Learning

The Learning pages of our website aim to be a useful source of information and resources for people interested in promoting learning through museums.

We are in the process of updating and developing the site and would welcome any useful weblinks that you have found and used. Please email these to our museums.ed@surreycc.gov.uk address.

Educational resources

Material World website
This resource is targeted at Art and Design, History, Literacy and ICT elements of the Curriculum for Key Stages 1 and 2. The resource allows pupils to explore materials and their properties through exciting interactives and find out about processes artists went through to turn raw materials into works of art.

The Making Place
The Making Place allows adults and children to experience science through practical hands-on learning. The contents of activities are embedded in the national curriculum.

Educational Information and Links

As part of a Government-wide review of arms length bodies, it was announced in July 2010 that the Museums, Libraries and Archives Council would be abolished and that many of its key functions would transfer to Arts Council England (ACE) by the end of March 2012.

The principle museums responsibilities now assumed by Arts Council England are:

The Renaissance in the Regions programme for regional museums, including completing the re-design of its content and operation
Regional museums improvement and development agenda, including the Accreditation Standard and the Designation Scheme and projects relating to the 2012 Cultural Olympiad

Find out more about how ACE will deliver the Renaissance in the Regions funding programme for museums.

NIACE - is a non governmental organisation working to promote adult learning

Engage - The professional body which promotes greater understanding and enjoyment of the visual arts.

English Heritage From historic photo collections to educational games for children, English Heritage have a wide range of information available.

Subject Specific

Literacy

Dance and Drama

Archaeology including Digging into the past, how to use archaeology in the classroom

Artefacts for loan from museums in Surrey

Further information for museums

Museums of Surrey Education Group (MuSE)
MuSE involves people interested in any aspect of learning related to museums and gives them an opportunity to use MuSE as a communications network. The group meets three times a year.