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Inspiring Learning museum case studies

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Blackburn Museum and Art Gallery: Sure Start Outreach

Busy Hands was an outreach project designed to encourage more families from deprived areas of Blackburn to visit Blackburn Museum and Art Gallery. The museum commissioned an artist to work with a local Sure Start group in their community based venue. The impact of the project on the families was evaluated using the Generic Learning Outcomes.

National Museums Liverpool: 'Make the Link Break the Chain' - International On-Line Learning Programme

In the lead up to the bi-centenary of the abolition of the transatlantic slave trade, National Museums Liverpool partnered schools in Liverpool, Brazil, Haiti, Senegal and Sierra Leone, to explore the impact and legacy of slavery on communities along the trade route. Pupils interacted online to talk and learn more about slavery and produced creative responses through sculpture, dance and film. The project was evaluated using the Generic Learning Outcomes.

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This eLearning museum and gallery project  demonstrates how the cultural sector can work in innovative and exciting ways within Extended Services. It was evaluated using the Inspring Learning Framework.

Tyne and Wear Museums putting the GSOs at the heart of service development (Word, 107kb)

Tyne and Wear Museums used the Generic Social Outcomes to assess the impact of their exhibition Cinema India: The Art of Bollywood. They identified how the GSOs helped them to plan their service and reflect on how they could do things differently and better by

  • Increasing the number of activities or programmes with a strong social impact
  • Ensuring all activities are planned with a social impact in mind
  • Ensuring the social impact of activities and programmes is measured

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