Museum Makers

Aimed at adults with additional needs, Museum Makers is a group for those who want to get closer to history. Sessions involve handling objects, using crafts and art to interpret them, and having conversations about our connections to the objects.

Museum Makers will be creating work, inspired by the collections, to be displayed in North Lincolnshire Museum.

As part of our aim to bring the stories of underrepresented groups into the museum displays, we would love to collect your history, show your work, and reinterpret the collections on display, all guided by you!

Sessions are located in our Community Gallery on the first floor of the Museum, which is accessible by stairs and lift.

Sessions take place on Wednesdays at 10.30am – 12.00pm. The room will be open from 10.15am.

Free – places must be booked and are on a first come, first served basis. You can book by calling the museum on 01724 297055, booking in person at the museum reception, emailing museum@northlincs.gov.uk or sending a message on Facebook. Please note that emailing and leaving a Facebook message does not guarantee a place. You will need to wait for a response to confirm there is a space available.

Priority for booking on to the next session is given to those in the current session. Any remaining spaces are available for booking once the session finishes at 12.00pm. If you try to book onto a session but it is full, spaces cannot be reserved for the following week – please contact the Museum again after the next session finishes at 12.00pm. If you haven’t booked a place, you can join the session on the day if there is space.

If a session is fully booked and you do not attend by 10.45am, your place will be given to anyone waiting in Reception for a space.

Any Museum Makers giving a presentation will automatically be given a place with their PA on the session they are leading.

If you have booked a place and can longer attend, please contact the Museum so that the space can be given to someone else.

Museum Makers is funded by the Arts Council England. Find out more about the Museum Makers and co-curation at North Lincolnshire Museums in this short film.