Alison Giles

Learning Coordinator, Whipple Museum of the History of Science


Alison Giles is the Learning Coordinator at the Whipple Museum of the History of Science. An escaped primary school teacher who has been working in museums since 2009, she is an enthusiastic member of the
Cambridgeshire Heritage Engagement Group and the Group for Education in Museums. As well as working at UCM she is the administrator, education officer and doer-of-things-that-nobody-else-wants-to-do at Burwell Museum.

Science, Exploration and Empire

by | 09.01.24

Science is often considered to be objective, just about “facts”. However, scientists are people and the way they see the world is affected by the ideas around them. At the Whipple Museum of the History of Science, we wanted to create a schools session that puts science in context and explores the darker side of the history of science in… Read full article

Equipment box for “light and shadows” topic

Working together in lockdown: Sawston Village College

by | 19.03.21

During lockdown the Whipple Museum of the History of Science has been working with the inclusion unit at Sawston Village College to create fun, interactive science lessons based on collections objects which can be delivered remotely. The sessions have encouraged pupils to take an enquiry-based approach to science and to use historic objects to find out about science both in… Read full article