Episode 2 - Aisling Serrant (Museum of London Docklands): ‘Museums are for everyone’

09/19/19 • 26 min

This week we’re chatting to Aisling Serrant about her creative approach to museum festivals. Aisling works as a Community Engagement Manager at the Museum of London Docklands which tells the history of about London as a port. Aisling organises festivals bringing together families from all backgrounds to learn about different cultures and history. Her main goal is to make the museum a welcoming space for everyone.

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Episode 1 - Ed Lawless (British Museum, Samsung Digital Discovery Centre): 'Digital is enhancing what museums can do'

Ed Lawless makes the British Museum more accessible to young visitors using technology within the Samsung Digital Discover Centre. He enjoys challenging the conventional models of what museum learning programmes for schools, families and young people look like. From live video links with classrooms to a growing programme of tablet guided experiences for school groups, Ed is making digital technology work for students. He has explored how familiar digital technology can be exploited in new ways to create learning experiences for whole families, not just children. Looking to the future, Ed is working with his team to develop a new strand of programming for teenagers and other young people in the Museum.

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Episode 3 - Caroline Marcus (UCL): ‘On teaching adults and learning from kids’

This week we are talking to Caroline Marcus - a passionate museum learning expert.

Caroline is a university lecturer at UCL, a consultant and programme producer specialising in museum learning.

She will be sharing her insights on how to transform museums into magical and eye-opening places for kids and adults alike.

Listen until the end to hear about Caroline’s inspirational vision about the museum of ‘universal themes’ - an idea that resonates deeply with us.