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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, communities worker - refugees and asylum seekers, 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.
Four specially written gallery trails exploring the Walker Art Gallery, with information and questions for those learning English, are now available. Contact the Communities team for copies or download them here:
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.
There's lots going on at our venues for Refugee Week - the full programme is on the Refugee Week events page.
At National Museums Liverpool we're also taking part in the Simple Acts campaign to inspire people to use small, everyday actions to change perceptions of 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:
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.