Karen Thomas

Community Officer, Kettle's Yard and University of Cambridge Museums


Karen works with the Learning and Outreach officers across the museums developing long-term cultural partnerships with communities in the north of Cambridge and supporting projects that aim to engage communities with the museums collections. Karen is based at Kettle's Yard.

Young people standing with ears pressed to a tree

‘Branch’ing out with Centre 33 Young Carers

by | 20.10.21

Centre 33 and the University of Cambridge Museums (UCM) have a long-term partnership stretching back over ten years which enables young carers in the county to come together, have fun and creatively engage with our collections. During the summer young carers from the Centre joined us at the museums to discover how nature, and particularly trees, have inspired and been… Read full article

Campaign for Empathy x Arbury Carnival

by | 17.08.20

Campaign for Empathy: A Message, 2020, Enni-Kukka Tuomala The “Campaign for Empathy: A Message” is a travelling audio artwork spreading messages of hope, joy, togetherness and empathy from the future generation, in their own voices and their own words. The “Campaign for Empathy: A Message” marked what would have been Arbury Carnival 2020, the popular local event which normally brings… Read full article

Going coastal in the Fens: exploring the sea with Centre 33

by | 28.09.18

The University of Cambridge Museums have a long-term partnership with local charity Centre 33’s Young Carers project, supporting the young people’s engagement with our collections for over ten years. This year, for the first time, we led sessions across the county as well as within our museums. The young people worked with artist Rachel Dormor over the summer exploring the… Read full article