Museum resources which support delivery of the Curriculum for Excellence
Catch your breath!
There’s nothing quite like seeing something with your own eyes or experiencing it first-hand to inspire powerful learning experiences.
Museums Search
Use our museums search to contact 350 museums and galleries all over Scotland. Museums can provide teachers packs; object or paintings-inspired activity sessions; loan boxes; partnerships with museum learning professionals, and more!
Hands On guide
Our downloadable Hands On guide provides simple frameworks for learning with objects and paintings applicable to all ages, based around the capacities of the Curriculum for Excellence.
Remembering Scotland at War
Remembering Scotland At War is a free virtual museum, designed for whiteboard use, featuring personal interviews, images and footage spanning WW2 to recent conflicts. It includes an interactive social-media area where anyone can create a profile to upload their own reminiscences, photographs and videos, discuss exhibitions and make comments.
Publications and case studies
For a whistle-stop tour of how schools work with museums, please see the following publications and case studies.
- How We Can Help: Museums and the Curriculum for Excellence
- Early years case study
- Primary school case study
- Secondary school case study
For further information please contact our Learning & Access Manager.