Education & Communities
We are exploring how our displays, collections and facilities can be made accessible to local refugees and asylum seekers in partnership with Leicester City Museums Service, Salford Museum and Art Gallery, and Tyne and Wear Museums.
We have also been developing informal learning events and social activities in conjunction with local refugee and asylum organisations. We target young people, families, adults and volunteers, although all groups are welcome.
For further information please email Ann-marie McGaughey, project worker on the engaging refugees and asylum seekers project, or phone her on 0151 478 4048.
This guide is designed to support museum and gallery staff wishing to reach out to asylum seekers and refugees. It suggests approaches to making contacts, developing appropriate activities, coping with language differences, evaluation and sustainability.
Based upon the experiences of the four museum services working in partnership on this project, it lists various strategies for engaging with this audience so as to provide appropriate facilities and events.
The following displays and exhibitions, which are no longer on display, were produced as a result of the Engaging Refugees and Asylum Seekers project at National Museums Liverpool.
Refugee Week was first introduced in 1998, aiming to celebrate the contribution that refugees make to the UK and encourage a better understanding between communities.
During Refugee Week each year a range of arts, educational and cultural events take place throughout the country to promote understanding and address the fear, ignorance and negative stereotypes often associated with refugees.
The Engaging Refugees and Asylum Seekers project at National Museums Liverpool has worked with local refugees and asylum seekers on a number of Refugee Week projects, including the following past projects:
Engaging Refugees and Asylum Seekers is a partnership project between: