2017–2018 Learning with Museums and Galleries across Cumbria www.cumbriamuseums.org. www.simplyschools.org.uk Welcome to Cumbria 2017–2018 This year we’re pleased to present the first ever Simply Schools for museums and galleries in Cumbria. Look inside to discover 14 different venues and a unique range of learning sessions right across this beautiful county. Each with its own distinctive character and collections, our museums and galleries provide learning opportunities for schools in every corner of Cumbria. This new initiative has been led by the Cumbria Museum Consortium, a partnership of the three largest cultural heritage organisations in the county, Tullie House Museum and Art Gallery, Lakeland Arts and the Wordsworth Trust, funded by Arts Council England. Learning sessions offered cover an exceptional We invite you to explore the unparalleled range of range of subjects all carefully linked to different learning experiences our museums and galleries curriculum areas, from arts and crafts at Blackwell offer for children, from historic Carlisle to coastal to geology at Keswick and boatbuilding at the Dock West Cumbria and onwards via rural Eden Valley to Museum in Barrow. the beautiful Lake District. www.simplyschools.org.uk This year we’re introducing a programme of teacher CPD in museums around the county. Go to page 34 Thank you for supporting museums and to find out more. galleries in Cumbria. We look forward to seeing you! Look out also for Simply Schools Lancashire to discover learning opportunities in other museums Kate Parry MBE Cumbria Museum Consortium Manager across the North West. [email protected] 07769 326109 cumbriamuseums.org.uk CONTENTS PAGE MAP OF CUMBRIA MUSEUMS & GALLERIES 4 CUMBRIA MUSEUMS & GALLERIES 5 ABBBOT HALL ART GALLERY 6 ARMITT MUSEUM AND LIBRARY 8 THE BEACON MUSEUM 10 BLACKWELL, THE ARTS AND CRAFTS HOUSE 12 BRANTWOOD 14 CUMBRIA’S MUSEUM OF MILITARY LIFE 16 THE DOCK MUSEUM 18 DOVE COTTAGE AND THE WORDSWORTH MUSEUM 20 KESWICK MUSEUM 22 MUSEUM OF LAKELAND LIFE AND INDUSTRY 24 PENRITH AND EDEN MUSEUM 26 QUAKER TAPESTRY MUSEUM 28 THE RUSKIN MUSEUM: THE STORY OF CONISTON 30 TULLIE HOUSE MUSEUM AND ART GALLERY 32 TEACHER CPD PROGRAMME 34 ARTS AWARD AND ARTSMARK 35 3 GRETNA GREEN A69 6/14 CARLISLE M6 A596 A595 11 A66 PENRITH A66 9 KESWICK 3 A591 A66 WHITEHAVEN GRASMERE 8 A6 KIRKBY STEPHEN 2 M6 CUMBRIA A685 AMBLESIDE CONISTON1133 WINDERMERE A591 5 4 1/10/12 KENDAL A590 A6 ULVERSTON M6 7 BARROW-IN-FURNESS MOReCAMBE LANCASTER 4 GRETNA GREEN A69 CUMBRIA 6/14 MUSEUMS & GALLERIES CARLISLE Museums & GALLERIES M6 The Cumbria Museum Consortium offers a range of beautiful venues A596 across Cumbria. Learning sessions cover a range of subjects that really celebrate their wonderful collections. Excellent changing A595 exhibitions add to the sessions offered at each venue. LOCATION VENUE PAGE LOCATION VENUE PAGE 11 A66 PENRITH 1 ABBOT HALL ART GALLERY 6 8 DOVE COTTAGE & THE WORDSWORTH MUSEUM 20 Abbot Hall, Kendal, Cumbria, LA9 5AL The Wordsworth Trust, Dove Cottage, A66 Email: [email protected] Grasmere, Cumbria LA22 9SH 9 Telephone: 01539 722464 Email: [email protected] KESWICK 2 ARMITT MUSEUM AND LIBRARY 8 9 KESWICK MUSEUM 22 Rydal Road, Ambleside, LA22 9BL Station Road, Keswick, Cumbria CA12 4NF A66 3 A591 Email [email protected] Email: [email protected] Telephone: 01539 431212 Telephone: 01768 773263 WHITEHAVEN 3 THE BEACON MUSEUM 10 10 MUSEUM OF LAKELAND LIFE & INDUSTRY 24 West Strand, Whitehaven CA28 7LY Abbot Hall, Kendal, Cumbria, LA9 5AL A6 KIRKBY STEPHEN Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] GRASMERE 8 Telephone: 01539 722464 2 M6 CUMBRIA A685 AMBLESIDE 4 BLACKWELL - THE ARTS AND CRAFTS HOUSE 12 11 PENRITH AND EDEN MUSEUM 26 Bowness-on-Windermere, Cumbria LA23 3JT Robinson’s School, Middlegate, Penrith CA11 7PT Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Telephone: 01539 446139 Telephone: 01768 865105 CONISTON1133 WINDERMERE 5 4 A591 5 4 5 BRANTWOOD 14 12 QUAKER TAPESTRY MUSEUM 28 1/10/12 Coniston, Cumbria LA21 8AD Friends Meeting House, Stramongate, Email: [email protected] Kendal, Cumbria LA9 4BH KENDAL Telephone: 01539 441396 Email: [email protected] Telephone: 01539 722975 6 CUMBRIA’S MUSEUM OF MILITARY LIFE 16 13 THE RUSKIN MUSEUM 30 Alma Block, The Castle, Carlisle, Cumbria CA3 8UR Yewdale Road, Coniston, Cumbria LA21 8DU A590 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Telephone: 01228 532774 Telephone: 01539 441164 A6 ULVERSTON 7 THE DOCK MUSEUM 18 14 TULLIE HOUSE MUSEUM AND ART GALLERY 32 M6 North Road, Barrow-in-Furness LA14 2PW Castle Street, Carlisle CA3 8TP Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Telephone: 01229 876400 Telephone: 01228 618725 7 BARROW-IN-FURNESS MOReCAMBE LANCASTER 5 Abbot Hall Art GalleryGallery Discover Kendal’s finest historic house and award winning art gallery. Exhibitions showcase a variety of works by a