Cultural Learning Directory
Find the right cultural partner to support your class’s learning objectives
Wigmore Hall: Close Up: Music for Curious Young Minds
A lively schools concert, presented by Aga Serugo-Lugo and featuring five wind musicians. Together they breathe life into the wondrous world of chamber music.
Fuel Theatre: There’s a Bear in my Chair
In this first ever stage adaptation of Ross Collins’ much-loved books, Toby Olié brings Bear and Mouse to life through loveable, life-sized puppets. Enter the mischievous world of Bear and Mouse for a show packed with laughs and surprises.
The Bomb Factory Art Foundation: Artist Studio Visits & Exhibition Guided Tours
The Bomb Factory Art Foundation is a charitable arts organisation spanning four sites across London. We provide the public with opportunities to engage with contemporary art through a diverse range of activities, including art exhibitions, educational workshops, film screenings, poetry evenings, music performances, talks, and other cultural events.
The Courtauld: Learning workshops and Tours
The Courtauld offers free Learning opportunities for schools, colleges and young people to explore the dynamic subject of art history and engage in lively discussion and creative activity.
The Cartoon Museum: Spider Potato
A special session for early years children, where they draw some famous superhero faces and then create a silly superhero and draw it onto a blank Marvel-style comic cover.
The Cartoon Museum: World War I & II in Cartoons
Which World War II cartoonist wound up on Hitler’s ‘Death List’ and why? Who changed the look of British cartoons with his propaganda posters? Who had the funniest moustache, Kaiser Wilhelm or Adolf Hitler?
The Cartoon Museum: Caricatures
Explore caricatures in the museum’s collection – from the 18th century to the present day - and learn how to simply draw funny portraits of some famous people.
The Cartoon Museum: Superheroes
Create their own costumed adventurer and a dastardly villain, and draw them in action onto a Marvel-style front cover.
The Cartoon Museum: Create A Comic Strip
Design your own character, practise drawing them from different viewpoints, and use a simple narrative structure to write and draw a one-page comic-strip story.
Two Temple Place: Activity Trails
Follow one of our two family trails, one for older explorers and one for younger, to take an adventure through the entire building!
Two Temple Place: Primary School Workshops
Two Temple Place offer free creative schools workshops to Key Stage 2 classes from state Primary Schools around London. These workshops follow the curriculum, encourage conversation and support young people engaging with the exhibitions.
Royal Ballet & Opera: Live Lessons
Bring the Royal Ballet & Opera LIVE into your classroom with these free, short, digital live lessons - held every term.
Jermyn Street Theatre: Lessons in Revolution
Samuel Rees and Gabriele Uboldi’s play brings the most significant protest of a generation to life through the voices of those who lived it. One of the “most talked about shows from this year’s Edinburgh festivals” (The Conversation) comes to Jermyn Street Theatre for a limited run.
Wallace Collection: SEND Programme
Discover amazing armour, encounter a sensory landscape, or explore powerful portraits through free museum visits and outreach sessions for SEND students.
Wallace Collection: Visits and Workshops for Secondary Schools
Interactive museum visits and online sessions designed for KS3-5, connecting students with artists, writers, and historians.
Wallace Collection: Visits and Workshops for Primary Schools
Connect with The Wallace Collection’s world-class art collection through interactive museum visits and online sessions designed for KS1-2.
Live Music Now: Musician-in-residence
Participatory music performances by musicians to engage children with additional needs.
Serpentine: Self-Guided Group Visits
A free, pre-booked school visit to Serpentine where you and your students can independently explore at your own pace.
Royal Albert Hall: Future Makers
An annual music competition is back to inspire your students to create their own music and to become Future Makers.
Royal Academy of Arts: Young Artists' Summer Show
An annual, free, open submission exhibition for young artists aged 4–18 years studying in the UK.