EASTER EXHIBITIONS FOR PROSPECTIVE OXBRIDGE APPLICANTS

Cambridge University Botanic Garden

For most sixth formers, the Easter break is about finding the right balance between sleeping and cramming. If you are aiming for Oxbridge, though, it can be worth adding another element to the mix, a Museum visit.  In addition to their permanent collections, museums offer fascinating, topical and often free special exhibitions. Some even add  interactive events or talks. The ideas you will pick up there may come in handy when writing your UCAS statement or trying to show real subject interest at an interview.  A selection of the most university-geared exhibitions is listed below.

 

FORENSICS: THE ANATOMY OF CRIME

http://wellcomecollection.org/forensics
Wellcome Collection, London  
(Science)

GAME MASTERS: EXPLORING THE DEVELOPMENT OF VIDEOGAMES
http://www.nms.ac.uk/national-museum-of-scotland/whats-on/game-masters/

National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh (to April 20^th)

Using interviews with game designers, original game artwork and interactives, and  showing how independently produced games are shaping design, aesthetics and game play. 
(Computer Sciences)

INVENTING IMPRESSIONISM

http://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/whats-on/exhibitions/inventing-impressionism

National Gallery, London
Great impressionist paintings and the art dealer who helped their artists to succeed.
(History of Art)

LIFE ON EDGE:  ICE AGE PEOPLE AND THEIR ENVIRONMENT

http://www.museums-sheffield.org.uk/museums/weston-park/exhibitions/current/life-on-the-edge-ice-age-frontier
Weston Park Museum, Sheffield
(Geography, Anthropology, Archaeology)

CORAL REEFS: SACRED CITIES OF THE SEA

http://www.nhm.ac.uk/visit/exhibitions/coral-reefs-secret-cities-of-the-sea-exhibition.html
Natural History Museum, London
(Science, Geography)

I SPY... NATURE: HOW SCIENTISTS’ OBSERVATIONS LEAD TO NEW DISCOVERIES.

http://www.museumwales.ac.uk/cardiff/whatson/?id=7233
National Museum, Cardiff   
(Science)

REFLECTIONS ON MODERN ART: ROY LICHTENSTEIN

Modern One (Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art),  Edinburgh
https://www.nationalgalleries.org/whatson/on-now-coming-soon/artist-rooms-roy-lichtenstein/
Works by one of the most radical and influential artists of the 20^th century.  
(History of Art)

LIGHTLAB: EXPLORE THE SCIENCE AND WONDER OF LIGHT THROUGH TIME

http://www.leeds.gov.uk/museumsandgalleries/Pages/leedscitymuseum/Light-Lab.aspx
City Museum Leeds, from 3^rd April 2015.
(Astronomy, Physics, History of Art)

FROM STREET TO TRENCH: HOW WW1 SHAPED THE NORTH-WEST REGION

http://www.iwm.org.uk/exhibitions/iwm-north/from-street-to-trench
Imperial War Museum North, Manchester   
(History)

INFORMATION AGE: CREATING MODERN COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES

http://www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/visitmuseum/Plan_your_visit/exhibitions/information_age.aspx?keywords=the+information+age
Science Museum, London 
(STEM, Sociology, Politics)

LIBERTY BOUND:  THE FATE OF FREED SLAVES

ttp://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/ism/exhibitions/liberty-bound/
International Museum of Slavery, Liverpool, to April 6^th only.  
(Archaeology. History)

LIVERPOOL’S BLACK COMMUNITY: CONTINUING THE JOURNEY  

http://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/ism/exhibitions/continuing-the-journey/

(Sociology, History, Politics)

FAITH & ACTION: QUAKERS IN THE FIRST WORLD WAR: HOW BRITAIN’S PACIFIST QUAKERS RESPONDED TO WW1

http://www.birminghammuseums.org.uk/bmag/whats-on/faith-action-quakers-the-first-world-war
Birmingham Museum 
(History)

ON THEIR OWN: BRITISH CHILD MIGRANTS SENT TO THE COLONIES

http://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/maritime/exhibitions/child-migrants/
Merseyside Maritime Museum   
(History, Sociology, Politics)

LIVERPOOL’S HOME FRONT IN WW1

http://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/mol/exhibitions/first-world-war/
(Sociology, History, Politics)

DRAWN BY LIGHT:  FROM SERENE LANDSCAPES TO HAUNTING PORTRAITS

Highlights from the collection of the Royal Photographic Society
http://www.nationalmediamuseum.org.uk/planavisit/exhibitions/drawn-by-light/about
NATIONAL MEDIA MUSEUM, Bradford 
(History of Art)

ENGINEER YOUR FUTURE

Science Museum, London
http://www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/visitmuseum/Plan_your_visit/exhibitions/engineer_your_future.aspx?keywords=exhibitions
For under 16^th interested in the range of engineering careers and skills.
(Engineering)

 

For advice on how to use what you have gleaned from a visit to one of the above, read the sections about your UCAS statement  and the interview in OXBRIDGE ENTRANCE: THE REAL RULES.