Schools & Colleges
Inspiring visits, hands-on workshops, and helpful resources for educators and students.
Discover our vibrant exhibition programme with your group through curated tours, interactive workshops, or a self-led visit.
Tours and Workshops
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- Morning or afternoon session
- 60 minutes at Travel Safe Travel Smart, 20 minutes (activity walk), 60 minutes at gallery
- Suitable for KS2 and under
- Free train travel via Travel Safe Travel Smart
- Maximum 60 students
- Please inform us of any additional needs of the group
- Outcomes; wellbeing, creative thinking, safety, travel, environmental, access to the arts.
Get free train travel, participate in a free travel safe workshop and visit Turner Contemporary for one unforgettable school trip.
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This workshop is sold out.
- 90 minute session
- Suitable for KS4 and up (14-18 year olds)
- £4.50 per head + VAT. Minimum of 15 per group (or minimum cost £65 + VAT). Maximum 30.
- Please inform us of any additional needs of the group.
- Outcomes; curiosity, critical thinking, archival skills, group work, artist research
This 90-minute workshop invites participants to learn how personal photographic collections can play an important role in preserving and narrating British history. After visiting the exhibition, the group will look through a selection of photographs of family life, friendships, neighbourhoods, work and leisure. The group will discuss why the photographs were taken and what they tell us about the people in them, learning how to preserve images using archive techniques.
- Workshop 1: Thursday 22 May, 1-2.30pm
- Workshop 2: Friday 23 May, 10-11.30am
- Workshop 3: Friday 23 May, 1-2.30pm
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- Outdoor 60-minute session
- Suitable for all ages, we can adapt the session according to needs.
- £4.50 + VAT per head. Minimum of 10 per group (or minimum cost £45 + VAT). Maximum 30.
- Please inform us of any additional needs of the group.
- Outcomes; mindful well-being, creative skills, curiosity, critical thinking, group work, artist research
Adventure outside of the gallery to experience Margate and the elements through the eyes of landscape painter J.M.W. Turner. During this interactive tour, you will learn about Margate’s local heritage, develop your observational skills, enjoy mark-making and create your own watercolour painting, inspired by the dramatic surrounding scenery. This session is great for creative mindfulness.
This tour is designed to run in all weather conditions. Please ensure everyone is appropriately dressed for the weather and the beach. In extreme weather conditions the tour will be modified to run inside the gallery with shorter elements of outside painting.
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- 90 minute session
- Suitable for KS1 and up, Community/ Adult Groups and Language Schools
- £6.50 per head + VAT. Minimum of 10 per group (or minimum cost £65 + VAT). Maximum 60.
- Please inform us on any additional needs of the group.
- Outcomes; creative skills, motor skills, curiosity, critical thinking, group work, artist research
A fast-paced, hands-on session where your group will be guided through our current exhibition and encouraged to think critically, spark their curiosity and develop their creative skills before taking part in a making activity that explores a key piece in the gallery.
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- 45 minute interactive tour
- Suitable for KS1 and up, Community/ Adult Groups and Language Schools
- £4.50 per head + VAT. Minimum of 10 per group (or minimum cost of £35 + VAT). Maximum 30.
- Please inform us of any additional needs of the group.
- Outcomes; creative skills, curiosity, critical thinking, group work, artist research
A gallery tour but not as you know it! Your group will be guided through our current exhibition and encouraged to think critically, spark their curiosity and develop their creative skills with our unique gallery games. -
- 45 minute session
- Best for EYFS and Reception. Suitable for Key Stage 1, and younger SEND groups.
- £3.50 per head + VAT, minimum of 10 per group (or minimum cost £35 + VAT). Maximum 30.
- Please inform us of any additional needs of the group.
- Outcomes; creative skills, motor skills, curiosity, critical thinking, group work, artist research
Using tactile materials and their imagination, pupils are guided through an interactive tour of the exhibition before making a collaborative response amongst the surrounding artwork with the materials provided.
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- £35 + VAT
- 20 minute introduction
- Suitable for KS1 and up, Community/ Adult Groups and Language Schools
- For a group of up to 33 students and their accompanying adults.
- Please inform us of any additional needs of the group.
- Outcomes; curiosity, critical thinking, artist research
Turner Contemporary is located on the site where JMW Turner, one of the most famous artists in the world, came to create. Hear from gallery staff to uncover his story and find out more about the gallery, cultural regeneration, and the current exhibition on display.
Self-led Visits
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What to expect:
- Free rail travel for schools in Kent
- A free creative resource to guide you through the day. We will post this to your school
- The opportunity for students to get their work displayed at Margate Train Station
- A viewing of JMW Turner’s painting
Guidelines
- Groups must travel by train
- Maximum 2 classes per school (60 students)
- Suitable for those aged 12 and under
- Please inform us of any additional needs of the group
Celebrating 250 years since the birth of JMW Turner and 200 years since the creation of the modern railway, Turner 250 X Rail 200 is offering free train travel and a free educational resource for children aged 12 and under, designed to connect their journey from the train station to the gallery.
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Book your free visit via the enquiry form in advance of your visit and select ‘Self-led’.
Turner Contemporary is located on the site where JMW Turner, one of the most famous artists in the world, came to create. Check out our What’s On page to see the free workshops we have running each week.
We hold public liability insurance to the value of £10,000,000.
