The Hunt Museum
2017
Primary Schools
Jr. Infant - 2nd Class Ages 5 - 8
All About The Hunt
Animal Hunt
What is a museum? What kinds of
objects are in it? What can we see when
we look carefully at art? How can objects
tell us about people in the past?
Pupils encounter highlights from the
diverse collection at The Hunt Museum in
a fun and accessible way. Pupils will build
their observation skills through
problem-solving, investigation, drawing
and discussion. In an age-appropriate
way, children explore artistic elements
such as shape, line, colour, and texture.
Children encounter simple historical
concepts such as objects as evidence.
What kinds of animals are hidden in the
collection? Why do artists draw animals?
How do artists imagine the animal? Do the
animals look like animals you have seen in
real life?
Hunt for animals in the
Museum’s galleries! Pupils will
discover how animals have
been depicted in art from
ancient to modern times. Pupils
will also encounter real and
mythological animals. Learning
strategies Include discussion,
movement and drawing.
Learning outcomes
Learning outcomes
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Look more carefully at art and
describe what they see with greater
confidence
Understand age-appropriate stories
relating to the history of museum
objects
Begin to understand the chronology
of different time periods
Visit museums with greater
enjoyment and interest
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Price: €2pp
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(teachers go free)
Look more carefully at art and
describe what they see with greater
confidence
Use evidence in the museum to
complete puzzles
Explain some of the meanings of
animals in art (symbols)
Observe and describe the animals
with more confidence
Duration: 1hr
3rd Class - 6th Class Ages 9 - 12
Time Traveller tours
Students will get the chance to examine
real and replica items close up in a handling
session. They will look at genuine artefacts
from the era in the Hunt Museum’s
Collections, examining these artefacts for
clues on their use, construction and
significance.
Workshops are €3 per student
(teachers go free)
Duration: 1hr 30mins
Learning outcomes
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Describe with more confidence
aspects of their chosen time period
Describe objects and their uses
Explain key points about the
importance of art in society,
including in religious practice,
myths and legends
Explain key aspects of life from
their chosen period such as diet,
clothing and living conditions
Collection Tours
Discover the secrets of the Hunt Museum’s collection with our
expert guides. Children will learn about the Hunt family, why
museums are important and see real artefacts from the stone
age to ancient Egypt to paintings by Picasso and Renoir.
Why not let us know what you have been doing in school and
we can tailor your tour to your group’s needs?
Tours are €2 per student (teachers go free)
Learning outcomes
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Duration: 1hr
Understand museums and their
function
Look more carefully at art and
describe what they see with greater
confidence
Understand age-appropriate stories
relating to the history of museum
objects
Why not extend your stay?
Add Arts and Crafts to a tour!
€ 2 pp
Can’t bring your class to the museum - Don’t worry!! We’ll come to you!
Loan Boxes
The Hunt Museum has two loan boxes which bring the museum to your classroom! These
boxes contain objects which can be used in class to aid learning. They provide hands on,
active learning experiences to complement the curriculum.
The boxes available are Archaeology and Vikings. Both come with a teacher’s pack to
assist with lesson planning. Loan boxes can be collected from the museum and kept at your
school for up to 10 days.
There is also the option to have the box brought out to your school by a museum Docent
(volunteer). Docents will deliver sessions in the school with the objects from the box. There
are half day and full day options available as Docents can go to more than one class when
they visit your school. Lessons will be tailored to the abilities of each class level.
Loan box for up to 10 days collected from museum by teacher - €30
Loan box delivered to school with single class visit by museum Docent - €30
Loan box delivered to school and half day of in class delivery by museum Docent - €60
Loan box delivered to school and full day of in class delivery by museum Docent - €80
(All visits add millage @ .31c per km; distance calculated from museum)
6th Class Only
800 Years of
800 Years of Fashion is one of our most popular
workshops at the museum. Participants will learn
about the clothing of the past and the societies that
wore it. Students will have the opportunity to dress
up as Elizabethan nobility or medieval serfs. The
workshop covers eight periods between 1200 and
1920
Learning outcomes
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Use clothing as historical evidence
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Gain a better understanding of
changes in clothes through time
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Relate changes in clothing and
fashion to wider changes in society
Price: €3 pp in museum. Outreach: €30 (plus mileage @ .31c per km; distance calculated from museum)
All Day School Tours
The Hunt Museum is partners with lots of great places in Limerick City.
To make the most out of your tour, choose your museum tour and add
the following:
Why not try
the Brian Bru Challenge?!
Bronze Age Life
Lough Gur
Kayaking
History Shows
For Bespoke Packages
at best price contact
Education Office at
061 312 833
Archery
Wall Climbing
TEMPORARY EXHIBITIONS
The Hunt Museum offers a wide variety of temporary exhibitions throughout the year.
Below is a description of the next two exhibitions and the specially designed
workshops. To stay up to date with what is on during your visit please check our
website : www.huntmuseum.com
Gerry Andrews:
Faces and Places
An Atlantic Drive, Jack B. Yeats
Suitable for 1st – 6th class
Price: €3 pp
Duration: 1hr 30mins
Dante’s Inferno, Gerry Andrews
Children will participate in an interactive tour
of the Gerry Andrews Faces and Places
photography exhibition, which will be
peppered with activities enabling them to
explore diverse geographical cultures and
traditions. Through group work, they will
identify different countries featured in
exhibition photographs and will then locate
them on a large map. There will also be
plenty of discussion and creative activities
enabling pupils to draw from and build on
their existing knowledge of the world and its
many different cultures.
Jack B. Yeats and Paul Henry:
Contrasting Visions of Ireland
Yeats and Henry had the ability to capture in
their painting snapshots of the real Ireland.
Yeats achieved this through his examination
of Ireland’s rich sporting heritage and Henry
through his landscapes of the west of Ireland.
Through a short interactive tour, students will
explore and interpret the work of these artists.
Their visual literacy will be increased as they
become familiar with key terms associated
these paintings. Inspired by these artworks
they will be asked to produce a postcard
scene. They will imagine they live in this world
and will write a note home to their family.
Suitable for 1st – 6th class
Price: €3 pp
Duration: 1hr 30mins
Teachers go free
Bee Loud Glade:
The Hunt Museum Bee Garden
In connection with the conservation plan for the ‘Bee Loud Glade’ bee garden the
Hunt Museum is offering school workshops about the importance of bees.
Busy Bees workshops consist of a talk about the life of bees, meeting the bee
keeper and getting to handle bee keeping tools. The children will then go and ’meet
the bees’ – from a safe distance! At the end of the workshop they will make their
own buzzy bee to take home with them to remind them how important bees are to
our planet.
Duration: 1hr 30mins
Workshops cost €3 per student.
Suitable for Senior Infants up.