Community, War, Museum Purpose, Exhibition, Information, Education
Description
An article talking about how museums need to keep up with the pace of the world. Discusses how the museum, during the war, put on exhibitions about digging and growing to help those people in the community know what to do. The idea of the museum trying to be informative and useful to the community, changing its purpose according to external events in order to remain relevant is shown throughout.
Creator
Leicester Museum
Source
Cover, page 12 and 13
Publisher
Leicester Museum
Date
July, 1942
Rights
This source is copyright of Leicester Art and Museum Service and is digitised and published under the Creative Commons License : https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
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' and how technology is not making a big impact upon the learning sessions offered.
Creator
Imogen Cox
Publisher
The University of Leicester's Special Collections, The East Midland's Oral History Archive
Date
29th August 2017
Rights
This source is copyright of the University of Leicester Special Collections, Imogen Cox and the East Midland's Oral History Archive and is digitised and published under the Creative Commons License : https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
Format
MP3
Language
English
Type
Oral History
Original Format
Oral History
Duration
22 minutes 34 seconds
Interviewer
Charlotte Daynton
Interviewee
Imogen Cox
Location
United Kingdom -- England -- Leicester -- New Walk Museum
Imogen Cox Oral History Interview - Workshop Example
Subject
Museums, Education, Children, Schools, Workshop
Description
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 goes onto talk about a particular example of the Ancient Egyptians and how the session is ran. There is also a discussion on the advantages and disadvantages of technology within these sessions.
Creator
Imogen Cox
Publisher
The University of Leicester's Special Collections, East Midlands Oral History Archives
Date
29th August 2017
Rights
This source is copyright of the University of Leicester Special Collections, Imogen Cox and the East Midland's Oral History Archive and is digitised and published under the Creative Commons License : https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
Format
.WAV
Language
English
Type
Oral History Interview
Duration
6 minutes 25 seconds
Interviewer
Charlotte Daynton
Interviewee
Imogen Cox
Location
United Kingdom -- England -- Leicester -- New Walk Museum
Imogen Cox Oral History Interview - Loan Collection
Subject
Museums, Education, Children, Schools, Loans
Description
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 loans system in order to atract schools and repeat visits to the museum.
Creator
Imogen Cox
Publisher
The University of Leicester's Special Collections, East Midlands Oral History Archives
Date
29th August 2017
Rights
This source is copyright of the University of Leicester Special Collections, Imogen Cox and the East Midland's Oral History Archive and is digitised and published under the Creative Commons License : https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
Format
.WAV
Language
English
Type
Oral History Interview
Duration
1 minute 34 seconds
Interviewer
Charlotte Daynton
Interviewee
Imogen Cox
Location
United Kingdom -- England -- Leicester -- New Walk Museum
Imogen Cox Oral History Interview - Educational Worksheets
Subject
Museums, Education, Children, Schools, Worksheets
Description
An oral history interview from Imogen Cox, a learning officer for Leicester Museums. She talks about the development of online resourcesand how the worksheets and trails that are placed online are used within the museum and externally.
Creator
Imogen Cox
Publisher
The University of Leicester's Special Collections, East Midlands Oral History Archives
Date
29th August 2017
Rights
This source is copyright of the University of Leicester Special Collections, Imogen Cox and the East Midland's Oral History Archive and is digitised and published under the Creative Commons License : https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
Format
.WAV
Language
English
Type
Oral History Interview
Original Format
Oral History Interview
Duration
1 minute 6 seconds
Interviewer
Charlotte Daynton
Interviewee
Imogen Cox
Location
United Kingdom -- England -- Leicester -- New Walk Museum