Following an exploration of the Kettle's Yard House or temporary exhibitions, get creative with an artist-led workshop inspired by themes, ideas or materials explored.
These sessions can be tailored for your specific class or learning outcomes and are delivered with our Learning team and one of our associate artist facilitators. Sessions run for around 2 - 2.5 hours and are £180 per class (£230 for fee-paying schools).
Enquire at: schoolbookings@kettlesyard.cam.ac.uk
Using the Kettle's Yard House and art as stimulus, students will learn and apply critical and creative thinking skills to make connections, make observations and explore ideas before making their own artworks to take with them.
Sessions tailored and recommended for EYFS, KS1, KS2 & KS3
1.5 - 2 hour session, £75 per class
* £125 per class for fee-paying schools.
enquire at:schoolbookings@kettlesyard.cam.ac.uk
About the Session
Find out more about the development of medicine and anatomy using objects from the collections of the Whipple Museum and library. Explore changes in anatomy textbooks from rare seventeenth-century editions to modern versions of "Grey's anatomy". Try out a much-hyped Victorian medical device and find out how microscopes revolutionised our understanding of infectious diseases.
Duration: Can be booked as:
A 90-minute session in the museum
or
A 60-minute outreach session (online or in person)
About the Session
How can we make a difference to the sound something makes? Experiment with the museum’s duochord, tuning forks and other objects to find out how sound can be changed and measured. Find out why there are different sizes of instruments and what difference that makes to the sounds they can make.
Duration: Can be booked as:
A 90-minute session in the museum
or
A 30-to 60-minute outreach session (online or in person) with ideas for activities to complete in class
