Nature and landscapes at the Fitzwilliam Museum
This is available as a museum teacher led session.
- suitable for nursery and reception groups, from ages 3-5
- scheduled for 45 minutes – 1 hour
- after your taught session, you can stay in the galleries self-led to explore as a group (flexible based on your group’s needs, but must be booked in)
- self-led guidance will be available
- access to our lunch room to store bags and eat lunch
Aims:
- To introduce children to the museum space
- To develop children’s ability to look closely at artworks and objects
- To encourage children to extend their thinking about what they see
- To introduce children to the language used when talking about art
- To introduce children to the visual communication and visual storytelling
- To encourage children to communicate with confidence about what they can see, in a different learning environment
Content:
- We will look at 1-3 different artworks together, connected using a story
- We’ll think about how artists tell stories using pictures instead of words, and respond to artists’ work through creative activities
- Sessions include a mix of conversation, storytelling and group activities to support language and communication development
- Safe exploration of a big, new, and different building and space supports children’s’ social and emotional development and coordination as well as their understanding of the world around them
- Sessions support the development of gross and fine motor skills
- Drawing, play and making enable children to experiment creatively with a wide range of media and materials
- Children are encouraged to share their ideas and to develop their communication and language
Watch our tour of the Fitzwilliam Museum, designed for children coming on trips
Look Think Do – bitesize activities to get children excited about artworks
If you’d like to visit in Summer 2025, please complete the visit request form by Tuesday, 25th February 2025. After this initial request period, we will review all submissions and respond to schools by Friday, 7th March 2025.
Bookings received after 25th February are still welcome, but availability may be limited.
Taught sessions will be offered on Tuesdays and Fridays and some Wednesdays and Thursdays.
Self-led visits are available Tuesday-Friday and will be scheduled around taught sessions
Museum Educator Booking Request Form
If you have any questions email education@fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk
Access and special educational needs
We are happy to discuss the content of the session and adjustments that may be useful in helping your students make the most of their visit.
We have sensory and fidget toys and child and adult ear defenders available to borrow for sessions. Please find general access information about the museum here.
We can also print raised line drawings related to a session with a week or more’s notice, and may be able to arrange for a second museum teacher to attend the session who is trained in audio description.
We find it helpful to receive all feedback, but are especially keen to improve access to our sessions and offer. Please let us know how we can make sessions more accessible.