GEM East Meet and Share

G﻿EM East of England is a volunteer-led GEM regional area which aims to support and represent the needs  of members working or living in it. Currently, the two GEMEast reps are Alison Giles and Jo Gillam, based in Cambridgeshire and Suffolk respectively. Please don't hesitate to email GEMEast@gem.org.uk if you'd like to consider joining us and helping to coordinate museum learning activities in our region.

GEM East of England

Join us for a chance to meet in person, chat to other heritage learning professionals and find out more about Gainsborough's House!

Gainsborough's House

Join other museum learning professionals from the East of England to explore Gainsborough's House and catch up with news and projects from our region. Please come prepared to talk for 2-3 minutes about something you're doing in the afternoon showcase.Provisional timetable:11.00 Arrival and refreshments11.15 Introductions and updates11.30 Deaf Perspectives project - Hannah Salisbury 12.00 Hands on History of Science: Recreating the Learning Gallery at the Whipple Museum - Alison Giles12.30 Lunch1.30 Tour of Gainsborough's House2.15 Learning at Gainsborough's House2.45 Attendees Showcase3.30 Discussion and goodbyesGainsborough’s House combines the childhood home of Thomas Gainsborough – a Grade I-listed eighteenth-century Merchant house and its historic garden – with impressive new exhibition galleries and visitor facilities. Gainsborough (1727–88) is one of Britain’s greatest ever artists and his birthplace and childhood home is a national asset. The house was saved from destruction in 1958 and opened to the public in 1961 to promote the wider knowledge, appreciation, and enjoyment of the art of Thomas Gainsborough and to preserve and enhance the house and its collections for the benefit of present and future generations.Find out more about how to get to the house at <a href="https://gainsborough.org/your-visit/getting-here/" title="https://gainsborough.org/your-visit/getting-here/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">https://gainsborough.org/your-visit/getting-here/</a> and accessiblity information at <a href="https://gainsborough.org/your-visit/accessibility/" title="https://gainsborough.org/your-visit/accessibility/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">https://gainsborough.org/your-visit/accessibility/</a>. Please contact Alison on are26@cam.ac.uk if you need any further information or if there is anything we can do to help you to access this event.

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