CASTLETOWN, OMAGH, COUNTY TYRONE BT78 5QY, NORTHERN IRELAND, TEL +44 (0)28 8224 3292
Informal Learning
During the summer season, the Folk Park provides an historical interpretation service for adults and families in its exhibit buildings. Costumes staff discuss aspects of emigration with visitors and demonstrate a variety of period crafts and daily activities. In addition a series of special events takes place on selected dates throughout the summer. These include American Independence Day celebrations, traditional wedding re-enactments and the annual Bluegrass Music Festival in September.
Creative Hands workshops
For adult groups we offer craft workshops based in our modern Education Centre. Crafts can be selected from Beginner's embroidery, beginner's corn dolly work, American patchwork, crochet, tapestry, cross-stitch, and wool spinning. Whole group fee applies.
Tourism and Heritage Studies
First opened in 1976, the Folk Park has established itself as one of the major tourist attractions on the island of Ireland. Student groups are invited to visit the Folk Park, investigate the museum from a tourism perspective and meet with staff to discuss such aspects as visitor numbers and patterns of visitation, marketing, public services, funding and management. Please call us to discuss the specific needs of your group.
For Teachers and Student teachers
A number of one-day courses for teachers and student teachers are available by arrangement. These are of two types:
A) One-Day Familiarisation courses for Folk Park Learning Programmes. Meet the education officers to hear about the aims of the programme, its links with the curriculum, preparatory materials and suggestions, follow-up ideas, with opportunities to experience some of the pupil activities. A minimum of 10 participants is required for most sessions. Please contact us at least one month in advance of your requested date.
B)
Specialist Emigration courses offered by the Centre for Migration Studies at the Folk Park
The main themes are:
Master of Social Science (MSSc, QUB)
degree in Irish Migration Studies. A two- year part time course, it is taught in CMS one evening per week, in association with the Institute for Lifelong Learning of Queen's University, Belfast. Details of the course outline are available on the CMS website (External)
www.qub.ac.uk/cms
. For further information please contact Dr. Patrick Fitzgerald in the Centre.
The Literature of Irish Exile Autumn School. This annual autumn school brings together experts in the field of literature and emigration and takes place annually in October at the Folk Park.
Ulster-American Heritage Symposium is hosted every four years by CMS. The next Symposium in the Folk Park is in summer 2008.
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