Online Art Resource Packs

The resource packs cover a variety of themes, offer teachers' notes, contextual information to help students annotate their sketchbooks, a map of key objects, and a sketchbook page showing what can be achieved from a Museum visit.

The Pitt Rivers Museum Art Handbook (link opens in new window) also makes great suggestions for using the museum as an art resource for secondary and post-16 students, which applies well to all of our museums.

Theme	Venues and Pack descriptions	Download (pdf
A Tips for Teachers Pack at the Pitt Rivers Museum(Pitt Rivers Museum)	Advice for art teachers on what to do before, during and after a visit.
Museum sketch sheet for KS3 students at the Pitt Rivers	Pitt Rivers MuseumA single folded activity sheet for young artists designed to support a general visit to the Pitt Rivers Museum
Analytical drawing	University Museum of Natural History and the Museum of the History of ScienceThis pack supports a twin museum visit for KS3/4 pupils
Body Arts	Pitt Rivers Museum
Bugs	Oxford University Museum of Natural HistoryThis download is 10 MB.
Haida NW Canada	Pitt Rivers Museumincludes links to websites featuring contemporary Haida artists.
Marking Time(Museum of the History of Science)	A series of worksheets, including a map, sketchbook and teacher's notes exploring the different ways in which cultures have marked the passage of time.
Masks(Pitt Rivers Museum)	A young artists guide to Masks in the Pitt Rivers Museum including example sketchbook, notes for annotation and location map. This file is 1.83 MB
Philosophers cabinet	A pack looking at the unusual scientific novelties collected by early natural scientists. The pack contains sketchbook designs, information sheets and a map.
Portraits(The Ashmolean)	A resource for young artists introducing some portraits from the Ashmolean Museum collection. The pack includes an examples sketchbook, notes and an activity sheet.
Pots(Pitt Rivers Museum)	A Pitt Rivers pack exploring their wide collection of pots. The pack includes sketchbook, map, introduction and information sheets.
Skeletons(Museum of Natural History)	A workbook comprising a trail, an example sketchbook and notes for annotation on the theme of skeletons.
Weapons(Pitt Rivers Museum)	A Museum map showing key objects, contextual information and an example sketchbook page based around the Museum's collection of arms and armour.