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Little details: big impact – a closer look at family museum experiences

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Posted by administrator on April 27, 2016     Permalink     Leave a comment

A key part of Exhibition Explorers at the Shipley has been exploring the gallery environment with the children. Hopefully over the course of the project all the grown ups involved – both parents and staff – will understand better what a… Read more

Exhibition Explorers at the Shipley – what our youngest visitors can teach us.

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Posted by administrator on February 24, 2016     Permalink     Comments (2)

Last week our exciting new project Exhibition Explorers began. Sixteen children aged 1 and 2 and their grown-ups joined us to embark on an exciting six month journey of discovery, finding new ways of enjoying galleries and museums together. This project is focused on… Read more

Kids in Museums: what can we learn about engaging families?

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Posted by administrator on December 9, 2015     Permalink     Leave a comment

I left London tired but inspired after the Kids in Museums Family Fortunes Workshop yesterday. It was a pleasure to spend the day with forty or so other museum and gallery staff, having time to really think and discuss how… Read more

Looking, playing and creating: early exhibition experiences

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Posted by administrator on September 17, 2015     Permalink     Leave a comment

The exhibition ‘Domesticity‘ features many of the interior scenes Naomi Alexander has painted of homes around the world over the past 30 years, including paintings created as part of a recent residency in Gateshead. Here are six simple ways we… Read more