Caring for your family archives
Do you have family archives? – paper, photographs, film and slides, possibly hidden away in dusty boxes? Would you like to know more about what can damage them, and how to care for them appropriately so future generations can enjoy them? If yes, then you may want to come along to an event on Saturday 18 November at the Sedgwick Museum…
Learning about Culture: Measuring what Matters
I was fortunate to be invited to attend the launch of the new Education Endowment Foundation (EEF) / Royal Society of Arts (RSA) Learning about Culture Programme on Tuesday 17th October. In this post I reflect on the programme and consider what arts and cultural organisations can do to improve the evidence base around our work with children and young people….
My Nursery is at the Museum and Garden
What happened when a group of 3 year olds spent a week ‘in residence’ at the Fitzwilliam Museum and Botanic Garden? Inspired by the ‘My Primary School is at the Museum’ project, educators at the Fitzwilliam Museum and the Botanic Garden invited nine children from a local nursery to spend five mornings ‘in residence’. Over the coming weeks and months…
