Museums and Galleries, the Egypt Centre and Cambridge University Museums, and hear top tips on equipment, set up, recording, editing and post-production in this GEM video created with Engage.
Kids in Museums Playful Museums Case Studies
During the pandemic Kids in Museums helped 11 different museums create family friendly activities. Read the case studies in this resource! Including: Coventry Transport Museum PK Porthcurno Rugby Museum and […]
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 […]
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 […]