Availability: every term
Duration: 2 hrs
Cost: £2.50 per pupil (minimum £50)
Max pupils per session: 36
Self-Portraits
What can we learn about people from their portraits? Investigate a selection of our portraits, copy their expressions, find clues in their clothing and strike a pose before children create their own self-portrait.
Can Buildings Speak?
What is the Harris Museum & Art Gallery saying? Look at the outside of the building to discover what it wants to tell us before exploring its interior and recording patterns using pencils, cameras and other media.
What is Sculpture?
Explore a variety of sculptures from our collections, touch the different materials from which they are made, make an abstract piece together and feel inspired to mould or construct something new.
Every Picture Tells a Story – Portraying Relationships
Uncover the stories within paintings by examining gestures and symbols, bring the characters and scenes to life through role-play, then place yourself and a partner in a picture with clues to tell your story.
Investigating Pattern
Create patterned textiles using our collections as inspiration. Learn about different techniques used to decorate fabrics before making your own unique design. A great way to creatively re-enforce work on symmetry and shape.
Objects and Meanings
Behind every still-life is a wealth of thought about what to include, where to place the objects and the colours to use. Handle some of the objects represented in our paintings and design your own composition for a still-life to commemorate your visit.
Welcome to the Harris...
What are museums for and where did all those objects come from? Discover the answers to these questions by handling objects, writing labels and exploring the different ways museums tell visitors about their collections.
Click here to download a PDF copy of What's on for Primary Schools 2011/12
Duration: 2 hrs
Cost: £2.50 per pupil (minimum £50)
Max pupils per session: 36
Self-Portraits
What can we learn about people from their portraits? Investigate a selection of our portraits, copy their expressions, find clues in their clothing and strike a pose before children create their own self-portrait.
Can Buildings Speak?
What is the Harris Museum & Art Gallery saying? Look at the outside of the building to discover what it wants to tell us before exploring its interior and recording patterns using pencils, cameras and other media.
What is Sculpture?
Explore a variety of sculptures from our collections, touch the different materials from which they are made, make an abstract piece together and feel inspired to mould or construct something new.
Every Picture Tells a Story – Portraying Relationships
Uncover the stories within paintings by examining gestures and symbols, bring the characters and scenes to life through role-play, then place yourself and a partner in a picture with clues to tell your story.
Investigating Pattern
Create patterned textiles using our collections as inspiration. Learn about different techniques used to decorate fabrics before making your own unique design. A great way to creatively re-enforce work on symmetry and shape.
Objects and Meanings
Behind every still-life is a wealth of thought about what to include, where to place the objects and the colours to use. Handle some of the objects represented in our paintings and design your own composition for a still-life to commemorate your visit.
Welcome to the Harris...
What are museums for and where did all those objects come from? Discover the answers to these questions by handling objects, writing labels and exploring the different ways museums tell visitors about their collections.
Click here to download a PDF copy of What's on for Primary Schools 2011/12
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