Tagged with Families
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 Art Gallery Amberley Museum Compton Verney National Museum of the Royal Navy Collective (Edinburgh) Poole Museum Wrexham County Borough Museum and Archive Manchester Museum and […]
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 […]
Piece Hall Learning Zone
Explore this educational website for families and children home schooling during COVID-19 lockdown from The Piece Hall. It has a range of art and craft activities for adults and young people, a history resource related to The Piece Hall and surrounding area with activities and video content for children and a section on Alice Irwin’s […]
Kids in Museums
The Kids in Museums resources section.
Building a Learning Legacy – advice notes
The aim of the Building and Learning Legacy (BaLL) project was to provide practical support to museums and galleries throughout Wales by developing high quality learning and access programmes, in particular for smaller, less well resourced organisations and those without dedicated learning and access staff.
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.
