Educational Programmes : Tell me about Amiens
A member of the national “Towns and Regions of Art and History” network since 1992, Amiens makes a priority of educating young people about their heritage.
As a part of its awareness-raising activities, Amiens, City of Art and History, and its public services department organise visits and workshops for young people all year round, to help them discover the city and its history.
Amiens’ public services department is also at the disposal of teachers for information on activities and to help them set their educational projects in motion, as well as to suggest approaches best suited to their pupils’ levels.
Which activities for which participants ?
Curricular activities >
Visits - ideal ways of making initial contact with heritage - and workshops (in one or more sessions) enable children to explore monuments and themes included in their school programmes.
Extracurricular activities >
Visits and workshops organised upon request from leisure centres during school holidays.
| Example visit : 
"Amiens, going with the flow" Educational objectives :
- understanding the importance of water in the history and development of the city Extracurricular activities : Visits and workshops organised upon request from leisure centres during school holidays. Level: lower to middle primary |
| Example workshop : 
"Builders of cathedrals" Educational objectives :
- understanding the principles behind building a dressed stone arch Educational tool : Models Level: middle to upper primary |
A-la-carte topics :
- The city development from its beginnings to present days
- Architecture through the centuries
- Monuments in the city
- Living in Amiens through the ages
- Gardens
- Archaeology in question
- Meeting the man from Saint-Acheul
- Restoring and reconstructing our heritage
The above list of suggestions is by no means exhaustive, and Amiens, City of Art and History, and its public services department do their utmost to respond positively to specifi c requests made by teachers. Please feel free to consult us!
Our educational activities cover a range of subjects :
> French (vocabulary specifi c to heritage and architecture, spoken and written expression)
> Mathematics (geometry, notions of measurement, scales, plans)
> History (temporality and chronology, introduction to heritage)
> Geography (concept of space, urbanism, map reading)
> Civic education (appropriation of neighbourhood heritage, civic-mindedness and the idea of transmission)
> Artistic education (graphic and plastic art activities, approaching architecture, creativity)
> Art history
Directions for use
All these activities, which are designed for scholastic institutions from kindergarten to university and for other educational bodies, are led by guide-lecturers accredited by the Ministry of Culture and last for an average of 1½ to 2 hours.
| Example rates :
Visit : €73 per class (30 pupils maximum) The public services department is at your disposal to draft your educational project and its budget. |
Contact :
Service des publics d’Amiens, Ville d’Art et d’Histoire
Tel. : +33 (0)3 22 22 58 97
avah@amiens-metropole.com