The National Arts Education Archive

Schools Museum Service

A collection of correspondence, papers, talks and journals relating to the West Riding Schools Museum and Resource Service, collected by Eric Woodward, Senior Adviser resoponsible for its use and development between 1956 and 1986, and the Consortium of Local Authorities after Local Government Reorganisation in 1974. Eric explains in one paper how materials borrowed from the School Museum and Resource Service could be used in a child's journey of discovery. The collection covers the purchase and development of the Clarke Hall Educational Museum in Wakefield.

The material is catalogued under the Eric Woodward Collection.

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