Pioneers Museum What's on The Wild Escape - We are taking part Rochdale Pioneers is taking part in The Wild Escape We are delighted to announce that we will be working with a local artist as part of our involvement in The Wild Escape, a major new project uniting hundreds of museums and schools in a celebration of UK wildlife and creativity. Taking place from January to July 2023, The Wild Escape invites primary school children (ages 7-11) to find a favourite animal in their local museum and create an artwork imagining its ‘escape’ back to its natural habitat. Staff from the Pioneers Museum will deliver sessions for local primary school children based on the famous Toad Lane store once having been a pet shop - selling supplies to people keeping pigeons. From January to July - you can come and find our Pioneer Pigeons in the building and hopefully get inspired to be creative and create artworks of your own with our art supplies. The pictures and stories children create in school or in the museum will be brought together in a collective work of art that imagines a better future for the wildlife on our doorstep, launched online and in museums on Earth Day 2023. The Great Escape is made possible by lead support from Arts Council England’s National Lottery Project Grants, with additional support from Art Fund. Image of 'Pioneer Brand' bird food sold in co-operative stores (1920's) About the Project The Wild Escape is a major new project led by Art Fund uniting hundreds of museums with schools and families in a celebration of UK wildlife and creativity. Taking place from January to July 2023, The Wild Escape invites children to find a favourite animal in their local museum and create an artwork imagining its journey to a natural habitat. The pictures and stories children create will be brought together in a collective work of art that imagines a better future for the wildlife on our doorstep, launched online and in venues across the UK on Earth Day 2023. The Wild Escape is led by Art Fund alongside hundreds of museums, artists and environmentalists, in partnership with WWF, the RSPB, National Trust and English Heritage. The Wild Escape is made possible thanks to funding from Arts Council England’s National Lottery Project Grants, with additional support from Kusuma Trust, Foyle Foundation and a group of generous individuals and trusts. The Wild Escape is inspired by Wild Isles, a landmark BBC series exploring the flora and fauna of the UK. A school workshop pilot run by Derby Museum and Art Gallery as part of The Wild Escape Copyright Hydar Dewachi - The Wild Escape Why take part? Led by Art Fund and supported by Arts Council England, with hundreds of museums and schools taking part, The Wild Escape is an opportunity for the next generation to explore the big subjects of biodiversity and the environment, through the power of art and imagination. For museum teams and school teachers, the project offers a fun and educational way to engage children with museum collections, through a focus on wildlife and the nature around us through free resources at the website https://thewildescape.org.uk/ Manage Cookie Preferences