Archive for November, 2011
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October half term was the busiest yet for family learning at the Tower, with between 500 – 600 visitors taking part in the events each day. It was so busy it has taken me a month to recover! Families re-created the drama of the Royal Menagerie, as they coloured and donned animal masks, finger puppet [...]
Some interesting ideas, thoughts and links from the Museums Computer Groups’ annual conference: Mark O’Neill, Head of Innovation and Delivery, Government Digital Service ‘What’s the difference between museums and Ikea?’ We need to understand our audiences and their needs Learn from the journey and share along the way Cultural Collaborative Exchange: Collections, Social Interpretation, IWM How [...]
Next March Kensington Palace’s transformation will be unveiled with new displays and routes, new classrooms, new gardens, cafe, shop and more. One of the highlights will be the new permanent exhibition about Queen Victoria who was born and raised at the palace. We’re working with community groups to create some elements of the displays, including [...]
Yesterday we arrived at Hampton Court Palace early in the morning to make a video. We were filming one of Henry VIII’s Yeomen of the Guard giving a short introduction to the palace . We hope that teachers will watch the video with their classes before a school trip to help them prepare for their visit. The [...]
Last Friday, 11th November, three year 10 students from Hinchley Wood Secondary School ‘took over’ the jobs of three members of staff from our Visitor Services team as part of The Children’s Commissioner’s ‘Takeover Day 2011′, a national initiative that encourages young people to experience a working day in a variety of sectors. This is [...]
Last week the Tower of London education department, in partnership with the National Gallery, piloted a brand new A-level education session; History of Art study day. Students from Goldalming Sixth Form College in surrey were given the opportunity to learn about two very rare and special paintings: the more distinguished Wilton Diptych (c.1395-9) and the [...]
On the 11th of November we launched the ‘Kensington Palace Book Collection’, a partnership project between the Kensington & Chelsea Library Service and Historic Royal Palaces’ Outreach & Community Involvement team. We’ve selected almost 100 books with connections to Kensington Palace – biographies of historic residents, novels, books on fashion, art and architecture, ‘how to’ [...]
We recently distributed 1,500 local information packs to households in Tower Hamlets and Kensington. These packs were designed to raise awareness and give a taste of the fascinating histories of the Tower of London and Kensington Palace. The Tower of London pack included two booklets developed for local people, the first detailing the links between [...]
On December 14th, St John the Baptist Primary School, our partner school, will be performing their version of Macbeth in the Great Hall. They performed the play in the Clore Learning Centre in May, but they have taken up our offer of repeating their performance for Christmas for the general public. More details to follow soon. [...]
On 11th November Hampton Court Palace is due to be ‘taken over’ by three year 10 students from Hinchley Wood Secondary School as part of ‘Takeover Day 2011′. This national event is a joint initiative run by the ‘Children’s Commissioner for England’ and ‘Kids in Museums’ and involves young people doing the jobs of people in [...]