On Friday 6th July a wonderful group of very talented Year 5 pupils from Birchfields Primary School were invited to have a go at quite a challenging lable writing task. We asked the group 'Can you choose one Egyptian Shabti from our wonderful and varied collection here at the Manchester Museum and write a 75 word label for it?'
The answer, quite unanimously, was yes they certainly could!
Great session last week with Birchfields Primary students, who made a selection of a 'star' shabti for our new display in Ancient Worlds...
This is what museums should be about. not just stuffy places with artifacts behind glass, but getting a second generation interested in Egypt by actually seeing antiquities close up well done Manchestor
It was a really rewarding session – and just wait until you see the label the group wrote for their favourite shabti(s)!