Learning at Leighton House
Museum
Where East meets West
Leighton House is the former studio home of
one of the most celebrated British artists of the
nineteenth-century, Frederic, Lord Leighton (1830 – 1896),
President of the Royal Academy 1878-1896. The building is
situated in picturesque Holland Park Road (Kensington), and was
once one of a number of houses owned by distinguished artists
settled in the area, a group centred around Leighton and his friend
and contemporary, George Frederick Watts (1817 – 1904). One
of just two purpose-built studio-houses open to the public in
the United Kingdom, it is one of the most remarkable buildings of
the nineteenth century, containing a fascinating
collection of paintings and sculpture by Leighton and his
contemporaries.
The Museum offers a vibrant programme of
curriculum relevant and complementary taught workshops, activities
and tours which extend and inspire learning.
Rich cross-curricular links can be made across
the Key Stages with Art & Design, Design & Technology,
History, Literacy, Maths and Citizenship whilst exploring this
unique and remarkable house, and its permanent collection.
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Themes and learning supported by a visit to Leighton House
Museum |
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Art and Design |
Colour, pattern, texture,
line, tone, shape and form
Materials and processes
Artists, makers and
designers in different times and cultures: Islamic Middle East,
Victorian Arts and Crafts
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| History |
The Victorians
Homes from the past
Local history
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Literacy |
Traditional tales and myths
Storytelling
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Design and Technology |
Materials, structures and shelters
Products
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| Religious
Education |
Stories and symbols |
| Maths |
Counting, shape, pattern |