Our new Patch of Earth Investigate Learning project
The Our Patch of Earth project has had a wonderful start at the Museum of Lincolnshire Life and the exhibition will now continue until the end of August. Our Victorian ‘secret garden’ plans are moving ahead and we have had visitors busy planting as part of schools workshops and holiday events! Great stuff. The themes of the project are linked to environmental responsibility, wellbeing and...Read More
Autumn is coming – and so are our workshops
We are looking forward to welcoming you back for our workshops across the sites this autumn. Demand has been very high and we have reviewed our capacity and learning spaces. Access for some of our offers will be limited until next year so please check with us with regard to topic availability. In particular we are unable to offer Egyptians and Greeks at The Collection Museum and the Castle...Read More
Sandford Award success for Investigate
We are delighted to have been awarded the Sandford Award for the Investigate Learning team at The Collection Museum and Usher Gallery. Feedback from lead judge, Nina Sprigge: “The Collection provides engaging interactive learning experiences, both on-site and digitally. The knowledgeable Learning team is enthusiastic about sharing the significance of the local archaeological...Read More
Shared voices in Learning and Exhibitions
Welcome to our finale of our Battle of Britain Exhibition Learning Project. Our new film showcases the collaborative work to bring to life the art works from the Imperial War Museum and our own collection. The Creative Collective of young people have been at the heart of this creative response which has been fantastic. How they approached the challenges has been inspirational....Read More
Exciting commissions for Our Patch of Earth project
The Investigate Learning team are looking to commission a Project Facilitator and an Artist in Residence for this fantastic new project at the Museum of Lincolnshire Life. This creative arts engagement project will focus upon a range of environment and wellbeing themes linked to the potential future development of a museum garden. See further details of the project and post in the...Read More
Hidden Lindum Colonia beneath the city
See beneath the city and journey back to Roman Lincoln. We unveiled the seven sites of Hidden Lindum Colonia last week as part of our Festival of Archaeology: Exploring local Places. Take your students on an interactive trail of Lindum Colonia. Follow the map and explore the hidden city between The Collection Museum and Lincoln Castle. The trail starting point is the Roman villa that...Read More
Collection Museum Virtual gallery scan
Very exciting news! During our Festival of Archaeology we launched our new Collection Museum Virtual gallery scan. You will be able to explore the gallery with your students and develop your own interpretation for the collections. We are now devising new digital learning activities to support you so let us know if there are topics you would like us to focus in on! Read More
New ‘Your Patch of Earth’ Arts Award launched
The Investigate learning team is delighted to launch a brand new Arts Award offer for budding artists aged 5 to 25. Take inspiration from our ‘Your Patch of Earth’ project to earn yourself an Arts Award ‘Discover’ certificate. Arts Award is a nationally recognised qualification from Trinity College London and ‘Discover’ is the first level....Read More
What a great day on the walls of Lincoln Castle!
Day 1 of our filming with Paradigm Arts and the Investigate Learning team have started production of our new Investigate from the Castle Walls digital project kit. We certainly learnt a lot about filming in windy conditions and had great fun!! Watch this space for more on this new development in the coming months. Read More