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Below are examples of bespoke type of experiences we offer:

1. Training Day, Royal Academy of Arts

2. Take One Picture Exhibition, National Gallery

3. Holocaust Memorial Day Event, Stand Together

4. Carnival, Kids in Museums

5. Takeover Day, Kids in Museums

6. Object Handling Curiosity Boxes, Mishcon de Reya

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• Museum wanting to run a Takeover Day

• Sector-support organisation looking to create a Carnival for museum professionals

• Gallery looking to commission an object-handling box

• Corporate firm looking for a creative staff training experience

• Community Centre wanting to run a Holocaust Memorial Day commemoration

• Individual wanting to find an original birthday gift

1. Training Day, Royal Academy of Arts

We reviewed the Royal Academy of Arts (RA) current offer; provided a context for other arts organisations working with communities; guided the RA to develop shared principles of work with community groups and led the RA in defining the scope and strategy for practice in this area.

We conducted an audit of the current offer and worked with the learning team to scope their response to current provision. Working with the Head of Learning and Access and Communities Manager, we developed an away day at Tate Modern, providing the team with resources to engage further learning in community engagement.

We compiled a final report with recommendations for a forward plan.

2. Take One Picture Exhibition, National Gallery

Caroline Marcus was former Curator of The National Gallery’s flagship national primary school programme, Take One Picture. Each year, a single picture becomes the focus and inspiration for 4-11 year old children's learning across the curriculum. Looking in close detail at a single painting and discussing relevant universal themes enables pupils to make meaningful connections across cultures and time. Children discover, imagine and explore whilst unlocking their creativity. Selected work is displayed at the Gallery and in an online exhibition.

3. Holocaust Memorial Day 2020

Stand Together at South Hampstead Synagogue

We were commissioned by South Hampstead Synagogue to curate a week long programme of learning, exhibitions and talks to mark Holocaust Memorial Day 2020. Our project partners included the National Holocaust Centre and Museum (NHCM), Association of Jewish Refugees, 45 Aid Society and Remembering Srebrenica. 700 primary and secondary students visiting South Hampstead Synagogue for the first time and participated in expertly facilitated award-winning NHCM workshops. Our opening ceremony featured Holocaust survivor, Lili Pohlmann in conversation with Safet Vukalić who fled Bosnia. Our closing ceremony featured Dr Stephen Smith OBE, co-founder of National Holocaust Centre and Museum, in conversation with Rabbi Shlomo Levin. Exhibitions on display included The Boys Memory Quilts, The Forever Project and The Eye as Witness.

Watch our Stand Together film

Read about our Stand Together Week

Stand Together, from vision to reality

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4. Carnival, Kids in Museums

We devised and delivered an inaugural Carnival for client Kids in Museums. Carnival took place at Tate Exchange. Carnival was a free festival that promoted Kids in Museums offer and provided a platform for organisations to share best practice. It was attended by over 250 delegates. The event showcased information and activities including ways to get involved with Kids in Museums projects, case studies of ways to welcome children, young people and families, guided tours led by young people and talks sharing best-practice from former nominees and winners of the Family Friendly Museum Award.

Kids in Museums host first Carnival

5. Takeover Day, Kids in Museums

Caroline Marcus devised, developed, delivered and directed Kids in Museums national flagship project, Takeover Day, a day when museums, galleries, historic homes, archives and heritage sites invite young people in to take over jobs normally done by adults. She created resources to train museum professionals across the UK to deliver Takeover Day successfully, in order to raise the aspirations of young people in museums. She supported museum staff to put young people at the heart of their work; gain inspiration from venues that have taken part; plan time and recommendations for Takeover Days and network with new Takeover Day partners. Find out more about how to plan a Kids in Museums Takeover Day here and read how young people took over at Stonehenge. 

Giving confidence and encouragement to youngsters

6. Object Handling Boxes

We design and deliver object boxes for children or adults, partnering with Tali Krikler, an experienced learning and participation specialist. Tali produces, designs and leads a broad range of projects and resources within museum, heritage, cultural, health and business settings. 

Her passion lies in the possibilities objects offer to explore and uncover stories, challenge perceptions, share ideas and start conversations. She has created innovative outreach resources for schools, challenged young people to interpret objects using stop-frame animation, conceived and delivered workshops for Syrian refugees and designed and co-produced object boxes that spark curiosity and address sensitive topics such as mental health in an original and engaging ways.

Curiosity & Innovation, Mishcon de Reya LLP