Tower Museum Autumn/Winter Program 2016

Learning and Events Programme

Tower Museum Autumn/Winter 2016

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The Tower Museum is delighted to offer an exciting new Learning and Events programme for Autumn/Winter 2016.

Please browse our programme and choose from a variety of events, talks, coffee mornings and learning sessions suitable for a wide variety of audiences and interests.

If you would like to attend any of the events please rsvp by contacting museum. education@derrystrabane.com or call the Tower Museum at +44 28 7137 2411.

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SCHOOL WORKSHOPS

School Workshops

1916 – Untold Stories Date: 14 – 16 Nov 2016 Duration: 2 hours Location: Education & Learning Space, Tower Museum Admission: Free

Three groups of students aged between 12-13 will be given the opportunity to take part in creative writing workshops and tours to mark the end of the temporary 1916 exhibition in the Tower Museum. These sessions will be led by Eamon Baker. Booking essential.

KEY STAGE 3

• Communication • Environment and Society • Thinking Skills and Personal Capabilities

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SCHOOL WORKSHOPS

Plantation and the Siege Days: Tuesday and Thursday only Duration: 45 minutes Location: Education & Learning Space, Tower Museum Admission: £1.50 (Package 1) · £2.00 (Package 1 & 2) Teachers and supervisory staff are admitted free of charge.

Package 1 Guided tour of the Story of Derry Exhibition with dedicated worksheets looking at the key events of the 17th Century.

Package 2 A guided tour with additional workshops using the “Our Present Past” computer based interactive, or “Remembering 400 Years – Plantation of Ulster” Object handling workshops.

KEY STAGE 2

KEY STAGE 3

• Language and literacy • The World Around Us

• Communication • Using ICT • Thinking Skills and Personal Capabilities • Environment and Society

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WW1 and Partition Days: Tuesday and Thursday only Duration: 45 minutes Location: Education & Learning Space, Tower Museum Admission: £1.50 (Package 1) · £2.00 (Package 1 & 2) Teachers and supervisory staff are admitted free of charge.

Package 1: Tour of the Story of Derry Exhibition with dedicated worksheets exploring the Great War in a local and wider historical context. The session will also explore immediately after the war leading to partition.

Package 2: A guided tour with additional facilitated workshop including a short film presentation, object handling and quizzes.

KEY STAGE 2

KEY STAGE 3

• Language

• Communication

and literacy • The World

Around Us

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• Environment and Society • Thinking Skills and

Personal Capabilities

SCHOOL WORKSHOPS

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WW2 and Post War Days: Tuesday and Thursday only Duration: 45 minutes Location: Education & Learning Space, Tower Museum Admission: £1.50 (Package 1) · £2.00 (Package 1 & 2) Teachers and supervisory staff are admitted free of charge.

Package 1: Tour of the Story of Derry Exhibition with dedicated worksheets looking at the role of the city and life on the Home Front.

Package 2: A guided tour with additional facilitated workshops using handling objects, a short film presentation and oral history accounts.

KEY STAGE 2

KEY STAGE 3

• Language

• Communication

and literacy • The World

Around Us

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• Environment and Society • Thinking Skills and

Personal Capabilities

EXHIBITIONS AND EVENTS

Exhibitions and Events

1916: Untold Stories Date: currently running (closes 27 Nov 2016) Time: Daily 10am to 5:30pm (last admission 4:30pm) Cost: Free 1916: Untold Stories highlights the impact of the seismic events of 1916 on people from the north west and the human connections that still bind us to the past.

Laurentic Centenary Date: 25 Jan 2017 – 21 June 2017 Time: Daily 10am to 5:30pm (last admission 4:30pm) Cost: Free It has been 100 years since the famous Laurentic sank off Lough Swilly on a bitter cold night in January 1917. This exhibition tells the story of the famous ship, the numerous salvage operations and the search for the elusive gold still on board.

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EVENTS

Halloween at the Tower Museum £2 Ghost Tours Dates: Thurs 27 - Mon 31 Oct Times: 2pm, 3pm, 4pm, 5pm Suitable: Strictly for ages 8+ Walk through the darkness guided by lamplight and prepare to be terrified by stories of ‘The Death Coach’, ‘The Gravestone’ and ‘The Devil’s Chair’.

Public Ghost Tours and Family Fun Activities

Family Fun Activities Dates: Thurs 27 - Mon 31 Oct Times: 2pm to 5pm Suitable: All ages Mask making, lantern making and lots of other fun activities.

