Learning projects
We are frequently involved in learning projects with partners outside National Museums Liverpool, both within the formal education sector and with different providers in the community. Current projects include:
- Find Your Talent -
a programme aimed at giving young people the chance to experience five hours of culture a week.
- Teaching the transatlantic slave trade - offering the opportunity for local teachers to
get involved in an international teachers' institute.
- Make the link, be the change - an international project bringing together young people from 13 countries to share thoughts and ideas on climate change.
- Merseyside Children First Forum - a network of provision for early years educators, parents and carers, creative practitioners, young children and cultural providers.
- The Youth Arts Programme - including the National Museums Liverpool Youth Theatre and Youth Advisory Group.
- A Stroll Through Time - reminiscence events for older people
- Engaging refugees and asylum seekers - a partnership project with Tyne and Wear Museums, Salford Museum and Art Gallery and Leicester City Museums Service.
- Museum of Liverpool community engagement programme, including the School Champions project.
National Museums Liverpool also participates in a number of major annual events, including:
Past projects
Previous National Museums Liverpool projects include:
- Make the link, break the chain - an anti-slavery project linking schools in Europe, West Africa and the Americas
- Understanding Slavery Initiative - this major project is now an important online resource
- Plant Cultures - exploring the use of plants in traditional South Asian communities with stories and photographs
- Community websites - a variety of websites produced through community workshops
- Future Connections (2002-2004) - a project funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund through the Young Roots programme to engage people aged 12 -18 years, particularly those who do not usually visit museums, through outreach and museum based activities.
- Celebrating Diversity (2001-2004) - a 3 year outreach project which took museums and galleries out into the community, funded by the Paul Hamlyn Foundation.
- Generations Apart (1999 - 2002) - a project supported by the Heritage Lottery Fund which explored ways of working with older and young people in museums.
