Naomi Chapman

Education & Outreach, The Polar Museum


Naomi has over twenty years teaching experience in nursery, primary and middle school education combined with paid and voluntary work in the museum sector. Developing and maintaining strong relationships between both sectors is a key part of Naomi’s role. As a skilled communicator, she is keen to use the collections and research at the Scott Polar Research Institute to inspire children and adults alike. Ever creative, Naomi is always keen to learn something new.

Stitching up the Arctic

by | 03.08.17

Inspired by the painted ceilings in the Polar Museum‘s entrance hall, the Polar education team wanted an updated version of our Arctic map that we could touch, explore and get close to. In the Autumn of 2016, we commissioned local artist Jenny Langley to make us a textile map of the region that also incorporated current Arctic research. Jenny worked… Read full article

Lyme Regis Rocks

by and | 22.06.17

Over the May Bank Holiday weekend, four Cambridge organisations took part in the Lyme Regis Fossil Festival. Over the past few years the British Antarctic Survey (BAS) have been joined by the UK Antarctic heritage Trust (UKAHT) and the Polar Museum at the Scott Polar Research Institute (SPRI). This year the Sedgwick Museum of Earth Sciences also joined in. On… Read full article

“It’s got to be easy to use”

by , and | 12.04.17

How consulting with teachers is helping the University of Cambridge Museums improve its digital resources for schools. Early in 2016 a team of University of Cambridge Museum educators (Kate Noble from the Fitzwilliam Museum, Naomi Chapman from the Polar Museum and Sarah-Jane Harknett from the Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology) worked on a research project looking at how teachers use collections-based… Read full article