Electrifying the Country House
Educational resources on the history of domestic electricity.
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These are the kinds of questions which the ‘Electrifying the country house’ project has helped country house museums to address. By answering them through developing bespoke events and resources, we have helped visitors to engage with the history and aesthetics of electrical technologies and the interesting, innovative ways in which electricity first entered the home. This … Read more
One of the main outputs of this project is our online interactive resource: ‘Exploring the First Electrical Houses’. The resource – including its associated downloadable resources for teachers – provides a cross-curricular learning experience for KS2 school pupils (age 7-11). It incorporates content linked to the science, history, art & design, and design & technology areas … Read more
Last autumn I spent three months undertaking a research visit funded by the British Council Researcher Link Programme at the University of Leeds, which was an incredibly fruitful and inspiring experience. I especially appreciated…
This will be my final blog post as part of my internship with the ‘Electrifying the Country House’ (ECH) project. It has been quite a journey! I enjoyed many parts of the process…
After the success of our first workshop, on Sunday we had a day of history of electricity themed fun at Harewood House, as part of which we unveiled our new history of lighting displays.
We’ve had a very busy couple of weeks delivering two of our workshops and finishing off our new displays at Harewood. The first workshop, on Thursday 11 August, was for students from IntoUniversity, a national charity which provides local learning centres where young people are inspired to achieve.