Half-term @ National Maritime Museum

Sailing to Britain Archivist training week @ National Maritime Museum

Archive: A place or collection containing records, documents, or other materials of historical interest.

Monday 26th – Friday 30th October 2009, 10am – 4pm

During the October half-term holiday, 3 lucky Sailing to Britain participants will have the opportunity to take part in an exclusive scheme at the National Maritime Museum. The Museum’s experts have designed a bespoke training programme exploring archives and collections especially for the project’s young people who will work along side Museum staff in order to learn how to archive Sailing to Britain.

This is a unique chance to witness what goes on behind the scenes at one of the UK’s most prestigious museums. The skills gained during this week can then be transferred to Sailing to Britain to ensure the project is recorded and archived effectively.

Topics covered will include the role of archivists, Lascar related documents from the archives, paper preservation, exhibition planning, object handling, digital preservation and research techniques.

As there are only 3 places available on this scheme, interested participants will need to apply. Here’s how:

1. Register your interest with Sarah Clews by phone: 020 8333 4457 or email: admin@tara-arts.com by Monday 12th October 2009.
2. You will then be allotted an interview time for Saturday 17th October at the National Maritime Museum.
3. Prepare a 3 minute presentation.

The presentation:
Choose 1 aspect of the summer 2009 Sailing to Britain workshops, i.e. a game, an exercise, a fact, an excursion etc. and explain why and how you would like to archive it. You can use props if you would like, or you can just talk, it’s completely up to you!

The panel:
You will be talking to a panel of 3 people:

Andrea Cunningham, Head of Informal Learning & Access, National Maritime Museum.
A member of the National Maritime Museum’s Youth Advisory Panel.
Sarah Clews, Participation Officer, TARA Arts.

Transport costs will be paid for the interviews.
Successful applicants will have their travel and lunch costs paid during the training week.
Before applying please ensure you are available for all 5 days of the training week.

If you have any questions or concerns please contact Sarah Clews at TARA.