The story of Verulamium moves online
St Albans Museums are taking the stories of their collections online to support schools teaching about the Romans at Key Stage Two while Verulamium Museum remains closed.
A video tour of the galleries, following the key dates of the Romans in Britain, has been professionally produced. David Thorold, curator, leads the tour, sharing his specialist knowledge whilst encouraging viewers to ask questions and make comparisons to modern life today throughout. There is a quiz to accompany this video where children can check their learning from the video.
Several other resources, including videos with museum teachers and activities to complete at home that help children to learn to look at objects closely have been added to the St Albans Museums website. These have been specially designed to give children a taste of the object-based learning they can experience when the museum reopens, as our school sessions allow school groups to touch real Roman objects and use them to spark their learning.
St Albans Museums are offering a new way for audiences to engage with the collections and exhibitions while the buildings remain closed by hosting a series of online talks and workshops for all ages.
Teachers who use these resources are encouraged to share their feedback with the museum service, and can win money off a trip to Verulamium for their class for taking part.
St Albans Museums are constantly adding further online resources for schools to their website, alongside their extensive library of online exhibitions and collections information.
Cllr. Anthony Rowlands, Portfolio Holder for Leisure, Heritage and the Public Realm at St Albans City and District Council, said:
It is wonderful to see the museums service supporting children to develop their learning even whilst the museums are closed. Verulamium Museum offers such fantastic learning opportunities for schools, and these online resources leave learners excited to find out more at Verulamium when it is able to reopen. Online teaching resources also enable our museum service to reach an even wider audience and will, I hope, encourage more families from further afield to visit the museum and all our other attractions.
For details of all the resources, please visit St Albans Museum’s website: https://www.stalbansmuseums.org.uk/learn
Image: View of Verulamium Museum.
For further press information and images, please contact:
Catherine Newley, Audience Development Manager, St Albans Museums: Catherine.Newley@stalbans.gov.uk
Councillor Contact: Cllr. Anthony Rowlands, Portfolio Holder for Leisure, Heritage and the Public Realm, St Albans City and District Council: cllr.a.rowlands@stalbans.gov.uk; 07761 232064.
NOTES TO EDITORS
- Details of all the resources described above can be found on the Learn pages of our website here https://www.stalbansmuseums.org.uk/learn
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About St Albans Museums
St Albans Museums manages St Albans Museum + Gallery, Verulamium Museum, the Hypocaust, the medieval Clock Tower, Sopwell Ruins and the thousands of objects in the City’s collection. Across our sites, we showcase over 2,000 years of priceless heritage and host cutting-edge art exhibitions, sharing local, national and world treasures with all.