Children working together on arts and crafts activities

Engagement projects

Our Learning & Engagement team participates in a variety of outreach and engagement activities to connect public and school audiences to our archives and special collections.

Find out more about some of the projects we have participated in.

Suffrage 18

A record of our 2018 programme of exhibitions and events to commemorate the centenary of when some women got the vote which drew on the rich material in The Women’s Library collection with links to materials that is available to listen to or download.

View our Suffrage 18 project page

Change for people by people

In 2023 fifty Year 5 pupils from Christ-Church Primary, Croydon took part in the Library’s LSE Festival project to engage with stories from the archives to inspire their own campaigns for change. Working with artist Becci Kenning and community composer, Tom Cook, students created visual art, poetry and music to make their voices heard.

View our Change for people by people project page 

View the teaching resource page

Sunbeams

The Library’s LSE Festival project for 2022 drew together archives and expertise from within LSE to work with a partner school, artist and writer in producing school lessons and creative ideas that value children and their voices. Explore our art, history and wellbeing learning resources around children’s rights. 

View our Sunbeams project page

Fading Rainbows

A partnership with Frith Manor Primary School, Barnet and artist Becci Kenning for the LSE Festival 2021, to develop teaching resources for Year 5 children. The aim was to help the children understand the COVID-19 pandemic and encourage them to express their feelings about the impact it has had on their lives. 

View our Fading Rainbows project page

View our online exhibitions