Bronze Age fancy footwork : Archaeology, schools & Bristol Museums
Channel: Recording Archaeology
Date: 2016-09-25

Archaeology outreach and the provision of opportunities for cross-curricular and local learning are at the very heart of Bristol Museum’s current offer for schools. This paper will explore the impact that changes to the national curriculum have had on both the programme and the staff that deliver it, in schools, on-site and in the museum. It will present three short case-studies relating to: 

• Demystifying archaeology: the delivery of CPD for teachers and other museum staff 
• Archaeology Super Days and Archaeology After School 
• Artefacts as a source of inspiration, creativity and enquiry-based learning

Bristol’s programme is for the most part delivered by highly-experienced museum-based archaeologists and was formulated in conjunction with a senior formal learning officer: this symbiotic relationship has had many positive results for the profile of the collections, teaching and learning but has not been without its challenges of which some will be explored here.