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The Museum of Gloucester has announced that it will be joining The Wild Escape,
a major new project uniting hundreds of museums with schools and families to find nature in museums.
Led by the national art charity Art Fund and with support from Arts Council England, hundreds of museums, galleries and historic houses are coming together for the largest collaboration between UK museums.
Taking place from January to July 2023, The Wild Escape invites children to find a favourite animal in their local museum and create an artwork imagining its journey to a natural habitat. The pictures and stories children create will be brought together in a collective work of art that imagines a better future for the wildlife on our doorstep, and launched online and in museums on Earth Day 2023.
As part of The Wild Escape, the Museum of Gloucester will be inviting local schools to work with its mounted animals and taxidermy collection, including glorious tropical birds and butterflies. With guidance from a local illustrator, the Museum education team and their own imaginations, pupils will create artworks which explore the idea of our creatures breaking free to their perfect habitat!
With a visit to Robinswood Hill to explore what is precious about our own habitats, local children will also come away with a deeper understanding of the fragility and value of our ecosystems and biodiversity…The Museum will be hosting workshops for school children to create their artworks as part of the Wild Escape in March 2023!
The Wild Escape is an opportunity to join the urgent conversation about climate crisis and biodiversity loss and look for nature positive solutions, in partnership with leading environmental charities the RSPB and WWF and cultural organisations National Trust and English Heritage. The Wild Escape is inspired by Wild Isles, a landmark BBC series exploring the flora and fauna of the UK.
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