Wednesday 14 May | FREE Talks on Hot Button Topics
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Learning
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09.55 - 10.35 Takeover Day: more than a day
This year’s Takeover Day (21 November) is set to be the biggest yet. But it’s not just
about a single day. Involving young people in your planning can benefit all concerned –
leading the way to the long-term involvement of your community. Find out how to get
involved and the impact it could have on your museum and your working practice.
Caroline Marcus, Takeover Day Director, Kids in Museums; Lisa Jacques, Learning Officer
Contemporary Visual Arts, Leicester Arts & Museums Service and Tina Barton, Managing
Director, Wot Box Participation
SECTOR UPDATE - HLF
11.05 – 11.45 Support now for the future
This session looks at HLF’s recent funding for the museums sector and how this
fits with other funders. Fiona will consider the type of projects HLF hopes to fund
in future and outline both the current and future funding support for collections,
museums and the sector generally.
Fiona Talbott, Head of Museums, Libraries and Archives, Heritage Lottery Fund
12.15 - 12.55 Measuring impact and value
How do you measure the success of your learning programmes? Where do museums fit in
the increasingly data-driven world of curriculum design and formal education policy? How
do we evidence the profound impact a visit to our venue can have upon a child? What about
an interaction with a digital collection object – how do we value that? These questions
will be explored and conversation opened about the way we articulate our offer to learners
and teachers.
John McMahon, Museums, Libraries & Heritage Advisor, A New Direction and Anra
Kennedy, Content & Partnerships Director, Culture24
13.25 - 14.05 Learning through stories
This session explores practical ways in which museum learning teams can embrace
approaches to applying stories, storytelling and interpretation to engage children of
all ages with their collections and spaces. Lily brings an expert storytelling perspective
whilst Eloise talks about the impact this approach has had in workshops at 2 Temple
Place and also back in the classroom afterwards.
Lily Pender, Director, TheWholeStory and Eloise Maxwell, Education Co-ordinator,
2 Temple Place
14.35 - 15.15 Technology, learning & collections
The way that young people learn is undergoing profound change and in this session you
will hear from a teacher working in a forward-thinking, technically innovative school
about the opportunities afforded by technology and the ways she and her students are
working with it. Sejul will be revealing all about Connecting Collections - a new national
digital project presenting your digital collections to teachers and learners in open, useful,
flexible ways. He’ll explain how your venue can join the project.
Jeanette O’Connor, Lead Practitioner for New Digital technologies, Uckfield Community
College and Sejul Malde, Research Manager, Culture24
15.45 - 16.25 Museum learners & anniversaries –
a happy marriage?
First World War, Magna Carta, Battle of Waterloo, The Easter Rising… this is a decade of
landmark anniversaries so it’s not surprising that museums are becoming increasingly adept
at using them, either as exhibition hooks or to shine new light on established collections.
This session explores best practice for learning and anniversaries – where is the value
created for the institution? How can they be used to create more meaningful learning
experiences? Our speakers will share the learning from their work on ‘Significance of the
Centenary’ - a network funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council which brought
together museum interpreters, educators and academics, to discuss the theory and practice
of centennial commemoration.
Alex Drago, Explorer Manager, Learning & Engagement, Historic Royal Places and Dr
Joanne Sayner, Senior Lecturer in Cultural Theory and German Studies,
University of Birmingham.
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Theatre 2
Engaging New Visitors
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10.20 - 11.00 Audience Development Planner
a take away toolkit
An introduction to a new online tool to help organisations create their own bespoke plan
focusing on the visitors they want to reach and the best ways of reaching
them. Particularly useful for those who are planning a project or submitting an HLF or
other funding application.
Pamela Pf