Archive for the ‘Galleries’ Category
Ancient Worlds and Current Programmes
Posted by: Cat on: May 23, 2012
Most of my time this month has been spent on reviewing our Secondary workshops in order to make the most of our upcoming Ancient Worlds development and the fantastic opportunities for Key Stage Three and Four students to engage with the collection here. Topics to explore include Archaeology, Empire and Identity with the chance to [...]
Ancient Worlds development is moving along quickly!
Posted by: debbiedoran on: May 10, 2012
Do you remember this object? It has been on display in our previous permenant Egyptian gallery for many years.This picture was taken by a Gifted and Talented pupil from Oswald Road Primary School right here in Manchester. What do you think it is? I’m currently working on how the new primary taught sessions here can engage, excite and allow young [...]
Alan Turing and Life’s Enigma Exhibition
Posted by: Alexa on: April 18, 2012
Our latest exhibition ‘Alan Turing and Life’s Enigma’ opened at the end of March. The exhibition coincides with 2012 Turing Centenary Year, celebrating 100 years since Turings birth. Alan Turing is known to most people as a mathematician and pioneer of computing, as well as being a significant part in the solving of the Enigma code [...]
Enriching Experiences
Posted by: Cat on: April 13, 2012
On Monday 26th March The Manchester Museum hosted a fun-tastic Enrichment day for Kearsley Academy students. These days are intended to challenge students, build on their skills and intoduce them to the fascinating topics and possibilities that cultural instituions like The Manchester Museum can offer. As part of their Enrichment Day experience Key Stage 3 [...]
Planet Dinosaur
Posted by: Alexa on: October 12, 2011
From 1st to 9th October, a herd of 6 spinosaurus’ took residence in our Living Worlds gallery as part of the BBC’s Planet Dinosaur tour. To make the most of this opportunity, we developed an associated workshop for KS3 students which over 175 students took part in last week. The Curator of Earth Sciences, David [...]
New term excitement
Posted by: Cat on: September 7, 2011
Pens, paper and lesson plans at the ready: the new school year is upon us! And how quickly the summer seems to have whizzed by. We’ve been busy here at The Museum reviewing our entire learning programme and working on new ideas to revamp some of the old favourites whilst also racking our brains for [...]
New Primary Learning Co-ordinator
Posted by: debbiedoran on: August 29, 2011
Hello everyone, I’m Debbie Doran the Primary Learning Co-ordinator at the Museum. I just wanted to say Hello! and give you a taste of the wonderful things to come! There will be a brand new Temporary Egypt Exhibition on the ground floor opening on September 30th. This will be an interactive, explorative and new insight [...]
Museums of Museums Fundraiser
Posted by: Cat on: January 19, 2011
On Thurs 27 Jan from 5pm until midnight there is going to be a fantastic fundraiser event with King Tut to raise money for The Manchester Museum’s Ancient Worlds galleries. Come along to the Museum of Museums, at the Trafford Centre to see this spectacular exhibition, Tutankhamun – His Tomb and His Treasures, where this extra special event will taking [...]
Happy New Year!
Posted by: Cat on: January 4, 2011
So the festivities are over and after a quiet spell on the Learning Blog we are all back at the Museum and Art Gallery ready to enthuse students and make learning outside the classroom a fun and engaging activity for all. We will be blogging about our new projects and workshops soon, but in the [...]
Summer School Extravaganza!
Posted by: Cat on: July 29, 2010
On the week of the 19th July The Manchester Museum was taken over by 58 Gifted and Talented Key Stage 3 students from a variety of Manchester schools in order to take part in our Darwin Summer School. This consisted of five days of frenzied activity where participants were split into four groups entrusted with [...]
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