Museums Keep Moving
Museum on the Move 2012 exhibition – "Just
Art" A new travelling exhibition which explores the
arts through objects, images and hands on activities.
Warwickshire and Worcestershire Museum Services are
in partnership to create a new exhibition for launch in
March 2012 on their Museum on the Move vehicle.
This project is funded through Arts Council England
(ACE) and forms part of the wider Museums Keep
Moving partnership. This partnership involves the shire
counties
of
the
Midlands
(Worcestershire,
Warwickshire, Herefordshire and Staffordshire) and the Black Country
conurbation (Wolverhampton). Museum on the Move (MoM) exists to challenge
rural isolation and social exclusion and to provide access to museum services for a
variety of audiences. These include visits to schools, sheltered accommodation,
disability groups, care homes, hospitals, town centres, festivals and shows as well
as a range of other venues.
In 2010 the project was awarded the Sandford Award for Heritage
Education as a mark of our excellence in the field of heritage
learning.
The theme we have chosen this year is the Arts. This is a very broad
subject, but 6 sub-topics have been identified to enable us to
explore key aspects within the space of the MoM vehicle. The sub-topics include:
1. Introduction – what constitutes "the arts" and a brief history
2. Visual Arts – sculpture, painting and architecture; how we view and
represent the world around us.
3. Literary Arts – prose, drama, poetry and oral arts such as epic, legend and
folktales.
4. Performing Arts – music and dance plus reference to magic, comedy, opera
circus arts and film.
5. Decorative Arts – functional art pieces such as furniture, ceramics and glass.
6. The Arts and well-being – how access to and enjoy of the arts can improve
our health and quality of life.
The exhibition is object rich, engaging and interactive using innovative
approaches to interpretation.
This cross-curricular exhibition is suitable across the Key Stages and covers
elements of Maths, History, Geography and Science!
The exhibition is supported by outreach materials including a learning pack (which
can be downloaded from our website at www.museumsworcestershire.org.uk)
and two handling boxes of objects based around themes relating to the Arts.
Two facilitators accompany the bus on any journey and are there to help people
make sense of and enjoy the exhibition.
The whole exhibition is fun, enjoyable, colourful and memorable - we want visitors
to come away from MOM with a greater appreciation and understanding of the
major role the arts play in the world around us and in their own lives. We also
hope that the exhibition will enhance the teaching and appreciation of the arts,
heritage and culture at all levels and build knowledge and confidence in people of
all ages and abilities. View the "Just Art" Flyer.
Further Information and to book a visit to your venue please contact:
Sue Pope, 01299 250416 spope@worcestershire.gov.uk OR
Julie Smith, 01299 250416 jsmith1@worcestershire.gov.uk
Worcestershire County Museum
Hartlebury Castle
Hartlebury
Worcestershire
DY11 7XZ