Moving Minds 5 is part of a wider Strategic Commissioning project, jointly funded by Dept. for Education and Skills (DfES) and Dept. for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS). Strategic Commissioning projects aim to inspire and engage young people by using museum collections and experimental ways of learning, and to make connections between regional and national museums.

The Moving Minds project explored themes of self and group identity by looking at Falklands experiences from the IWM collections and by talking to veterans. Topics included mob rule, group behaviour and the influence of gangs. We looked at the ‘hidden histories’ within the collections by using the stories of Commonwealth veterans and differences in culture that means these stories aren’t told to a greater degree.

Opened in 2002, IWM North tells people’s stories and brings to life their experience of war and its impact on us all. The collections of films, photographs, art, documents, objects, sound recordings, books and maps make us think about our past, our present and our future. www.north.iwm.org.uk See the video to find out more!

The NCCL (National Centre for Citizenship and the Law) is an Educational Charity which utilises the HM Prison Service Collection and the heritage site of the Shire Hall, Nottingham with its Courtrooms, Prison and Police Station. The key objective of the organisation is to ’Keep Kids Away From Crime And Out Of Prison’ through experiential learning in History and Citizenship. www.galleriesofjustice.org.uk See the video to find out more!