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Show Me - www.show.me.uk is specially for kids - is free and safe - and has news, games, make and do activities and more from the UK museum sector.
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Show Me is the junior version of Culture24 - the government funded news, features and what's on website about UK museums, galleries, archives, science centres and heritage sites.
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Staff at the site work with museums round the UK as well as volunteer writers to produce safe, accessible and interesting content about Britain's brilliant museums and galleries. Show Me owes its existence to a range of institutions and organisations, detailed below. We're very grateful for all of their support.
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The Paul Hamlyn Foundation has given very generous support to the development of Show Me and our Kids Club network which is currently under development.
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The Foundation's primary concern is to address issues of inequality and disadvantage, particularly in relation to young people. Support concentrates on projects in the UK which respond to these challenges through the arts and education.
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The Foundation is a grant-giving foundation with a particular interest in supporting children, young people and society’s most vulnerable individuals, through the charities which work to educate, inspire or care for them. The Foundation is chaired by Dame Vivien Duffield.
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London-based System Simulation Ltd is a specialist developer of innovative data-driven websites and portals. SSL developed the core software infrastructure for show.me using Index+ © System Simulation Ltd.
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Show.me.uk was designed by Getfrank, an award-winning interactive design agency based in Brighton, UK.
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Our fantastic Show Me Birthday Goodies mini-site was built by Scream Out Loud - an interactive media agency specialising in web design, animation, and rich media content - games, entertainment and interactive learning materials, all aimed at children.
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Crayola have very kindly given Show.Me lots of fantastic prizes to give away to Show.Me readers.
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Enable (UK) are accessibility consultants who audit and test websites with assistive technology users. They work with a range of clients in the cultural, commercial and educational sectors, and can ensure conformance to the Disability Discrimination Act (DDA). For more information go to www.enableuk.co.uk
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Our thanks to the following for the photos used on our 'Pick A Topic' pages:
Dinosaurs
T.Rex, courtesy of Natural History Museum
Art and Design Mae West Lips Sofa, c.1938. Made by Green & Abbott. Designed by Salvador Dali and Edward James. Courtesy of Brighton Museum & Art Gallery
Natural World Butterfly 'Morpho melaneus', courtesy of the Natural History Museum
Prehistory Stonehenge, courtesy of English Heritage
Ancient Civilisations Funeral mask of Tutankhamun, courtesy of The Tutankhamun Exhibition
Anglo Saxons Part of the Fuller Brooch, courtesy of The British Museum
Romans Mosaic from Brading Roman Villa, courtesy of Oglander Roman Trust
Tudors Henry VIII, courtesy of The Mary Rose Trust
20th Century Britain 1950 Bush TV 22 Television Receiver, courtesy of the National Museum of Photography, Film & Television
Everything Else! Planet Earth from space, courtesy of NASA
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