On Takeover Day 2022, primary school pupils created a Wellbeing Trail at Hertford Museum. Vicky Smith, Learning Officer, shares how the museum planned and delivered their Takeover Day.
Categories: Takeover Day Case Studies
Audience: Primary school
The National Museum of the Royal Navy used their Takeover Day in 2022 to consult home educating families on how they could make HMS Victory a more fun and playful site for children and families. Claire Hargreaves, Public Programming Producer, shares how the museum planned and delivered their Takeover Day.
Categories: Takeover Day Case Studies
Audience: Family
For Takeover Day 2021, pupils celebrated the end of their Climate Emergency Films project with a film screening and sustainability Q&A with museum directors. Lucy Neville, Interim Schools Engagement Officer, tells us about their Takeover Day.
Categories: Climate, Takeover Day Case Studies
Audience: Secondary school
For Takeover Day 2021, Year 9 pupils curated a cabinet on the theme of climate change at The Whitaker Museum & Art Gallery. Jane Williams, Heritage Activity Coordinator, tells us about their day.
Categories: Climate, Takeover Day Case Studies
Audience: Secondary school, Young people
This Takeover Day took place when the museum was closed to the public.
Categories: Takeover Day Case Studies
Audience: Primary school
This case study explores how the museum’s Takeover Days with different groups of young people, including those with SEND, have evolved over a six-year period and how it has changed the way the organisation works with this audience.
Categories: Takeover Day Case Studies
Audience: SEND
Explore how Ancient House Museum developed its Takeover Day events between 2013-14. The museum involved its young people’s group, from designing shop stock to taking over the organisation’s Twitter feed.
Categories: Takeover Day Case Studies
Audience: Young people
Derby Museums have taken part in Takeover Day since 2014. Here’s how they have used their experiences to develop and deepen the involvement of young people in their organisation.
Categories: Takeover Day Case Studies
Audience: Secondary school
This was a wide-ranging Takeover Day with primary school children from a Communities First area, which saw them working across the library doing everything from digitising documents to working as security guards.
Categories: Takeover Day Case Studies
Audience: Primary school
Staff at this Northumberland museum recruited young people at a local ‘drop-in’ space and asked them what they wanted to do for Takeover Day. The participants aged 13-19 held their own exhibition and event inspired by time travel, which included a film showing and DJ.
Categories: Takeover Day Case Studies
Audience: Young people