Emergency Museum

Disaster has struck! We need an emergency museum, stat!

The Emergency Museum booklet was produced by Steve Dearden and the Writing Squad. This will take you through the process of setting up your own museum no matter where you are or what is around you.

We’ve used this booklet with young people across the region. It’s a great way to get them thinking about interpretation and museums, and gives them permission to break some rules around curation! Encourage the most personal and creative responses to the Emergency Museum challenge, and get the conversation started on what objects mean to us and how museums tell important stories…

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