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Secondary and Further Education Taught Sessions

The Museum is an inspiring setting where students can learn from real objects. Choose from a range of in-person and online interactive sessions which encourage pupils to look closely at objects and ask perceptive questions.
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TAUGHT SESSIONS CURRENTLY UNAVAILABLE: We are currently recruiting for the position of Secondary Learning Officer, and are unable to take bookings for Secondary & FE taught sessions during this process. We will continue to book self-guided visits for Secondary & FE groups and look forward to welcoming your students to the museum soon.

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Sketchbook Introduction

Alongside hints and tips, artist sketchbooks and key exercises are shown, to inspire new directions and connections.

Image from the film Edge of the Knife in the Haida language

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Theory of Knowledge

This session uses key objects and their history to understand and unpack terms such as coloniality, epistemicide and cultural appropriation.

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Identities in Contemporary Art Workshop

Learn how contemporary artists explore concepts of ‘identity’ and ‘coloniality’ and engage with self-representation through finding LGBTQIA+ histories within the museum’s displays.

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Sketchbook Extended Workshop

This is an extended version of our popular Sketchbook Introduction that supports students in their sketching or photography and allows them to engage with handling objects.

Maasai visitors to Pitt Rivers Museum. Photo by John Cairns.

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General Museum Introduction

Learn how objects were acquired, displayed and interpreted in the past and contrast this to the new ways of working that are happening in the present.

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Secondary Learning from Objects

Handle a number of objects from a variety of different places to research their meaning, uses and significance in a range of contexts.

Tsantas being taken off display July 2020 - Photo Hugh Warwick original

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Ethics: Tsantsas or ‘Shrunken Heads’

Find out why the museum has removed certain human remains and what ‘self representation’ means.

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British Empire Decolonial Voices

Look at different places, people and events that connect to British Empire through the perspective and voices of those who were colonised.

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Native American Civil Rights

Work with objects from the museum’s archive, handling collection and core collections to gain an understanding of key issues relating to Native American History.