Organisations taking part in Young Cultural Creators
YCC in London
The on-going London Young Cultural Creators programme is coordinated and funded by MLA London (the regional development agency for museums, libraries and archives in the capital) working in close partnership with the library services in all London boroughs.
London's Libraries
For more information about how YCC works through London's libraries and the role of the library service in this project, get in touch with any of the following library service contacts:
Mike Treacy, Kingston Libraries Michael.treacy@rbk.kingston.gov.uk
Amanda Stirrup, Hammersmith Libraries stirrup.lbhf@lgfl.net
Ian Dodds, Bromley Libraries ian.dodds@bromley.gov.uk
YCC in Cornwall
A rural version of YCC is now being developed in Cornwall, building on the experiences of YCC London. This is a partnership between libraries, museums and galleries, and schools, and YCC Cornwall’s first programme is being planned for Autumn 2003.
Contact: Maureen Twose, Cornwall Libraries mtwose@cornwall.gov.uk
YCC outside the UK
MLA London is partnering with the British Council in the production and funding of this YCC website.
This partnership with the British Council opens up YCC to libraries, schools, museums, archives and galleries all over the world.
London Museums, Archives and Galleries
YCC has involved a wide variety of partners. The following organisations have all taken part in YCC in the past two years:
Tate
Tate has been a key partner in the development of Young Cultural Creators. Tate Britain and Tate Modern were the venues for the first YCC programmes, providing inspiration from their collections of British art, and modern and contemporary art.
www.tate.org.uk
Hall Place, Bexley
Hall Place is a Tudor house and gardens on the border between London and Kent. It has a magnificent panelled Tudor great hall and minstrels gallery, topiary lawns, a herb garden, a grass maze and an italianate garden.
www.hallplaceandgardens.com
Handel House Museum
This was the London home of the composer George Frideric Handel from 1723 till his death in 1759. It was here that he composed some of his greatest works including the Messiah and Fireworks Music.
www.handelhouse.org
Kingston Museum
Kingston Museum was built in 1904 and its galleries include a ‘Town of Kings’ gallery, telling the story of the borough from Saxon times.
www.kingston.gov.uk/museum/
Linley Sambourne House
Linley Sambourne House is a unique example of a late Victorian townhouse in Kensington, which was home to the cartoonist Edward Linley Sambourne and his family from 1874. It survives with most of its furniture and fittings intact.
www.rbkc.gov.uk/linleysambournehouse/
London Metropolitan Archives (LMA)
This is the largest local authority record office in the UK with 32 miles of archives, covering a period of 900 years and mostly gathered from the areas within the former Counties of London and Middlesex.
LMA also manages Keats House Museum, the home of the poet John Keats. Information about Keats House will also be found on the LMA website.
www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/lma/
National Archives
The National Archives has one of the largest archival collections in the world, spanning 1000 years of British history, from the Domesday Book to government papers recently released to the public.
www.nationalarchives.gov.uk
National Portrait Gallery
The National Portrait Gallery was founded in 1856 to collect the likenesses of famous men and women in Britain. Today the collection is the most comprehensive of its kind in the world.
www.npg.org.uk/
Theatre Museum
The Theatre Museum - Britain’s National Museum of the Performing Arts - is situated in the heart of London’s theatreland, and holds the world’s largest and most important collections relating to the British stage.
theatremuseum.vam.ac.uk
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