Opening The Doors: young people and museums
Opening The Doors was a national three-year programme of work aimed at encouraging young people outside formal education to visit museums and galleries and use the resources they offer
The Museums Association in partnership with Artswork, a youth arts development agency, was funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund and the Lloyds TSB Foundation for England and Wales to work with six museums and galleries over three years on a range of projects which explored how young people:
can become more involved in museums and galleries
draw upon museums as a resource for self directed learning, training and work experience
benefit from a museum's role within a wider multi agency approach aimed at providing greater opportunity for disadvantaged and/or vulnerable young people.
Partner museums
Opening the Doors worked with:
Leicester City Museums Service
Bury Art Gallery and Museum
Kilmartin House Trust, Argyll
Orleans House Gallery, London
Forge Mill Needle Museum, Redditch
Kettle's Yard, Cambridge
Alongside the project work, we produced regular reports, and ran seminars and training workshops.
For more information please visit the Opening the Doors website:
www.openingthedoors.org
Contact
Suzanne Rider, national coordinator, Opening The Doors, 44 Russell House, Whinbush Rd, Hitchin SG5 1PX
Tel: 01462 642018
Email: info@openingthedoors.org
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can become more involved in museums and galleries
draw upon museums as a resource for self directed learning, training and work experience
benefit from a museum's role within a wider multi agency approach aimed at providing greater opportunity for disadvantaged and/or vulnerable young people.
Partner museums
Opening the Doors worked with:
Leicester City Museums Service
Bury Art Gallery and Museum
Kilmartin House Trust, Argyll
Orleans House Gallery, London
Forge Mill Needle Museum, Redditch
Kettle's Yard, Cambridge
Alongside the project work, we produced regular reports, and ran seminars and training workshops.
For more information please visit the Opening the Doors website:
www.openingthedoors.org
Contact
Suzanne Rider, national coordinator, Opening The Doors, 44 Russell House, Whinbush Rd, Hitchin SG5 1PX
Tel: 01462 642018
Email: info@openingthedoors.org
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Key museum issues: introduction
