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Loan_Collections - Imogen_Cox - 29th_August_2017_WAV.wav
An oral history interview from Imogen Cox, a learning officer for Leicester Museums. She talksabout how the loans system stopped in the 1990s and how it requires a lot of staff in order to put on. She also argues that it may be better to have no…

Workshop_Example - Imogen_Cox - 29th_August_2017_WAV.wav
An oral history interview from Imogen Cox, a learning officer for Leicester Museums. She talks about the sorts of events they put on for schools including sheets, trails and workshops - many surroudning the exhibitions and the cirriculum. She then…

Imogen_Cox_ 29th August 2017.mp3
An oral history interview from Imogen Cox, a learning officer for Leicester Museums. She talks her role within the museum, the workshops that Leicester Museums offer and the development of the service. Talks about the importance of being 'hands on'…

MUS-L-2-35_Leicester_IntroductiontotheMuseum.pdf
A booklet which begins by talking about the history of museums and how they have developed in the UK. There is also a diagram (which no title) which shows, possibly, various subjects or jobs that a museum does. Talks about collecting and how it is…

MUS-C-2-19_Cardiff_Jubilee 1907-1957Booklet.pdf
A commemorative booklet on the Jubilee of the National Museum of Wales. Talks about the development of the museum, how it grew its collections, school service and the folk museum.

MUS-L-3-53_Leicester_JuniorMuseumClubBookletsRomans.pdf
Consists of 6 sheets with various drawings and questions on, focusing on the Iron Age and Roman period. The drawings encourage children to colour them in but the questions encourage them to look at the panels in order to find the answers.

MUS-L-2-53_Leicester_LeicesterMuseumandtheSchools.pdf
A small booklet detailing the loan collections that are available to schools during this time. Talks about the museum wanting to increase the size of their child audience and so has built up ‘portable exhibits’ specifically for the schools to use.…

MUS-L-2-53_Leicester_LeicesterMuseumandtheSchools_Aims.pdf
A small booklet detailing the loan collections that are available to schools during this time. Talks about the museum wanting to increase the size of their child audience and so has built up ‘portable exhibits’ specifically for the schools to use.…

MUS-L-2-10_Leicester_LeicesterHuntingPictures.pdf
Exhibition booklet 26th May – 29th July 1951 on ‘Leicestershire Hunting Pictures’ – an exhibition talking about the tradition of hunting within Leicestershire. Images (black and white). Foreword by Colin D. B. Ellis talking about this exhibition’s…

What_is_a_Community - Linda_Harding-30th_August_2017.wav
An oral history interview from Linda Harding, Outreach Officer at Leicester Museum. Discussion about how a community is a group of people with things in common.
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