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Christmas Carollers and Craft Making Christmas at the Tower Museum Make your own Christmas Decorations and Card Making Date: Fri 2 Dec Time: 10am - 11.30am Cost: £2 per person Aimed at both young and old.

The first in a series of three workshops, come along and experience what Christmas was like in the past by creating decorations, toys and postcards from a bygone era.

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Date: Fri 9 Dec Time: 10am - 11.30am Cost: £2 per person Get into the festive spirit by joining us and the Pink Ladies choir as they set the scene for Christmas. Make your own personalised Christmas decorations or Christmas cards. If you have any old toys from your childhood why not bring them into the museum to show us.

Christmas Craft Making Date: Fri 16 Dec Time: 10am - 11.30am Cost: £2 per person As Christmas fast approaches why not create your special Christmas photograph in front of our Christmas tree featuring decorations made by the local community.

Costumes also available.

COFFEE MORNINGS

Coffee Mornings

Your City, Your Art Date: Fri 4 Nov Time: 10am - 11.30am Cost: Free Join us for a coffee and a chance to discuss original works of art from the Tower Museum and Ulster Museum collections will be displayed and discussed.

Part of the ‘Creative Community Connections’ project.

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COFFEE MORNINGS

Laurentic: The Gold Ship

Textiles and Shirt Factory

Date: Fri 18 Nov Time: 10am - 11.30am Cost: Free

Date: Fri 25 Nov Time: 10am - 11.30am Cost: Free

The tragic story of the Laurentic and the eventual recovery of (almost) all the gold stored on board has captured the imagination of many over the years. This coffee morning will take a look at the story in detail, using original objects recovered from the wreck as well as the wreck owner Ray Cossum’s original archive.

Aimed at both young and old.

Relive memories of the shirt factory with our wonderful collections on textiles. Listen to and share stories about the shirt factory. View our loan box collection with items from the shirt factory or just sit back and enjoy your cup of tea and listen to the bars!

Coffee Mornings

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TOWER TALKS

Tower Talks

Nick Wright A Taste of the Past Date: Tues 8 Nov Time: 7:30pm Cost: Free

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In this interactive session, participants are guided through almost 10,000 years of history, from the arrival of Ireland’s first people, to the planting of the first potatoes. Delivered by Nic Wright of Hearthside Heritage, the session consists of an overview of the development of prehistoric and early historic Irish society, approached through the lens of food and edible resources. You will have the opportunity to taste a variety of traditional foods from Bronze Age hearthcakes, to Plantation pottage.

TOWER TALKS

Denise Henry – Mabel Colhoun Date: Thurs 17 Nov Time: 7:30pm Cost: Free

Mabel Colhoun was one of the city’s best known teachers and archaeologists. Her pioneering work in the local naturalist society, as well as her extraordinary life’s work in researching and mapping the archaeological heritage of Inishowen, will be discussed by Denise Henry. A selection of Mabel Colhoun’s archive, currently held in the Tower Museum, will be on display, including some of Mabel’s beautiful drawings.

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Guy Warner: Naval Warfare in the North-West 1914-18

Derry City Cemetery Records Project

Date: Thurs 1 Dec Time: 12.30pm (lunchtime) Cost: Free

Date: Thurs 8 Dec Time: 7.30pm Cost: Free

Historical Aviation expert Guy Warner will discuss the war against the U-boats in the North West from 1914-18, focusing on the role of local bases, including the United States Navy flying boat base at Ture, Inishowen.

The Derry City Cemetery Records project has been ongoing since February 2016. The cemetery, which opened in 1853, is the final resting place for the remains of many past residents of the city.

It offers a virtual pocket history of the city within its records. At this talk, staff will reveal the process behind digitising the records, the progress of the project so far as well as some new findings.

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BOOKING & CONTACT

Booking & Contact

How to book We encourage that if you wish to attend any event you should prebook with the Tower Museum. If you are a school, our workshops are facilitated by members of our education team and all our educational packages can be tailored to meet the specific needs of your group.

Tel: +44 28 71 372 411 Email: museum.education@ derrystrabane.com

Access Lifts are available to all levels within the Tower Museum and each of our exhibitions is fully wheelchair accessible.

Teacher inset We welcome any requests to use the Tower Museum for teacher training. Please contact us for further information.

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BOOKING & CONTACT

Booking and Contact

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Opening Hours Monday to Sunday at 10.00am – 5:30pm (last entry at 4:30pm)

For further information on the Tower Museum contact: Tower Museum, Union Hall Place, Derry, BT48 6LU Telephone: 028 71372411 Email: tower@derrystrabane.com /towermuseum Website: www.derrystrabane.com/towermuseum

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