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Thanks for sharing this Eleanor. I recall someone posting a similarly-themed list a few years ago which I found a very useful focus for museum visits either side of a course or conference I was attending in London. If anyone happens to find themselves with a day to spare when up here in the NE and looking for suggestions for specific types of sites or museums to visit, please do post. Also, if anyone from the freelance group is up our way and wants to get out and about on a whistlestop tour of specific museums, heritage centres or historic sites, please get in touch. Other than the Metro, we're not so well served with public transport to get to venues but we could oblige with a lift. A few of us freelancers occasionally get together at a venue or exhibition and it'd be good to extend that by meeting, talking and sharing with others. Regards (from yet another cool, damp and windy northern day). David On 17/08/2016 13:00, Eleanor Root wrote: > > Hi everyone, > > I emailed around a few weeks ago to ask if anyone had any family > friendly museum suggestions and GEMland rose to the task majestically! > > In the end we visited Clangers, Bagpuss and Co at the Museum of > Childhood and Fire! Fire! at the Museum of London. Both were fantastic > and I’d really recommend visits. Fire! Fire! felt really immersive , > with lots to touch, visitors being encouraged to question the evidence > about the causes of the fire and a smoky smell in the exhibition > space. Clangers, Bagpuss and Co had a brilliantly simply interactive > that lets visitors create their own stop motion animation using > characters from Ivor the Engine. > > Suggestions (in no particular order) are below - > > 1.Fire! Fire! – Museum of London > > 2.Clangers, Bagpuss and Co – Museum of Childhood > > 3.FOUND – Foundling Museum > > 4.Colour and Vision – Natural History Museum > > 5.Above and Beyond – National Maritime Museum > > 6.Start – Tate Modern > > 7.Birmingham Art Gallery > > 8.Eureka > > 9.Manchester Museums > > 10.The Geffrye > > 11.London Docklands (Museum of London) > > 12.Hackney Museum > > 13.Ship Ahoy! – Redbridge Museum > > 14.Horniman Museum and Gardens > > 15.Imagine Islington – Islington Museum > > Thanks for your help everyone! > > Elle > > Eleanor Root > > Collections and Learning Curator > > Colchester and Ipswich Museum Service > > 01473 433570 > > www.cimuseums.org.uk <http://www.cimuseums.org.uk> > > Help Protect the Environment. Only print out this email if it is > absolutely necessary. > > The information in this email, and any attachments to it, is solely > for the use of the intended recipient(s). If you should not have > received it you must not take any action based upon it, or forward, > copy or show it to anyone; please tell the sender you have received > the email in error, then permanently delete it and any attachments. > Any views or opinions expressed are solely those of the author and do > not necessarily represent those of Colchester Borough Council and/or > Colchester Borough Homes. Although the Council has taken reasonable > precautions to ensure no viruses are present in this email, the > Council cannot accept responsibility for any loss or damage arising > from the use of this email or attachments. + + + + + + + + + + + + + + > + + + + + + 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 + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +