Learning Programmes with Portraits

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• Learning in Museums and Galleries
• Why develop a learning programme
• What programme will you run?
• How to develop a learning programme
• Who is your programme for?
• Evaluation
• Themes around Portraiture
• Case Studies
• Festivals and National Events
• Acknowledgements
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Festivals and Events

Commemorative events, themed months and special days are a good way of highlighting a part of your portrait collection for a specific audience. They are also a good way of linking up with new partners to organise or promote an event.

There are numerous events or themes - the main ones for museums, galleries and historic sites with portrait collections are:

• Holocaust Remembrance Day - 27 January
  http://www.hmd.org.uk/
• LGBT History Month - February
  http://www.lgbthistorymonth.org.uk/
• International Women's Day - 8 March
  http://www.internationalwomensday.com/
• Museums and Galleries Month - May
  http://www.mgm.org.uk/
• Adult Learners Week - Usually late May
  http://www.niace.org.uk/ALw/2007/Default.htm
• The Big Draw - end of September / beginning October
  http://www.campaignfordrawing.org/home/index.aspx
• Black History Month - October
  http://www.black-history-month.co.uk/
  Case Study: Equiano Exhibition
• Remembrance Day - 11 November (or the Sunday closest)
  http://www.britishlegion.org.uk/

Religious Festivals

• The BBC have a good website calendar of religious festivals for all the main faiths in Britain by month:
  http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/tools/calendar/