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Ten Drawings by Leonardo da Vinci – A Diamond Jubilee Celebration...
Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery had the honour of being the first stop on the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Celebration to showcase the Ten Drawings by Leonardo da Vinci. Kids in Museums volunteer, Mar Dixon went to explore the Old Master with the help of curator, Martin Clayton…
Walking into the room … Read more
Added: February 20, 2012Comments: 0
The Lowry Gallery...
Kids in Museums volunteer Leonie Saywell, went back to Salford to see how the collection and the location has changed dramatically…
Once upon a time I worked, not terribly happily, for a charity in Salford and visiting the Lowry Collection at the University was the only attraction in a landscape that still looked … Read more
Added: February 16, 2012Comments: 0
Much Wenlock Museum...
Kids in Museums volunteer, Mar Dixon had the unusual experience of visiting a museum in a small Shropshire town where the local community had decided themselves what would feature in the museum…
Much Wenlock Museum has just re-opened, but I had the honour of a preview to see the progress … Read more
Added: February 16, 2012Comments: 0
Manchester Museum unearths the Ancient Egyptians for families...
Kids in Museums volunteer, Melanie Williamson enjoyed visiting Manchester Museum’s current exhibition, Unearthed: Ancient Egypt…
I became an archaeologist for a day at Manchester Museum. As you enter this temporary exhibition there is a film introducing the rather pompous Dr. Digby, a world renowned archaeologist, teaching you the tricks of his … Read more
Added: January 29, 2012Comments: 0
Kids in Museums Launch 2012 Manifesto...
Invite teenagers into your gang, implores the new Kids in Museum Manifesto, unveiled last night at a party at the Wallace Collection. Government Ministers, celebrities, museum leaders, policy makers, young people who took part in Museum Take Over Day, and our own Kids in Museum volunteers, celebrated and debated in … Read more
Added: January 17, 2012Comments: 0
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