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Lauren Souter

Lauren Souter

Audience Research Manager, Science Museum Group

As Audience Research Manager at the Science Museum Group, Lauren leads the Audience Research and Advocacy team’s work. She oversees all audience research at the Science Museum, including phase 1 of the Early Years and Objects research project

Author Articles

Colour photograph of an Eilean Glas Light in the Science Museum London
By Naomi Haywood, Karen Davies and Lauren Souter

Supporting young children’s learning from science objects: the importance of play on gallery

This paper is based on prototype testing at the Science Museum that considered how to support young children’s learning from objects on gallery. It is argued that providing for and enabling play is crucial for young children in family groups to establish familiarity and context related to unfamiliar objects, and that this is associated with learning.