Artemis Scotland, Living History, Jean Armour Burns, Scotland, UK

Artemis delivers courses designed to improve the skills of those engaged in the museum and heritage sector.

Here is a selection of our courses available. Each one is tailored to meet the needs of the client.

New audiences

How to develop public interest in your museum collection or heritage site.
Taking the collection out of the museum

Live interpretation

The importance of research
Volunteer or professional?
1st or 3rd person interpretation?
To script or not to script that is the question?

Interpretation on a Shoestring

What is interpretation
Why do we need it
How do we do it

School visits and the wider community

How to look at your collection/site through the eyes of a teacher.
How to take your collection out to schools / the wider community

Living history – is it for us?

Understanding what live interpretation is – not just people in costumes!
How to identify whether your site or museum should use liveinterpretation and how to implement it.

Training Costumed Guides

Whatever your needs are for costumed guiding, whether at a site or in a museum or gallery, we can train your guides to deliver effective interpretation to your target audience. Call us for details.

For details on these courses, please contact us.

We at Artemis have been involved in delivering courses to the Highlands and Islands as part of the Skills Building for the Future Project. This Project aims to deliver high quality training to those working within museums, galleries and heritage sites and “is being viewed as fundamental to continuing the region’s superb legacy of exemplary museum provision“
(Press Release July 05 SMC)

This Project is being funded by the Regional Development Challenge Fund, which is administered on behalf of the Scottish Executive by the Scottish Museums Council.
We are delighted to be part of this innovative project.

Client feedback on courses

Interpretation on a shoestring:
"The trainer was very well prepared, pitched at the right level for the group present."

"The most valuable part of the course for me was looking at the abstract element of artefacts and learning a discipline to approaching artefact interpretation – and all this on very little money."

Schools and the wider community:
"I feel much more confident about working with schools since I did this course."

"The ideas for handling collections were well thought out and finally I understand what the 5-14 guidelines are all about. "

"The presence of an experienced trainer who knew her subject was much appreciated."