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Learning Programmes at Museum of Brands Museum of Brands provides engaging and interactive learning sessions for all key stages, ages and abilities. Sessions are available Monday - Friday with our dedicated Learning team. For more information, please e-mail [email protected] or call 02072439610
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LearningProgrammes
Museum ofBrands
NEW FOR2016
I N T R O D U C T I O N
Just around the corner from the worldfamous Portobello Road Marketstands a treasure trove of design and memories, where every corner youturn leads you into a different decade that will open your eyes to the waywe lived and shopped.The Museum of Brands presents a history ofconsumer culture decade by decade from Victorian times to present day.
We facilitate taught sessions for education groups Monday to Friday.Each session consists of a onehour workshop and a selfdirected tour ofthe Time Tunnel with activity sheets for learners to discover the origins oftoday’s brands. See the Museum at your own pace, making links to yourcurriculum and class themes. Advance booking is essential; booking information can be found at theend of this brochure.
“ P e o p l e i m m e d i a t e l y m a k e t h e l i n kb e t w e e n t h e s e o b j e c t s a n d k e ym o m e n t s i n t h e i r o w n l i v e s .F e w p l a c e s c a n d o t h a t . "
- Rober t Opie , Founder
At the Museum we welcome Early Years groups to come and
experience a journey through our Time Tunnel with an
accompanied session bespoke to your group's interests and
needs. Our popular Food & Shopping session, detailed below,
can be tailored by our learning team.
This fun and interactive session encourages learners to
experience buying and selling through a group shopping activity,
creating market stalls and shopping lists. Our aim is to embed
literacy and numeracy through a handson learning experience.
E A R L YY E A R S
E Y F S : F O O D & S H O P P I N G
KEY STAGES 1 - 3
K E Y S T A G E S O N E & T W O
A creative designyourown chocolate packaging
workshop focusing on the developments in chocolate
packaging, whilst exploring imagery and persuasive language
within advertising.
An interactive handling collection activity where learners
compare and contrast chocolate brands and products from the
UK/US markets, in terms of their packaging and size. Using
balance scales learners compare, describe and solve practical
mathematical problems.
The Museum displays material from the past 150 years of
consumer history, learners are split into groups to work together
as detective historians to explore the materials, imagery and
narrative of objects. The aim is for groups to be able to use
consumer history as a tool within learning.
K S 1 / M I L E P O S T 2C H O C O L A T E ( I P C )
K S 1 & K S 2 C O N S U M E R H I S T O R Y
K S 1 & K S 2 C H O C O L A T E : U K / U SC O M P A R I S O N & W E I G H I N G
"The subtitle of our course is ‘looking closely at stuff’; this is exactly what you have done with us today
and it has been a joy! " T E A C H E R , 2 0 1 5
K E Y S T A G E S O N E & T W O
A designyourown packaging workshop where learners focus
on the graphics, colours and text on their packaging as well as
developing their own brand and product name. This session
links with the curriculum for Art & Design using colour, pattern
texture, line, shape, form and space, with a particular focus on
drawing.
K S 1 & K S 2 P A C K A G I N G D E S I G N
K S 22 0 T H C E N T U R Y L E I S U R E & E N T E R T A I N M E N T
A choice of two workshops:
1. Seaside Holidays: learners investigate persuasive devices
used in advertising posters for seaside holidays and design a
‘suitcase collage’
2. Radio: learners explore the history of radio and produce a
radio segment based on the 1930s children’s radio club ‘The
Ovaltineys’.
This session enables learners to explore changes of an
aspect of social history in the 20th century.
K E Y S T A G E T H R E E
This Packaging Design workshop enables learners to analyse
the visual language of popular packaging in different decades
of the 20th century, and design their own packaging for a
fictitious brand in a given decade.The session links with the
curriculum aims to develop knowledge of how art and design
both reflects and shapes our history, using the history of craft,
design, periods, styles and major movements.
P A C K A G I N G D E S I G N
A handling collection activity featuring items from over 150
years of consumer history. Learners handle and analyse
products in terms of their materials and visual language and
take on the challenge to date the objects chronologically,
identifying the competition in today's market.
