Resources
These practical resources are designed for use by museum and heritage education practitioners working with a wide range of audiences.
Learning Away
The Learning Away website is packed with resources, case studies and advocacy materials to support the provision and uptake of "brilliant residentials" – high-quality residential experiences for children and young people in a range of settings, including museums and other cultural venues.
Hurdles to the participation of children, families and young people in museums
This literature review from Kids in Museums identifies and explores the complex mix of hurdles, or barriers, to participation in museums and galleries by children, young people and their families. It also makes a set of recommended actions to begin tackling these issues.
Circuit – connecting young people and galleries to spark change
Circuit was a national four year (2013-17) programme led by Tate. In the project’s own words "Circuit set out to create better access to the arts for 15-25 year olds. It was built on Tate’s long-term work with young people, and aimed to reach those who might not usually connect with galleries."
Tincture of Museum
This blog by an award-winning museum volunteer covers all things museum but has a strong focus on making museums more accessible for children with autism.
Museums for Health and Wellbeing Report
This report from the National Alliance for Museums, Health & Wellbeing outlines the variety of activities and projects being delivered by museums, and the impact they are having on audiences and staff.
Arts 4 Dementia
Check out this website for useful resources and guidance on how to work with people living with dementia and how to create dementia friendly activities and venues.
Sounding Out Your Heritage Best Practice Toolkit
A Best Practice Toolkit for care professionals, heritage educators and independent learners.
How to guides for developing your learning programme or services
These short, practical guides explain the benefits of developing your practice and give step by step advice on how to do it; they signpost useful resources and sources of further support so that you can take things to the next stage.
Background Information on Learning Outside the Classroom and Heritage learning
There is a great deal of further research and information surrounding Learning Outside the Classroom in the heritage sector. Find links to relevant resources, publications and organisations.
The Sounding Out Your Heritage project
We never envisaged that the Sounding Out Your Heritage (SOYH) project would be such an amazing success and produce some dramatic early results. If you want to improve health and wellbeing in older adults using learning, then read on.