Museums

2 small children stand beside a long wall-mounted cabinet and point at the coins it displays

It’s Our Museum Too!

by and | 18.03.22

In early 2020, a group of young children and staff from a local community playgroup spent four mornings ‘in residence’ at the Fitzwilliam Museum. This collaborative action research project built on the findings of the 2017 UCM Nursery in Residence aiming to explore young children’s encounters with objects, spaces and places. Educators from the museum and the playgroup worked together… Read full article

A young person stands by 3 impressionist paintings hung against a dark green background

Exploring museum collections with young people seeking asylum

by | 10.03.22

During summer 2021, the University of Cambridge Museums (UCM) enjoyed the chance to share our collections with unaccompanied young people seeing asylum, offering opportunities to get creative, to develop their spoken English through conversations in the galleries, to discover their own connections with museum objects and to do something fun during their break from college. The University of Cambridge Museums… Read full article

3 young people walking down stone steps in the Fitzwilliam Museum. The lower half of a classical statue is at the bottom of the stairs

Exploring blended models for Arts Award projects

by | 04.03.22

In summer 2021, still facing the challenges of reopening our sites, maintaining social distancing and working with schools as they regained confidence in running school trips, we explored how to run a Bronze Arts Award with secondary school students using a blended model – namely, a mixture of online and in-person engagement. Each year the University of Cambridge Museums (UCM)… Read full article