C O N S U M E R H I S T O R Y
FURTHER &HIGHER EDUCATIONINCLUDING BTEC & GCSE
B R A N D E V O L U T I O N
The Brand Evolution session uses objects in the Museum to
illustrate the different narratives and journeys of some of the
nation's favourite brands. Learners analyse specific products
and trace their positioning and repositioning over time,
considering the reasons for this in a wider social context.
Learners then propose an imagined incarnation of their chosen
brand, presenting the rationale behind their decision making.
Learners analyse branded products in terms of their market
positioning, creating pen portraits and visuals of their primary
target customer. This session complements commercial and
business curriculum subjects as learners demonstrate an
understanding of customer needs and lifestyle preferences in
the contrast of brand communication and sales promotion.
C U S T O M E R P R O F I L I N G
I N T E L L E C T U A L P R O P E R T Y
This session provides an introduction to the issue
of intellectual property rights for brand protection and brand
promotion. Learners handle objects from the collection
identifying their chronology and categorising their relevant IP
rights and protected features. Learners consider the
necessary intellectual property for luxury and high street
brand collaborations.
I N T R O D U C T O R Y T A L K S
Discover more about the history of brands in Britain. Our
introductory talk gives an overview of the key themes and
stories found in the Museum’s collection from the Victorian
era to the present day. Travel through the Time Tunnel with
our Consumer Culture quiz and discover the rations of the
'40s, the chocolate bars of the '50s, the washing powders of
the '60s and much, much more.
B O O K I N G I N F O R M A T I O N
All learning sessions need to be booked with at least twoweeks' notice.
The Museum is just a two minute walk from the world famous
Portobello Road at 111117 Lancaster Road, W11 1QT
Nearest Tubes: Ladbroke Grove and Notting Hill Gate
Timings: Each session consists of a workshop, followed byentry in to the Museum. Visit lasts approximately 2 hours.
Costs: We ask that payment is made in advance of the visit.
Group of up to 25 learners (plus 3 adults): £120
Additional learners: £4.50 each
Additional adults: £6.75 each
Free entry for assistants who offer 1:1 support.
Discounts: Schools with 25% or more learners eligible for free
school meals may receive an extra 25% off the cost of a visit.
Please contact us for further information.
Cancellation: Please contact the Museum with at least 14days’ notice. Please note that any cancellation within 14 days
of your visit will incur a charge.
Teacher Preview: We welcome preparatory visits
from teachers and lecturers who have booked a learning
session and allocate one free visit per booking.
Goody Bags: As a memento of your visit, goody bags areavailable for preorder.
£1.50 (postcard and badge)
£2.50 (postcard, badge and magnet)
All goody bags must be ordered in advance of your visit.
Insurance: The Museum has public liability insurance.
Access: The Museum is fully accessible and has adisabled toilet.
Refreshments: There is a café on site, openTuesday Saturday, 10am 5pm.
First Aid: There is always at least one First Aider availableduring opening times. Please inform the Museum staff if first
aid is needed. The nearest accident and emergency unit is St
Mary’s Hospital, Praed Street London W2 1NY.
Telephone 020 3312 6666.
Supervision and Behaviour: Teachers and lecturers areresponsible for learners whilst they are in the Museum and
they must be supervised at all times. A ratio of 1:10 is
recommended by the Museum.
Teachers and lecturers will need to encourage learners from
running or leaning against the display glass whilst in the Time
Tunnel. This risk is also reiterated by Museum staff on entry
into the Time Tunnel.
To book please email the below detailstogether with your contact details to:[email protected] orcall our Bookings Team 020 7243 9610. Name of organisation:Preferred date of visit:Preferred time of session:Type of session:Number of learners:Number of adults:Age/year group of learners:What are your current class themes/ areasof research?:Would your group like prebooked goodybags?:
"Interactive activities were engaging, fun andinteresting. Pupils were engaged the entire time!"
K E Y S T A G E 2 T E A C H E R , 2 0 1 5
Our Learning Programme is generously supported byJohn Lyon's Charity and DS Smith CharitableFoundation.