bath and stonehenge

Just updating after spending a few days with my Mom who was visiting on the way back from Bangladesh... it was nice to have a couple days off work, but I got right back into it today with some workshops and some other new jobs.

While my Mom was here we did a bit of sightseeing around Bristol and we also went to Bath and then ended up taking a bus trip out to Stonehenge for the afternoon - it was a really nice time, and I've posted the photos on my photo page. I also got a nice long brown wool winter coat courtesey of my mom as well, so that was an added bonus to the visit. There are a few photos up in my galleries of Bath and Stonehenge so have a quick look if you get the chance.

Tomorrow I am in meetings to go over the Slavery 2007 project all day - I'm really excited but also a little stressed because I'm going to be finding out/negotiating what exactly my role will be in the project. Hopefully, I'll get to do a bit of research as well as some workshop development...

there was another bit of good news today in that a proposal that Hannah and I wrote for a two thousand pound grant which will be used to buy resources for the Brunel education program we are planning was approved, and so we got the funding and everyone is really happy about that... but I realized today that although I worked on the proposal and will work to plan the resource package, I won't actually be at the museum long enough to see it be put to use - so that is kind of sad for me.

we also got a grant from a private agency to but 15,000 pounds towards our bursary fund which is for schools who cannot afford to come to the museum to plan trips - so that was really excited. I believe the amount that our fundraising person applied for as 500 pounds, so a donation of 15,000 was totally unexpected!

also, our Learning Journeys (The publication which displays all our education program) was given an acknowledgement as the best education program manual in a national museum magazine today... so its all good news for the Education department at the Museum.

The museum's new website was also launched today so follow the link to the right and have a browse - there is alot going on this week!

that's all for now, I'm going to get to bed because I've got a looong day of meetings tomorrow.

I can't believe its almost the end of November - time is FLYING.

- Chris