wealth of international artists. Georgian period rooms allow pupils to imagine what life was like in another time, with views of the River Kent and Kendal Castle. Get creative in the Art Studio with drawing and self-led activities. Exhibitions in the 2017-18 academic year include British Pop Art, 20th century British Art, Monet’s Haystacks, British sculptor Elizabeth Frink, plus work from our collection celebrating Royal Academy artists. Abbot Hall park and children’s play area are right next door. ACTIVITIES PEOPLE AND PORTRAITS LANDSCAPE AND LADY ANNE CLIFFORD (10:30am – 2:30pm) KS1/2 THE LAKE DISTRICT (2hrs) KS1/2 What does a portrait tell us about a person? (10:30am – 2:30pm) KS1/2 Discover the life and times of Lady Anne What is the significance of portraiture and Clifford through a monumental triptych Discover the tradition of landscape art in a why do museums collect these art works? painting from 1646. Born in 1590, Lady Anne’s region that has inspired artists for hundreds of Pupils investigate the paintings, identify life spanned the publication of Shakespeare’s years. Pupils will explore paintings by artists symbols and meaning to learn about the first recorded plays, the Gunpowder Plot, including JMW Turner, John Ruskin and Kurt people in the portraits at Abbot Hall. While Galileo’s invention of the telescope, the Schwitters. They will create landscape art and creating a self-portrait and capturing the Mayflower landing in America, the Great immerse themselves in a variety of scenes likeness of a classmate, pupils will develop Fire of London and she lived to the end of and scenery; learn about colour, composition, their observation, analysis, speaking and the Tudor dynasty, through the Civil War, perspective, mood and the artist’s process. listening skills plus art terminology. Commonwealth and Restoration period. Pupils will study the details in the painting, made to celebrate Lady Anne’s legal victory as a woman to inherit 90,000 acres of Westmorland. MINI CURATORS (2hrs) KS2 Interested in setting up an art exhibition in your school? Bring your class to Abbot Hall Art Gallery to find out about the origins of art galleries, what curators do and how they display and interpret art collections. Students will learn art history terminology, practice describing artwork and have a go at rearranging the collection! Piloted by Vicarage Park School, Kendal. 6 CURRICULUM LINKS FACILITIES History Women’s rights Fully physically Coach Parking accessible Local history Identity & citizenship Coach drop off Limited accessibility Geography Language Cafe Toilets Portraits & Enquiry-based Gift shop self-portraits learning Lunch facilities Goody bags Linked loans boxes Outreach sessions I used to take my pupils to the galleries in Manchester, now I come to Abbot Hall to experience great art. Teacher, Ullswater Community College Special activities Familiarisation visits MONET SPECIAL EVENTS WEEK Teachers are encouraged to visit Spring Term 2018 free of charge to get inspired by the Claude Monet’s masterpiece Haystack: Snow Effect (1891) is coming to Abbot Hall! In collection or prepare for a school visit. his lifetime, Monet painted a series of 30 haystack paintings capturing different effects through the seasons. We are running a series of artistic workshops inspired by the famous Impressionist’s use of colour and light. Bring your class to see this internationally significant artwork, on loan from National Galleries Scotland, and get creative! Not to be missed and booking essential. Email [email protected] for dates and details. Booking is easy! HOW TO BOOK To book or enquire about an educational visit please contact the learning team A SESSION on 01539 888035 or email [email protected] Costs Details Half day session (2hrs) £4 per pupil Abbot Hall Art Gallery, Full day session (10:30 – 2:30) £150 max 30 pupils (includes Arts Kendal, Cumbria, LA9 5AL Award Discover certificates) Email: [email protected] Self-guided Free Telephone: 01539 722464 We encourage teachers to book visits at least 3 weeks in advance. For further information visit our website: www.abbothall.org.uk 7 Armitt Museum AND Library The Armitt Library was founded over a century ago to provide a reference library for the scholarly community that lived in and around Ambleside. It had a close relationship with the Charlotte Mason College, now part of the University of Cumbria. Apart from the library, which contains 14,500 volumes including many rare books, it holds the Beatrix Potter natural history collection, the Kurt Schwitters collection of works, the Charlotte Mason Archive, a collection of Neolithic, bronze age, Roman artefacts and various manuscripts and ephemera relating to the history of the Lake District. It is currently housed in a purpose built building opened in 1997. CPD opportunities We offer a number of 2 hour CPD opportunities for teachers.