BETT 2006 – 24 HOUR MUSEUM PARTNERS WITH THEIR PAST YOUR FUTURE MUSEUMS
05/01/2006
24 Hour Museum is partnering the Imperial War Museum and funders, MLA and the Big Lottery, on an exhibition stand at the 2006 BETT show at Olympia in London. Also present on the stand will be staff from other web sites and museums involved in Their Past Your Future in 2005.
To complement the exhibition, we're pleased to showcase, below, some of the other teaching and learning resources from museums, libraries and archives across the country. These projects were nominated by Regional Agencies and Renaissance Hubs, and a final selection made by MLA.
www.show.me.uk is the 24 Hour Museum’s zone for kids. Designed for children aged 4 to 11, or KS1 and 2 in the English National Curriculum, the site is packed with online interactive resources produced by museums and galleries.
There are sections for teachers and parents, weekly news stories, ideas and tips on extending children’s interest in their heritage, and an interactive UK museums map.
Bedford Bytes is a learning resource designed for teachers and their pupils. It was developed by Bedford education service for the Cecil Higgins Art Gallery and Bedford Museum. www.museumeducation.bedford.gov.uk/bedfordbytes/
Virtual Victorians from Tiverton Museum gives you the chance to look at a typical week in the life of a Victorian and ask questions. The site was built with the former Telematics department at Exeter University, now independently funded. www.victorians.org.uk
The Museum Open Learning Initiative (MOLLI) aims to extend and enrich cultural and heritage experiences in both the local and wider community to provide for lifelong learning. www.molli.org.uk
Emsource, from EMRAC (East Midlands Regional Archive Council) and EMMLAC (East Midlands Museums, Libraries and Archives Council) aims to raise awareness of, and promote the use of archives for learning. www.emsource.org.uk
From History to Her Story is about Yorkshire Women and their lives, from 1100 to the present day. The unique project examines, through the lives and organisations of Yorkshire women, the role women have played in history. historytoherstory.org.uk
Building Characters shows you how caricatures and portraits can be effective learning resources for the classroom. The site uses portraits from the collections of Sheffield Galleries & Museums Trust and the National Portrait Gallery, alongside caricatures by Gerald Scarfe. www.sheffieldgalleries.org.uk/buildingcharacters/
artExchanges is a Bradford-based website about learning with artists. It looks closely at the work of twelve artists working in varied fields, using broadband content such as animation and video freely. www.artexchanges.org.uk
Hopping Down in Kent - from the Museum of Kent Life - is a resource-packed site all about the annual migration of working class families to Kent from London to pick hops. www.HoppingDowninKent.org.uk
The Victorian Learning Journey demonstrates the role effective broadband technology can play in bringing together schools and cultural objects and interpretive expertise to create more meaningful, engaging learning opportunities.
www.segfl.org.uk/victorianlearningjourney/
PASt explorers is the Portable Antiquities Scheme's education website, designed for use in the classroom, museum or at home. It's split into three sections - Fun, Teachers and Database, each of which contains teaching and learning resources. www.pastexplorers.org.uk/
Their Past Your Future is the main web vehicle for the TPYF project. It's the route to a range of different types of content including new content from the Imperial War Museum. www.theirpast-yourfuture.org.uk
