Learning from Home
Since the temporary closure of the
Museums on 17 March 2020 due to Covid-19 outbreak (read
the full statement), we have been busy creating a
range of online resources and activities to support parents
teaching from home, teachers teaching remotely and all our adult
visitors.
Discover more about Frederic Leighton,
his magical house and Victorian art and culture. Explore arts and
crafts, stories, film content, tours, quizzes and games, tutorials,
and opportunities to find out more direct with our museum team with
our Ask a Question days.
We announce new materials and
activities every week on social media so don't forget to
follow us and share your creations online!
Create and Make
Our Create and Make activity
sheets explore famous artworks in Leighton
House and encourage everyone to get
creative.
You will need art materials and
ideally access to the internet for research and a printer if you
want to keep the booklet.
CREATE AND MAKE I:
CLYTIE
Download the activity
sheet (Clytie)
Watch the Story of
Clytie by storyteller Vanessa Woolf
CREATE AND MAKE II: ORPHEUS
AND EURYDICE
Download the activity
sheet (Orpheus and Eurydice)
Watch the Story of
Orpheus and Eurydice by storyteller Vanessa Woolf
CREATE AND MAKE III: ECHO AND
NARCISSUS
Download the activity sheet (Echo and Narcissus)
Watch the
Story of Echo and Narcissus by storyteller Vanessa Woolf
CREATE AND MAKE IV: ICARUS AND
DAEDALUS
Download the activity sheet (Icarus and
Daedalus)
Watch the Story
of Icarus and Daedalus by storyteller Vanessa
Woolf
CREATE AND MAKE V:
CLYTEMNESTRA
Download the activity
sheet (Clytemnestra)
Watch the Story of
Clytemnestra by storyteller Vanessa Woolf on
YouTube
Meet Lord
Leighton
Have fun colouring in and dressing Lord
Leighton’s figure with a variety of detachable outfits and
accessories to suit his role of Victorian artist, traveller and
socialite.
You will need A3 paper (ideally paperboard),
colouring pencils or paints, scissors and access to a printer.
Download the activity sheet here (Lord Leighton)
Further resources are available on
the Meet
Lord Leighton resources page.
Explore our Collections
THE ARAB HALL
INSCRIPTIONS
This new research sheds new light
into the inscriptions found in Leighton's Arab Hall and
present fascinating insights into the meaning
of the poems and Quran quotations featured
in his stunning collection of tiles. Findings also
suggest Leighton's aesthetic aspirations when designing the
arrangement of the tiles on the walls, dismissing some of the
rules of Arabic calligraphy to favour elements like symmetry
or harmony in the colour scheme.
The research has been conducted by
Souad Mohamad from the Al Manaar Muslim Cultural Heritage Centre
with the help from the Al Manaar Women’s group. The group visited
the museum as part of our Community Access Scheme, and became
interested in deciphering the Arabic writings and make the
translations available to others visiting the Arab Hall.
Download the Arab Hall
Inscriptions booklet
The Community
Access Scheme is a programme for adult and
family community voluntary groups / charities, informal education
or wellbeing support providers based local to Leighton House
Museum. We are particularly interested in engaging with groups that
do not visit museums regularly but could benefit from this new
programme through access to our permanent collection, stories and
historical spaces in a way that is meaningful and relevant to the
groups.
To find out more about the scheme please
contact our Community Engagement Officer, Jana Haragalova on
jana.haragalova@rbkc.gov.uk
Our programme of online resources is supported by the National
Lottery Heritage Fund
