Education

Supporting teaching and learning

The National English Literary Museum (NELM) is a declared cultural institution in terms of the Cultural Institutions Act and is funded by the national Department of Arts and Culture.

NELM’s mission is to promote social cohesion and national identity by sharing its diverse collections through exemplary research, exhibitions and public programmes. Our aim is to support the teaching and learning of a range of subjects by presenting relevant educational programmes that promote the discovery, understanding and enjoyment of South African literary and cultural heritage. The richness and diversity of South African literature is an ideal medium for building a national identity and social cohesion. The challenge is to make more people, especially children, aware of this national asset and to encourage reading for pleasure and writing as a means of creative expression.

This pamphlet describes a number of tried and tested educational programmes. However, our education team is eager to develop additional programmes to suit the needs of individual schools. We are willing to present programmes at schools throughout the Eastern Cape. We are also able to receive groups of up to 50 learners at our education facility attached to the Eastern Star Gallery, centrally located in Anglo-African Street, Grahamstown.