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1. Signature

2. Know Before You Go

3. Talk & Draw

4. Lessons in Body Language

5. Museum Trails

6. Treasure Hunt

1. Signature

Our experts have a huge range range of skills and regularly lecture for audiences including adults, schools, teachers, children, families and young people in leading museums and galleries in London, across the UK and internationally. Our tours cover a vast range of themes, including art history, cemeteries, LGBTQ+ and contested histories.

What kids can teach us about art - National Gallery podcast, episode 42, 0:11:53
Discussing Holbein’s Ambassadors - a clip unlocking some of Holbein’s secrets

2. Know Before You Go

Find out about an exhibition from one of our experts in the comfort of your office or a private venue before you visit. You might be visiting blockbuster exhibitions such as Van Gogh and Britain, Tate or Rembrandt: The Late Works, National Gallery or looking to find out about the collection in a world famous museum and gallery. Try our themed tours for a special occasion.

3. Talk & Draw, National Gallery

Visitors explore a National Gallery painting from two different perspectives. Lecturers give a short talk and visitors participate through making their own work in a short, artist-led drawing session.

4. Lessons in Body Language Workshop

Amuse Yourself can design a bespoke workshop for your team. We designed a workshop for the National Gallery’s Adult Programme linked to the theme, Lessons in Body Language. Participants were asked how aware are you of your body language? And how fluent are you at reading and interpreting other people’s signals? The practical course explored the power of communicating through body language from the Old Masters. Through examining a range of portrait and history paintings, participants explored how the figures depicted enhanced their personal impact or presence, built rapport or managed conflict through the messages they evoked with their bodies. Participants used props to try out real-life scenarios, reflecting body language in paintings, and discovered how to use these in their lives. This session was run in collaboration with organisation development consultants, People Make it Work.

5. Trails

We are experts in writing content and designing trails for a wide range of museums and heritage organisations. See a selection from our Trails Menu below, and click on the bold red text to see sample trails including Footsteps of the Buddha and Katie’s National Gallery Adventure.

Trails Menu

Footsteps of the Buddha Trail – British Library
Limina Collective created this tour for the British Library. Participants are invited to take time out of busy life to look, make and relax as a family. Explore a selection of multi-sensory activities, experimenting with sound, mark-making, colour, drawing and collage. You can also choose to take part in a simple meditation exercise, before finishing with a short mindful sculpture walk through the Library.

Entertaining the Nation, Stars of Music, Stage and Screen – Jewish Museum
We created a trail for the Jewish Museum’s exhibition Entertaining the Nation Exhibition.  The exhibition explored the fascinating untold story of Jewish contribution to British entertainment from Victorian music hall to the stars of today. Themes included the stories behind stars of music, stage and screen through a fascinating display of costumes, props, vintage photographs, posters and hands-on objects as well as archive footage and newly commissioned films, in a 1920s inspired cinema. The exhibition offered a range of fun activities for children and families including interactive displays, a dressing up box and a special exhibition trail.

Florentine Frolics Tour – Private Client
We created a trail for a 50th Birthday trip to Florence, which included activities to explore in famous places around Florence, including the splendid Uffizi Gallery.

Katie’s National Gallery Adventure – National Gallery
Caroline created a trail for the National Gallery with children’s illustrator and author James Mayhew. James is the creator of the beloved Katie books. Take a look at Katie’s Picture Trail and join illustrator James Mayhew and museum educator, Caroline Marcus, for a tour of the National Gallery.

Marvellous Blooms – National Gallery
Join Saskia on a tour of the National Gallery. She’s dressed up as Flora, the Roman goddess of flowers. You’re invited to join her to discover and explore blooming, marvellous flower paintings, which include fearsome weapons, cheerful sunflowers, and secret meanings! There are exciting things to do, such as solving puzzles, looking, and drawing and sharing art secrets. She hopes you have a blooming marvellous time exploring the paintings.

Take One Object, Boxing Shorts –Jewish Museum
We created new teachers’ resources for the Jewish Museum inspired by Take One Picture, National Gallery.

6. Treasure Hunt

Amuse Yourself can help you to explore, learn, compete – amuse yourself - with a unique, interactive team building experience which allows you to explore an iconic museum through a museum treasure hunt. Discover hidden facts and amazing artefacts, whilst completing engaging photo and video challenges at some of the world’s leading museums. Try out our London treasure hunts at the Natural History Museum, the Science Museum and The British Museum. Armed with a tablet as your guide, this is a team event with an interactive twist as you work together to navigate around the museum; answer questions, complete tasks and tap into your most creative side to complete photo and video challenges to earn your team valuable points.

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