Philip French Oral History Interview Full
Community, Exhibition, Collections, Purpose of Museums
An oral history interview from Philip French, Curator of Leicester History in Leicester Museums.He talks about his role within the museum and how it has changed and also how exhibitions and collections within Newarke Houses especially have developed. Discussion about the engagement with community groups and their involvement in exhibitions. He mentions about the purpose of a museum to educate and entertain and how this purpose has developed over the years.
Philip French
The University of Leicester's Special Collections, The East Midlands Oral History Archives
29th August 2017
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MP3
English
Oral History
Linda Harding Oral History Interview Full
Community, Exhibition, Collections, Dementia, Refugees, Accessibility
An oral history interview from Linda Harding, Outreach Officer at Leicester Museum.She discusses her role in depth along with examples of the community work that she does. This can be exhibitions with community groups or library cases. She discusses the development of the dementia project. Talk of difficulties with the elements of particpation and getting people into the museum.Talks about the development in the attitude towards engagement and inclusion within the museum and argues the outreach is an important aspect of a museum's work.
Linda Harding
The University of Leicester's Special Collections, The East Midlands Oral History Archives
30th August 2017
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MP3
English
Oral History
Imogen Cox Oral History Interview Full
Museums, Education, Children, Schools
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.
Imogen Cox
The University of Leicester's Special Collections, The East Midland's Oral History Archive
29th August 2017
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MP3
English
Oral History
Imogen Cox Oral History Interview - Workshop Example
Museums, Education, Children, Schools, Workshop
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.
Imogen Cox
The University of Leicester's Special Collections, East Midlands Oral History Archives
29th August 2017
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.WAV
English
Oral History Interview
Imogen Cox Oral History Interview - Loan Collection
Museums, Education, Children, Schools, Loans
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.
Imogen Cox
The University of Leicester's Special Collections, East Midlands Oral History Archives
29th August 2017
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English
Oral History Interview
Imogen Cox Oral History Interview - Educational Worksheets
Museums, Education, Children, Schools, Worksheets
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.
Imogen Cox
The University of Leicester's Special Collections, East Midlands Oral History Archives
29th August 2017
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English
Oral History Interview
Linda Harding Oral History Interview - Exhibitions
Community, Exhibition, Collections
An oral history interview from Linda Harding, Outreach Officer at Leicester Museum.She talks about the temporary exhibitions that are put on in the museum and how they try to represent the community as much as possible.
Linda Harding
The University of Leicester's Special Collections, East Midlands Oral History Archives
30th August 2017
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English
Oral History Interview
Philip French Oral History Interview - Communities
Community, Exhibition, Collections
An oral history interview from Philip French, Curator of Leicester History in Leicester Museums.He talks the collections at the museum and about the development about community collections and how the museums have tried to change the gaps by activley acquiring. However, he talks about the difficulty of doing this.
Philip French
The University of Leicester's Special Collections, East Midlands Oral History Archive
29th August 2017
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English
Oral History Interview
Festival of Britain 1951 in Northern Ireland Official Souvenir Handbook
Festival of Britain, Museums, Exhibitions, Community
A handbook to accompany the various events occurring in Northern Ireland connected to the Festival of Britain. Images in black and white. Various sections on different elements such as the arts and volunteers. Colour advertisements at the back.
Unknown
Cover, pages 1,3,5 and 10-12
H. R. Carter Publications LTD.
1951
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Book, PDF.
English
Book
1951, United Kingdom, Northern Ireland
Report of the Committee of Belfast Museums and Art Gallery
Museums, Education, Children, Schools
Picture of Education workshop showing a school group's visit to a museum.
City and County Borough of Belfast
Cover and image on white page between 8 and 9
Belfast Libraries, Museums and Arts Committee
1935
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Booklet, PDF.
English
Booklet
1935, United Kingdom, Northern Ireland, Belfast