Lonesome Primary Cultural Arts Project

Lonesome students looking at objects

Year 4 children from Lonesome Primary School in Mitcham, Surrey, celebrated art and culture from around the world, using objects in the British Museum as a starting point.

The school felt the British Museum, with its displays of objects from across the world, was a perfect source of inspiration for their cultural celebration day. They focussed on the African, Indian and Chinese galleries.

What they discovered was then shared with other schools and their local community at a lively Cultural Arts Day in July 2009.

The project was run with the support of MLA London.

Students at the British MuseumStudents in the Great Court