With the help of a Museum Education Officer, children will be given a range of original Victorian objects to draw and examine. Through a process of investigation and close observation they will discover more about the working lives of Victorian sailors during a time of great technological advance. They will also be introduced to the role of museums in collection and conservation. A practical workshop in which children will construct electrical circuits to transmit messages in Morse or other codes. This session will use key paintings from the new marine art gallery Art and the Sea and artists' materials to explore ideas of colour, line, tone, texture and composition.
Themes can include the weather, journeys and life at sea.
We will explore how various artists from the 16th - 20th centuries have used different materials and techniques to achieve particular effects. The Museum's Planetarium is a magnificent teaching tool. It recreates the night sky during normal classroom hours so that children can see demonstrated the movement of the Earth, Sun, Moon and stars. The Planetarium has a capacity of 48. Each live show can be tailored to suit the needs of your group and topics can be selected on a 'pick and mix' basis.