School Visits to Towner Eastbourne
Towner Eastbourne is now taking bookings for our exhibition programme running October 2024 - April 2025 we look forward to welcoming you!
Please read all the information below on types of visits and support we can offer your group.
If you are a Language School please fill in and email this form.
Please note our current exhibition Drawing the Unspeakable explores sensitive themes and includes representations of violence and nudity.
Introduction to Towner Eastbourne:
We can provide a short welcome and introduction to the gallery and exhibitions for your group with our Front of House team. If you would like to bring a group to visit Towner, please fill in the form below to ensure we can accommodate you. You will recieve a confirmation of your booking within five working days.
Introduction to Ravilious:
Have an introduction to some of the most popular works in Towner's collection of Eric Ravilious's work with a member of the team.
Self-led Visit:
Explore the gallery at your own pace with a self-led visit. If you're visiting a ticketed show make sure to let us know and collect your tickets at the desk.
What to bring:
You can bring sketchbooks, paper, clipboards and dry drawing materials with you on your visit. Bottled water is allowed in exhibitions.
Give it Some Oomph! - Free resource to support your visit:
To support your visit, we have been working with The Turing School to develop a student resource: Give it Some Oomph! is a guide for young people engaging in contemporary art.
Artist, musician and author Richard Phoenix, worked with a group of Year 9 students; The Nibble Bibble Duck Toes, to develop tools and tactics that will support schools’ engagement with our exhibitions.
The resource is designed to be printed on A4 and can be downloaded and printed for your visit. It can be used in any gallery or arts space. The resource is intended to be used as a whole but you can use individual pages or themes for your visit.
Head here to find out more about the project.
Give it Some Oomph!: Secondary and Higher Education
(designed by and for Year 9 Students)
Give it Some Oomph!: Primary
(a reworked version of the resource above for a younger group)
Give it Some Oomph!: Teachers' Resource
Please read the following information carefully before filling in the online form below:
- All school visits must book a minimum four weeks in advance - we may not be able to facilitate walk-in visits.
- We are accepting school visits Tuesday - Thursdays
- All students and teachers have access to our digital resource, Give it Some Oomph! for their visit. Available to download above
- Groups will be provided with suggestions, access packs and practical visit information in advance of their visit
We may not be able to support groups exceeding 60 students in the building at once, we therefore request you allow adequete time to stagger your visits across the day or offer an alternative date.
Please note: Filling in the form below is not a confirmation of booking, a member of the Towner team will get back to you to confirm your visit.
School Bookings Enquiry Form
East Sussex Term dates
Term 1: September 2, 2024 to October 25, 2024
Term 2: November 4, 2024 to December 20, 2024
Term 3: January 6, 2025 to February 14, 2025
Term 4: February 24, 2025 to April 4, 2025
Term 5: Tuesday 22 April 2025 to Friday 23 May 2025
Term 6: Monday 02 June 2025 to Friday 18 July 2025
If you have any issues accessing our online booking form, require any support for your booking, or have any queries about your visit, please get in touch:
Email: towner@townereastbourne.org.uk
Tel: (01323) 434675
