Take Me to Museums - by Mary Richards (Paperback)

About the Book

A fact-filled journal packed with activities that will guide children around ANY museum - wherever they are in the world.

Book Synopsis

"This gorgeous series makes a perfect gift for creative children."
--Frances Morris, Director, Tate Modern Museum

"Visits to museums and galleries are life enhancing at any age, and 'Take To Museums' shows that it's easy to start young!"
--Nancy Ireson, Deputy Director for Collections and Exhibitions and Gund Family Chief Curator of the Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia

With its stylish design, zingy illustrations and handy size to pop in a bag, Take Me To Museums is a must-have accompaniment to every museum or gallery visit. The book is divided into five 'adventure' chapters. Every time children take a trip to a museum, a new adventure begins. On their journey around the gallery spaces they are encouraged to record their thoughts and draw what they see. Each chapter is unique - so on every visit they will discover something different. Packed with facts about museums all over the world, the book also includes a timeline of museum history and a glossary. To wrap it all up there's a section for making notes and a page for comparing the five adventures.

Writer and illustrator Mary Richards is author of The Modern Art Journal (Tate Publishing), Splat: The Most Exciting Artists of All Time (Thames & Hudson) and co-author of ArtSongs, a set of songs about art and artists (with David Schweitzer) for Tate. Mary was Art Publisher at the Hayward Gallery and a Project Editor at Tate Publishing. She lives in London with four children, two cats and a large collection of Lego.

From the Back Cover

Back of book copy: TAKE ME TO MUSEUMS is a guided journal for YOUNG EXPLORERS. You can use this book in ANY MUSEUM or GALLERY, anywhere in the world! With it, you will be able to explore your surroundings and record your ideas. It's divided into five ADVENTURES. Every time you take a trip to a museum or gallery, start a new chapter. Each one will take you on a journey as you answer questions, write down your thoughts and draw what you see. Throughout the book you'll also find FACTS about museums all over the world, a museum TIMELINE and a GLOSSARY of words you might not know.

Review Quotes

* "This gorgeous series makes a perfect gift for creative children." -- Frances Morris, Director, Tate Modern * "Occasionally a product comes along that you LOVE and it's made all the more impressive because it's produced by a teeny tiny indie publisher who have knocked it out of the park with concept, design and production." -- Smallprint Books, London, UK * "Journals, scrapbooks and activity books rolled into one, and so beautifully designed." -- The Little Literary Society, UK * "Visits to museums and galleries are life enhancing at any age, and 'Take To Museums' shows that it's easy to start young!" -- Nancy Ireson, Deputy Director for Collections and Exhibitions and Gund Family Chief Curator of the Barnes Foundation in Philadelphia

About the Author

Writer and illustrator Mary Richards is author of The Modern Art Journal (Tate Publishing), Splat: The Most Exciting Artists of All Time (Thames & Hudson) and co-author of ArtSongs, a set of songs about art and artists (with David Schweitzer) for Tate. Mary was Art Publisher at the Hayward Gallery and a Project Editor at Tate Publishing. She lives in London with four children, two cats and a large collection of Lego.