The travelling museum - Asian artefacts

The Travelling Museum is a small educational service set up and run by Christina Bramble, a former museum education officer and curator. She says: " My professional and personal experience of museums and related travels to India inspired my firm belief that objects can tell us something about the people who make and use them, when examined with a curious mind."

The Travelling Museum's collection consists of about 400 pictures, fabrics, statues and everyday objects from several parts of India and Nepal. Each object reflects something typical of the everyday culture and religious beliefs.

The Travelling Museum maintains the tradition of the storyteller or puppeteer who travels from place to place in rural India. Based in Bath it can visit you in Somerset, Wiltshire and Gloucestershire offering 'hands on' workshops. The workshops:

give an opportunity to handle a range of artefacts
can be tailored to ages five to eleven and Key Stages 1 and 2
encourage the children to take part and ask questions
usually entail a story and music
allow children to produce their own work
introduce a subject in R E, geography, art or support classroom work
can enrich holiday activities at the local library