Discover creative approaches, actionable ideas and practical tools to use in the development of your museum’s youth engagement programmes. Gain a deeper understanding of how we define ‘youth engagement’ and explore the fundamental role of trust, care and advocacy in developing outreach programmes and initiatives.

At this study day you will consider how youth voices can be accurately represented in museums, particularly if they come from marginalised and underserved backgrounds, and how this representation might change your organisation or practice from within. There will be the opportunity to learn from examples of best practice in youth engagement and examine how you design programmes and build long-term relations with young people as equal partners.

Engage with Practical Exercises: Engage in practice-based exercises that will help solidify your understanding of youth engagement and how it can be approached in your own museum.

Case Studies and Real-World Examples: Gain inspiration and understanding from a variety of case studies showcasing a range of youth engagement projects and the lessons learned from them.

Reflect and Collaborate: Work in small, supportive groups to reflect on your youth engagement ideas and activities. This conversational and relaxed setting encourages open discussion and peer learning.

Actionable Next Steps: Leave with a clear ideas to help you approach your own youth engagement projects in your museum.

Places on this study day are limited to help create the most engaging and productive learning experience for participants.

Transforming Youth Engagement in Your Museum
Study Day, 28 January 2025, London

Workshop leader: Dhiyandra Natalegawa is an Indonesian Creative Educator and Producer born and raised in Brent, London. Throughout the last decade, she has devoted herself to the practice of Art Education as a vehicle for social change. She has been committed to designing, facilitating, and producing programmes that can raise the aspirations, creative confidence, and inclusive experience of underserved communities. In 2021, after securing Art Council England’s ‘Develop Your Creative Practice Arts’ grant she focused on developing alternative ways to ethically design community art projects/programmes through collaboration. This development period created a blueprint from which she developed creative programmes with young people, families, and schools with organisations such as Somerset House, Art Night, Artangel, and the Museum of London. She is currently a Programme Producer in the Learning and Digital team at the V&A.

Book tickets: Click ‘Select options’ below to book your place on the study day. Tickets are available on a sliding scale from £137 – £177. Book with colleagues for multiple delegate discounts. Book your ticket online below or email info@museum-id.com if you prefer to be invoiced.

20% of tickets are available at a reduced rate for museum workers who may often be excluded from training and professional development opportunities, including people of colour, LGBTQ+ and working class members of staff, people with a disability, front of house staff, students, freelancers, those working at small independent museums, and people new to the sector. Reduced rate tickets are £97 – email info@museum-id.com to check availability and to book a ticket at the reduced rate.

Tickets are non-refundable but may be swapped between colleagues at the same organisation and between different study days (if places are available). If the workshop is postponed due to Covid-19 your ticket remains valid for the rescheduled date.