The working life of Museum of London

Find Your Talent is a government programme to help families and young people explore their creativity. Museum of London Docklands has been project managing a Tower Hamlets cluster of organizations including The Ragged School Museum, The Tower of London and the Women’s Library, exploring the theme of ‘Home’.

bridging the gap

Here at Docklands families from Cyril Jackson Primary School have been working with artist Kasia Howard to create ‘My City’ – buildings made of foam. We have been out and about taking photographs.

looking up

by the quayside

working with clay

We have done clay work and rubbings. We are working with textiles and creating original artwork and graphic designs.

skyline

Our exhibit will be in the foyer at Museum of London Docklands during the school summer holidays. Come along and have a look. There are lots of activities for families which you can see on our website and it’s all free. See you there.

Families worked together with artist Kasia Howard to create a digital collage of Modern London. Some of us took photographs of the area surrounding the Museum of London Docklands. Others added original artwork and we used a computer to create the final collage pictures.

During the Easter holidays we decided to build a ship and all its contents in 2 days. Lots of families worked with artist Sophie Buxton.

Starting with a pile of card and a lot of imagination, the ship began to take shape. We also made people, flags, masts, anchor and cargo. Well done to everyone.

Here are some photos of us at work:

Getting started

Making the ship one section at a time

Beginning to collect different parts

Assembling the ship

Ready to load up

A section through the ship. You can see cabins and contents