Stories, Statues and Stillness
Exploring movement and mindfulness with preschoolers at the Museum of Classical Archaeology. This year, the Cambridge Festival of Ideas was based around the theme of ‘movement’. This was very exciting for those of us working with very young children who, from an adult point of view, move around a lot! Often at great speed and in unpredictable directions. In fact…
Can we adapt? Can we thrive?
This was the question the 2016 Group for Education in Museums Conference set out to address, with 120 delegates and contributors meeting at the Surgeons’ Hall in Edinburgh on 31 August to 1 September. Scotland was well represented in the keynote addresses where speakers included Mark O’Neill, Director of Policy and Research at Glasgow Live, and Mhairi Cross, Chief Executive…
Prehistoric poop!
For most people, the idea of finding old poo is disgusting, and the idea of dissecting it and sorting through it is even worse! Unless of course you’re a child of a certain age and the poo in question is dinosaur poo. A chance conversation with a colleague, when I should have been paying attention in a meeting, turned into…