All Museums & Galleries articles – Page 4
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News & IdeasNatural History Museum announces schools programme to create “young urban nature champions”
The Natural History Museum is inviting schools across the UK to join its new education programme, Explore: Urban Nature, which is designed to provide children with the skills to engage with and protect their local environment.
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News & IdeasDorset Museum welcomes back schools following a £16.4 million redevelopment
Schools can now book visits to Dorset Museum following a huge redevelopment project which has seen the addition of four permanent gallery spaces and a special exhibitions space.
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News & IdeasNew education and workshop space at David Livingstone Birthplace museum
Schools are invited to book visits to the David Livingstone Birthplace in Scotland, which has had a major transformation.
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News & IdeasT. rex exhibition forms new education programme in Nottingham
The first real Tyrannosaurus rex to be displayed in England for more than a century will arrive at Nottingham’s Wollaton Hall Natural History Museum this summer with an exclusive school programme available.
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News & IdeasSchool kids return to attractions in the Lake District for first trip after lockdown
The first school trip since lockdown has taken place on Windermere Lake and surrounding attractions, with pupils enjoying outdoor lessons involving boats, trains and automobiles.
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FeaturesSchool trip memories: CLOtC’s Anne Hunt on experiencing living history
Dr Anne Hunt, CEO of the Council for Learning Outside the Classroom, describes the importance of her trip to the Weald & Downland Living Museum.
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News & IdeasWinchester Science Centre unveils STEM outreach sessions
A new at-school programme of activities has been designed by the team at Winchester Science Centre to include explosive demonstrations and different workshops linking to STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths).
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News & IdeasSchools celebrate becoming ambassadors for KidZania London
Three new Ambassador Schools have been announced to help support KidZania London’s mission to offer hands-on learning experiences outside the classroom.
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News & IdeasNatural History Museum unveils ‘Homework Club’ for pupils
The Natural History Museum has launched its #NHMHomeworkClub initiative, which invites children learning at home to join in with weekly educational activities covering different topics.
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News & IdeasRAF Museum introduces online lockdown workshops
With schools and the museum both currently closed, the team have adapted the sessions usually on offer to video format, with accompanying teacher sheets providing ideas to use with their class before and after.
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News & IdeasScience Museum Group launches free online CPD sessions for teachers
The group, which includes the Science Museum in London and the National Railway Museum in York, has launched the free resources in response to the coronavirus pandemic.
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News & IdeasThe Box unveils new education programme for pupils of all ages and abilities
Cultural and heritage attraction, The Box in Plymouth, has announced details of its new extensive education programme spanning prehistoric mammoths to the present day.
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News & IdeasBletchley Park keen for pupils to take part in virtual sessions to support the attraction
Bletchley Park is calling on schools to take part in its new virtual learning sessions, which aims to bring the best of the attraction to the classroom, and demonstrate how popular it they can be, so that jobs within its learning team can be saved.
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News & IdeasFree school sessions at RAF Museums in London & Shropshire from September
The RAF Museum is offering free sessions, with activities to meet social distancing guidelines, until January 2021.
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News & IdeasBirmingham Museums Trust launches art competition in lockdown
The trust has moved this year’s Inspire art competition online to encourage people of all ages to get creative for their well-being and be inspired by what they can see.
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News & IdeasNational Football Museum helps pupils learn about the evolution of kit design
The National Football Museum in Manchester has introduced ‘Strip! How Football Got Shirty’, a new website that teaches children about the inspiration beind some of football’s most memorable jerseys.
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Features7 places for fantastic school trips in England
With the Coronavirus affecting school visits abroad for now, there’s plenty of top attractions closer to home for future planning towards the end of this year and into the next.
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News & IdeasNew exhibition at Museum of Brands explores influential advertising
School rates are available for When Brands Take a Stand, an exhibition showcasing inspirational and debated advertising campaigns from history.
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News & IdeasThe Story Museum’s creative spaces will open in April
The Story Museum in Oxford will reopen on 4th April following a £6 million development of the storytelling space’s installations and galleries.
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News & IdeasPrehistoric discoveries at new Mystery Warrior exhibition
Schools can learn about a newly discovered Iron Age warrior at the Novium Museum in Chichester, and pair a visit with a themed workshop.