Archive for September, 2010
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Been somewhat busy over the last few weeks here at the Tower but a couple of weeks ago we had delegates from the GEM conference visit us to find out more about how we do learning at the Tower. During the course of the day’s events we put on a History Detectives Richard III session to [...]
Hampton Court Education Service is pleased to confirm its participation in the Shakespeare Schools Festival 2010. The festival has been running for 10 years and sees hundreds of secondary schools perform reduced versions of Shakespeare’s plays in local theatres. The Great Hall at Hampton Court is the only surviving theatre where Shakespeare’s plays were acted in his [...]
Going behind the scenes at Kensington Palace! This Saturday we welcomed people to come and hear about the Kensington Project and explore our palatial building site as part of the Open House London weekend. Around 90 people joined us to hear from the Project Manager Jo Thwaites and Landscape Architect James Fox from Todd Longstaffe-Gowan partnership as well [...]
Patchwork Palace – Free Family Fun Saturday 23 October, Kensington Palace 11.00 – 16.00
Calling all teachers, students and creative minds! Returning for a 5th year, Creative Quarter 2010 will be taking place on Friday 19 November 2010 at Kensington Palace. This free event for 13-19 year olds is a unique opportunity for young people to learn about their opportunities in the creative industries. Organised by the Exhibition Road [...]
Open House London, the capital’s greatest architectural showcase, will take place on 18 & 19 September 2010. The initiative is a simple but powerful concept: hundreds of great buildings of all types and periods open up their doors to all, completely for FREE. Hampton Court Palace is taking part in Open House again this year [...]
Yesterday saw the Group for Education in Museums (GEM) annual conference at Hampton Court Palace. A lively programme was kicked off by keynote speakers Andrew Gilyard from the Children’s Society and Sandy Nairne from the National Portrait Gallery, who both gave thoughtful comment on the role that museums, galleries and heritage sites can play in [...]
Legends, Scandals, Princesses and Fountains of Wine! Autumn’s adult learning programme has something for everyone. For the first time, we are offering courses, talks and workshops at Hampton Court Palace, Kensington Palace, Kew Palace and the Tower of London and we invite you to come and take part.
A couple of years ago we had a photographer in residence at the Tower, Chris King, who produced a lyrical body of work called Other Histories that explored what he called ‘the burden of interpretation’ – the footprint we create and re-create at historic spaces as heritage professionals. Chris was asked to keep a blog [...]