Heritage Outreach
We are in the process of developing the services we offer in
this area for more information please have a look at our education
and outreach plan.
Schools Visits
We welcome school visits to each of the Heritage sites, although
the service and facilities that we are able to offer varies from
site to site. We are currently without a dedicated member of staff
to facilitate visits. All visits must be prebooked. Please make
contact with the individual sites prior to your visit using the
contact details elsewhere on the website (Museums and
galleries)
What can we offer?
- The permanent and temporary displays at the
three museums can help with art, history and science in the
national curriculum on several levels. Equally the theme of local
history is accessible at all of the museums and heritage
sites.
- We can arrange for the loan of artefacts for
school based projects, or for use in the museums.
- Information Sheets: all the sites have
information sheets on a variety of subjects that are available on
request.
- Workshops with facilitators: we can arrange for
experienced facilitators to work with your class or group on
specific subjects in the sites. A charge will be made for this
service. Please contact the Heritage & Arts
Unit office for more details.
- On site Facilities: An Education room at the
Helena Thompson Museum enables schools to have pre or post visit
sessions and provides somewhere to eat packed lunches.
- Guided Tours: tours for school groups are
available at the Allerdale Heritage Service Museums
- All general school visits are currently
free.
- A variety of services can be offered to students
studying in related fields at both further and higher education
levels, including placements and visits.
Other Group visits
Service staff can give general and specialised talks to groups
and organisations on request. This activity is co-ordinated by the
Heritage and Arts Unit Office. Talks range from general
introductions to the Service as a whole, the Arts Development
Service, the collections held in the Heritage Service, or on the
individual Museums. These talks can be arranged free of charge, but
must be prebooked.
Staff can also make visits off site which usually take the form
of talks illustrated with slides on the subjects listed above.
Tours can be arranged of the three museums and Workington Hall.
A charge for this service applies outside normal opening times.
Exhibition programme
The Service runs a temporary exhibition programme at Keswick
Museum and the Helena Thompson Museum. We always welcome proposals
for exhibitions from members of the community, and at the Helena
Thompson Museum an exhibition committee exists to plan the
programme.