Youth Advisory Group Meeting, Sunday 14 October 2012

Youth Advisors, Henry and Clemmie, share what we got up to in our last meeting:

We fit a lot into this session. We played some fairly successful icebreaker games, did some admin, discussed the qualities we look for in a volunteer and had a tour of the Queen's House.

Icebreaker games, led by Isobel

The tour was really enjoyable. The tour guide described the history of the House. It was especially interesting to learn that it was once a place where boys learnt to be sailors and there was a ship outside where they'd stay for weeks at a time.

Royal Hospital School training ship 'Fame' (1933)

It was interesting to look around the beautiful buildings and at the art. It was also interesting sharing the characteristics we look for in a volunteer as it was clear we had lots of ideas, not all of which were realistic!

Group work, thinking about volunteers

 Group work, thinking about volunteers

 

We agreed that we liked the YAG blog and felt it represented the Group well. We also filled in a skills audit and agreed that it would be good to learn ICT skills, money management and teamwork. Next time we are meeting the artist we're working with for Takeover Day

 

Abs and Bryn heading to the Queen's House

Youth Advisors Visit to Museum of London Docklands, 22 September 2012

The Youth Advisors were invited to the opening of a new exhibition at Museum of London Docklands, Many East Ends. We met with the Museum's youth panel, Junction, and had a tour of the Museum with their Youth Programme Co-ordinator, Lowell Black.  Scroll down for lots of pictures of our day!

Youth Advisors Davina, Fatim, Shezara, Alexa, Thu and Terri outside Museum of London Docklands



Youth Advisors waiting for a talk on the East End of London



The exhibition looked at where the East End is today and tried to include different voices, including young people and people that grew up in the East End of London. The young people, part of the group Tolerance in Diversity, made their own Monopoly Board, which we saw in the exhibition.

Visiting the exhibition

Alexa with the new Monopoly Board, created by Tolerance in Diversity with artist Sarah Carne

Terri, one of the Youth Advisors, shares her experience of that day:

On the 22nd September a small group off us from YAG, went to the Museum of London Docklands to meet some other young people that they’ve been working with to see a project to redesign the Monopoly board with their choice off locations. The board was made by young people for young people.

Thu and Terri in the exhibition

It was a great experience visiting the Museum of London Docklands because we got to meet their youth panel and talk to them about what they have been up to in the Museum.

 

Shezara in the exhibition 

 

Lowell showing Shezara and Terri the Monopoly Board

 

Instead of jail, you are in yard

The Monopoly pieces created by Tolerance in Diversity

 

Exploring the Monopoly board

The yummy brunch, with East End inspired bagels



Lowell giving the Youth Advisors and Junction a tour of the collection, starting with a map of the Thames

 



Shezara exploring a whale jaw bone

Thu and Alexa in the Museum

We thought this artwork was similar to our Traders Remixed photos

 



Thu, Alexa, Shezara, Davina, Terri and a member of Junction in Sailortown, one of the Museum exhibitions

Learning about customs for goods bought to London on the sea and Old Man's Eyebrows tea, from China

Learning about the docks in old London

Journeys and Kinship exhibition

London Bridge before it fell down!

Thank you so much to Museum of London, Junction, Kirsty and Lowell for inviting us and showing us around

Trustees Party, 20 September 2012

The Youth Advisors were recently invited to a party onboard the Cutty Sark hosted by Royal Museums Greenwich's trustees.



Some of the Youth Advisors outside Cutty Sark

Terri, one of the Youth Advisors, shares her experience:

On the 20th  September 2012,  were invited to a private party on the Cutty Sark to interact with other  volunteers and trustees from the Museum. We all had a great time meeting people. 

 

The Youth Advisors meeting Ruth Boley, Formal Learning Officer at National Maritime Museum

It was a pleasure to get to meet the trustees chair Lord Sterling himself. The party itself was great fun because we got to meet people from departments and talk to them about the work they do and the work that we do at  the museum,  we also got to tour the Cutty Sark and see what Greenwich looks like at night. We also used the party to help us get our group out there in the world, and to get people to visit our blog.

 

The Youth Advisors with the Trustees onboard Cutty Sark