How Did They Do That? Science and Technology in Ancient Egypt
Designing an interactive Quest for 8-14 year olds We are excited to announce the launch of a new interactive quest for 8-14 year olds based around the sarcophagus lid of Rameses III at the Fitzwilliam Museum. Guided by Amy and her Egyptologist uncle, children are led through a series of simple tasks to help them to understand some of the…
Design Thinking – Designing a new family guide for the Fitzwilliam
What are the right questions to ask when designing a new resource or service? What methods can we use to assist collaborative and creative thinking? Marco Mason, a Marie Curie research fellow at the School of Museum Studies, University of Leicester, has been on placement with the Fitzwilliam Museum to carry out a research and pilot project in which he…
The Arts Award in Schools Project
Last summer the University of Cambridge Museums were awarded a contract by My Cambridge, the Local Cultural Education Partnership for Cambridge, to deliver a collaborative Arts Award project with 4 city schools. The project tests ways of supporting schools to embed the Arts Award in their planning of the formal curricula, develop teacher confidence in using Arts Award and increase…
