Booking a Visit
MUSA
To help schools develop artwork for the competition, teachers may book a free class visit to MUSA. During the workshops pupils will explore the collections to discover what they can tell us about the science of light through games and hands-on activities. They'll then use what they've learnt to create their own artworks.
Nurseries and Primary Schools
School workshops will be held at MUSA from 22nd January as morning or afternoon sessions on Mondays, Thursdays and Fridays.
Dates and times may be negotiated, but please contact the Learning & Access team as soon as possible to secure your booking.
Sessions will last approximately 90 minutes. We can accept a maximum group size of 33 pupils. Pupils must be accompanied by their teacher and at least one other adult.
Support for travel to MUSA
We offer travel subsidies to cover up to two-thirds of the cost of your transport to MUSA. To apply you must fill in a brief application form and send it to us by 31st January. The form will ask how many pupils you wish to bring and how much money you wish to request. It will ask you to include a quote for the cost of transport. We will tell you by 2nd February whether you have received the funding.
Decisions on funding will be based on three criteria:
- The distance a school has to travel, with priority given to schools at a greater distance
- How effective the funding will be based on a cost to pupil number ratio
- The relative deprivation of the school's catchment area.
If you've missed the deadline for funding you can still apply for an award of £75 towards your travel.
In both cases funding is limited and not guaranteed.
Secondary schools
If your secondary school group is unable to visit MUSA then our Learning & Access team can visit your classroom to conduct sessions using museum objects. Visits are available from 11th January until the end of March. Please contact us to discuss the possibilities.
Enquiries and bookings to:
Lisa Scrimgeour
Curatorial Trainee (Learning & Access)
Museum Collections Unit, University of St Andrews
Tel: 01334 461663
Email: museumlearning@st-andrews.ac.uk
Location & facilities
MUSA is located on The Scores, St Andrews. Buses may drop off pupils on North Street beside St Salvator’s Chapel and the museum is a short walk down Butts Wynd.
MUSA is fully wheelchair accessible. For further information on facilities and health and safety issues download a risk assessment here (pdf).