Learning
Inspiring young people through creative workshops, heritage training and youth culture history.
At the Museum of Youth Culture we believe that youth and subculture is a catalyst for self-expression and enable positive change for young people. Education is an integral part of what we do, as we equip young people with skills and the power of self-expression to help them think and do “bigger”.
Our educational programme works to instil the importance of youth culture history and to inspire future generations through creative workshops, archival training, and career development.
Find out more about our programme, how to get in touch and educational resources below.
Schools and Youth Groups
One participant said repeatedly “I absolutely love this”. It was the first time this participant had engaged in a creative workshop through the hostel and became a pivot point in her own self development.
Marice Cumber – Founder, Accumulate
We are offering schools and youth organisations the opportunity for your young people to engage with our extensive youth culture photography archive. Using the archive as a platform to inspire, we aim to connect with and support those young people through youth culture imagery.
We are able to run creative workshops at our space in Vauxhall and in your schools, which contribute towards an already existing curriculum structure. Workshops can be tailored to your specific needs, keeping in mind exams and other key dates.
We are able to deliver a diverse and engaging programme of creative and heritage-focused workshops, including:
- Introduction to heritage
- Rework the archive collage and zine-making
- History of British Subculture movements
- Introduction to analogue photography
- Learn how to curate a pop-up exhibition
- Introduction to street photography
- Narrative storytelling through photography
- How to do your own heritage project, from research to interviews
Beyond one-off workshops, we love running extended programmes which give young people experience in all of the above and culminate in a final project that is exhibited at the museum.
To find out more contact us at info@museumofyouthculture.com
University Groups
The Museum of Youth Culture delivers lectures delving into themes around youth and subculture movements in Britain over the last 100 years, as well as on the journey of developing a museum from scratch, what that could look like and how we look towards changing the narrative.
We are able to host university groups at our archive space in Vauxhall, where students will be able to get a hands on look at the museum's physical collections. We're also able to travel to your campus to deliver on-site lectures and workshops.
Book in a session by getting in touch at: info@museumofyouthculture.com
Educational Resources
Some handy resources from the Museum of Youth Culture on how you can use youth culture history with your students.
We've developed an oral history learning resource for KS3 and KS4.
Our Youth Culture and Social History activity gives teenagers the tools to interview family members about their experiences of being young, with a focus on cultural and technological changes in line with the national curriculum.
If you could build a museum, what would it look like?
We're building a Museum of Youth Culture and we have the opportunity to consider what a museum is and what our museum is going to look like. This worksheet invites you and your students to design your own museum.
Grown up in Britain: 100 Years of Teenage Kicks at the Herbert in Coventry delves into a century of youth social history - from school days to Saturday nights out.
Download the interpretation panels from the exhibition, which delve in social history, key dates and laws and youth culture stories.
Get out your crayons, this is colouring in fun for the whole family.
From 80s Sound Systems to Ravers at the Criminal Justice Act March, we've pulled some of our favourite people from the archive for this colouring in poster!
Download the poster, print out and you're good to go! Please send us photos of your finished poster at info@museumofyouthculture.com.