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Study the Victorians at Museum of Lincolnshire Life
11 May 2008
Museum of Lincolnshire Life has developed a series of new learning packages that focus on the Victorian period so why not......
New Learning Package for Grantham Museum
11 May 2008
Famous Granthamiams
Grantham has been home to it's fair share of famous men and women including:
Britain’s first policewoman
Britain's only female Prime Minister
One of the greatest Scientists the world has ever known.
The Mighty Lanc - The new learning package for BBMF
11 May 2008
Over 7,000 Lancasters were built and flown during the Second World War but today only 2 are still airworthy – one of these is part of the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight stationed at RAF Coningsby.
Emotions in Motion - New Learning Package for The Collection
11 May 2008
An exciting new learning package based around a bronze sculpture 'A Mighty Blow for Freedom' by Michael Sandle that stands proud outside The Usher Gallery, Lincoln.
12 Apr 2008
A spectacular summer festival presented by:
Northampton Museums & Art Gallery
Venezia!
26 April - 10 August 2008
Click here to view the festival programme:
Venezia! Festival Programme (1369 kb) ![[pdf]](http://emmlac-live.torchboxapps.com/display_images/document_icons/pdf.gif){kind=icon}
Newsletter Summer Term 2008
09 Apr 2008
All the latest news and information from Northampton Museums Education Service.
New Teaching Package for Gainsborough Old Hall
10 Mar 2008
The pack includes information for teachers and KS2 pupils about the lives of rich and poor in Tudor times
School Museum Project
22 Jan 2008
Project trials have begun and encourage schools to create their own museum spaces.
'Dig' the Romans at Rutland County Museum
20 Nov 2006
New full-day workshop including two sessions is now available at RCM.
A New Begining for the Education Loans Collection
19 Jul 2006
Do you want to work with real artefacts in your classroom?
New Key Stage 1 and 2 cross-curricular resources
12 Jun 2006
Two cross-curricular resource boxes developed with support from MLA East Midlands are now available for loan or use during site visits to Ruddington Framework Knitters' Museum.
Putting Pupils in the Picture
23 May 2006
Pupils from two Kettering schools recently enjoyed our two new art workshops for Key stage 2. One child was amazed by "drawing the pictures, it was fun" another said "I loved the drawings in the gallery". Both sessions are cross-curricular and use the permanent art collection as their focus. For further information or to book a free session please contact the museum on 01536 534219.
Award to Southfield school for Victorian Poachers Sessions
01 Mar 2006
Pupil of Southfield School presented with a prize for the best title for the Rutland Poachers Victorian sessions held at Rutland County Museum.
Narrow Marsh: Queen Victoria’s Back yard - Now open for Primary Schools
24 Jan 2006
The opening of Narrow Marsh: Queen Victoria’s Back Yard is an exciting development in our provision of innovative and high-quality activities for History, Citizenship and cross-curricular learning. In Narrow Marsh children really will learn through experience, participation and reflection.
Pupils at Lutterworth Grammar School help develop museum loans boxes
11 Jan 2006
Lutterworth Museum have developed a number of locally focussed loans boxes containing objects, photographs, census information and historical documents relating to Lutterworth and the surrounding area. It was during the development of these boxes that pupils from Lutterworth Grammar School became involved.
Opening times and education workshops 2006
10 Jan 2006
Crich Tramway Village will be open for school parties from 1st April to 29th October 2006.
Scintillating Science at Papplewick Pumping Station
10 Jan 2006
Eight new fun and exciting science sessions, suitable for Key Stages 1 and 2, are to be available from National Science Week - 10 - 19 March 2006 onwards.
Wirksworth under the Sea
22 Nov 2005
Children from local schools enjoyed creating an artistic impression of what it was like in Wirksworth 330 million years ago, using evidence from the limestone rocks.