leeds museums and galleries secondary school newsletter (january 2012)
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Secondary School Learning @ Leeds Museums and Galleries
January 2012
Welcome to our first secondary school newsletter! There are nine wonderful and very different museum sites across Leeds. The buildings and their collections belong to you. We are here to help you access the collections in the best possible way for you and your students. We hope to see you soon, Leeds Museums and Galleries Learning Team
Workshop prices held until September 2012! Want an amazing, quality learning experience, led by subject specialists? Don’t want to break the bank? Then visit one of our nine sites for a curriculum-based workshop. We have held our workshop prices at £50 for 2hrs for a class of 30 students. That makes us still the cheapest museum service across Yorkshire!! Want to see what’s on offer? Then visit: www.leeds.gov.uk/museumsandgalleries And click on the learning tab or search by site.
Revival at Lotherton Hall—where fashion goes in cycles!
Young people takeover Leeds City Museum! In July 2012, Leeds City Museum will open a new Special Exhibition exploring the stories behind some of our objects. This exhibition will be put together by young people from Leeds, and is part of the London 2012 Cultural Olympiad. They will work with curators, conservators and designers to plan the space, choose the objects, do the research and develop a new kind of exhibition. There are still some opportunities to get involved in this exhibition before it opens, email [email protected] for further information, and lookout for a programme of workshops to compliment the exhibition in September.
www.leeds.gov.uk/museumsandgalleries
Secondary School Learning @ Leeds Museums and Galleries
January 2012
What can Armley Mills do for you? Interested in the industrial heritage of Leeds? At Armley Mills we have textile machinery to locomotives and a working 1920’s cinema. We regularly run one off visits or more long term projects with local schools on topics ranging from the industrial revolution, working conditions and changes in labour laws, engineering and manufacture, photography, cinema, the history of the woollen industry, fashion design and other textile projects. Want more information? Contact: Cara Jardine or Sarah Barton on 0113 2244368
Want to look at animal skeletons? 1950s fashion or an 18th century corset? Come to the Discovery Centre—a treasure trove of goodies, and no glass!
Fashion goes round and round at Lotherton Hall! Revival is an annual project aimed at Textile and Art and Design students. As designers, students are set a brief to produce one-off pieces inspired by our collections. Winners of the competition then have their piece displayed in the costume exhibition for the year. Lotherton Hall is a great venue to be inspired and take influence from our eclectic collection of decorative arts, textiles, fine art, furniture and ceramics. We can provide half or full day visits. For more information, contact: Dee Matthews on 0113 281 3259 Stop Press…! The world’s a stage… Why not bring your theatre studies or creative arts groups to Temple Newsam House and utilise these amazing interiors to develop dance, movement, stories and poetry? Contact Shelley Dring on 0113 2647321
Kirkstall Abbey in the Spring! Visit for Tudor Politics
Love Painting? Spring and Summer, Leeds Art Gallery Half-day workshops inspired by fabulous paintings in Leeds Art Gallery’s collections and two temporary exhibitions of artwork by Gary Hume and Fiona Rae.
www.leeds.gov.uk/museumsandgalleries
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