Minding the Gap – London Transport Museum

Home to nearly ten million people, London is the largest city in the United Kingdom (UK). Not only this but it’s recorded that over 21 million people visited the capital city from overseas in 2019. Getting about a city as populated as this and that spans over 1,572 miles (that’s bigger than New York City…

History, Health and Happiness – Heritage Doncaster

Although many of us end formal education in our late teens or early twenties, it’s safe to say we all continue to learn as we go through our lives. Museums and galleries are some of the best positioned organisations in society to encourage and facilitate this lifelong learning; by utilizing the myriad of objects and…

Navigating the Transatlantic Slave Trade – International Slavery Museum

The transatlantic slave trade was the largest forced displacement of people in history. It’s estimated that around twelve million Africans were kidnapped, chained and shipped across the Atlantic to live out their lives in chattel slavery labouring for the European colonists of the so-called ‘New World’. Of this staggering number, approximately three million enslaved Africans…

Understanding Play-based Learning – The Whitworth

The Whitworth, located in the tranquil Whitworth Park, is one of Manchester’s most loved modern and contemporary art galleries. Part of the University of Manchester, the gallery is a centre for formal academic research but also prides itself on engaging with and welcoming non-traditional art audiences.  This is where the work of the Civic Engagement…