There are also lots of ideas that Jules might find helpful here, www.mylearning.org/museumsinabox/ including loads of downloadable resources (aimed at primary school teachers) and some videos showing teachers' and pupils' responses to the 'Museums in a Box' project. Alison *Alison Glew* *My Learning Website* www.mylearning.org On 29 January 2014 11:18, Kim Biddulph <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Hi Jules and everyone, > > I would recommend the Making Museums website from Oxford University Museum > of Natural History and the Pitt Rivers Museum. It's been going for over a > decade and won the Clore Learning Prize in 2011. Museum staff work with > local primary schools to learn about how museums work and what happens to > objects in their journey to going on display and then create their own > museum back at school. > > The resources section of the website has notes for teachers on how to set > up their own museum at school and there are plenty of images of school > museums to inspire them. > > http://www.museums.ox.ac.uk/makingmuseums/ > > Kim Biddulph > Director, Schools Prehistory > www.schoolsprehistory.co.uk > > ----- Original Message ----- > *From:* Jules Kensett Wooding <[log in to unmask]> > *To:* [log in to unmask] > *Sent:* Wednesday, January 29, 2014 10:07 AM > *Subject:* Exhibition hints/suggestions/guidelines for schools/community > groups > > Greetings All > > I wondered if any of you lovely folk out there in GEM-land had any notes, > guidelines, helpful hints that you give out to schools/community groups to > help them with putting on a small display/exhibition? I am keen to give > this a more professional approach (therefore reflecting how we approach our > exhibitions!) and get groups thinking its not all laminated sheets and > blu-tac! > > Can anyone offer me any assistance please? Eternally grateful, as always. > Time for a brew as I await the influx of replies... > > Jules > > *Jules Kensett Wooding* > *Volunteer* > *Cumbria's Museum of Military Life* > > + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + GEM list: Contact the list owner > for assistance at [log in to unmask] For information about > joining, leaving and suspending mail (eg during a holiday) see the list > website at https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?A0=GEM + + + + + + > + + + + + + + + + + + + + + > > + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + GEM list: Contact the list owner > for assistance at [log in to unmask] For information about > joining, leaving and suspending mail (eg during a holiday) see the list > website at https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?A0=GEM + + + + + + > + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + GEM list: Contact the list owner for assistance at [log in to unmask] For information about joining, leaving and suspending mail (eg during a holiday) see the list website at https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?A0=GEM + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +