Cultural PartnersOpen your doors
to classrooms
around the world.
Museums, galleries, theatres, parliaments, castles, libraries, authors and science centres, connecting live with schools across the globe. Bring your collections, stories, buildings, performances and expertise into classrooms, and help children meet the wider world.
Offer Global Classroom Experiences during Earthrise:Live on Thursday 19 November 2026, a safe, teacher-led moment of connection between classrooms across the world, and keep your profile live for Live Cultural Connections all year round.
- Free to join
- Teacher-supervised sessions
- You stay in control
- Year-round bookings
When you open your doors, a child somewhere meets the wider world for the first time.
What you offer
Live sessions that bring your world to theirs.
A Cultural Partner shares what makes them special, live and direct with a classroom. Your collections, stories, buildings, performances, expertise and civic role become a window onto the wider world for children who may never visit in person.
Talks, tours and performances
Bring a gallery walkthrough, a behind-the-scenes tour, a live performance or an expert talk straight into the classroom, wherever in the world that classroom happens to be.
- Format
- live video session
- Length
- 15 / 30 / 45 / 60 min
- Includes
- your story, told your way
Object handling and demonstrations
Show a real specimen, a treasured object, an experiment or a craft up close. Children see the genuine thing, ask questions and watch it come to life on screen.
- Format
- live, hands-on demo
- Great for
- museums, science, heritage
- Includes
- Q&A with your team
Readings, workshops and Q&As
Author readings, creative workshops, civic conversations or a simple ask-me-anything. Whatever makes you special, you can share it live with curious young minds.
- Format
- live or interactive
- Great for
- authors, theatres, civic
- Includes
- age-appropriate prompts
Two ways to take part
One global day, and a whole year of connection.
You are not only registering for a single day. You are joining a global, school-facing cultural learning effort, with the chance to be discovered and booked by schools all year.
The flagship live day
Earthrise:Live 2026
Offer live sessions to schools around the main connection day, Thursday 19 November 2026. This single day is chosen so classrooms across countries, time zones and school weeks can take part together.
All year round
Live Cultural Connections
Keep your profile live so schools can discover and book your virtual sessions throughout the year, long after the event. Your doors stay open to curious classrooms whenever they are ready to visit.
How it works
Six steps from “we’d love to” to your first classroom.
You stay in control of what you offer and when. We handle the discovery, the booking enquiries and keeping your profile visible to schools around the world, ready for the main live connection day on Thursday 19 November 2026.
- 01
Register your organisation
A few minutes. Tell us who you are, what you do and what you would love to share with schools.
- 02
We review and approve
Every Cultural Partner is reviewed before going public, so schools know they are in trusted company.
- 03
Build your profile
Add your story, photos, video, the topics you cover, the ages you suit and the languages you speak.
- 04
List your sessions
Create live virtual experiences and set your availability. Offer them free, sponsored or paid.
- 05
Receive bookings
Schools discover you and send enquiries. You confirm what works, in your own time zone.
- 06
Connect with classrooms
Meet children around the world, during Earthrise:Live and all year round. This is the part you came for.
Why join
Real reach for a global mission.
Mission-led, never a hard sell. You join a worldwide education and cultural effort, and gain genuine visibility, booking enquiries and the freedom to offer free, sponsored or paid sessions, whatever suits your organisation.
Reach schools globally
Be discovered by classrooms during Earthrise:Live, the global schools moment of connection on Thursday 19 November.
A public cultural profile
Showcase your organisation, your collections, stories, buildings, performances, expertise or civic role.
List live virtual sessions
Offer talks, tours, performances, workshops, author readings, object handling and Q&As to classes worldwide.
Receive booking enquiries
Manage availability and bookings from one simple dashboard, on your own terms and in your own time zone.
Stay discoverable year-round
After the event your profile stays live, so schools keep finding and booking your Live Cultural Connections.
Promotion across the network
In time, partners can be promoted across the wider Earthrise:Live and WhatSchool network of millions of schools.
Who can take part
If children would love to see it, you belong here.
Any organisation with something children would love to see, hear or experience can become a Cultural Partner. From the grandest institution to the single passionate storyteller, there is a place for you.
Safe and trusted
Built so the answer to “is it safe?” is always yes.
Every session connects you with a supervised class, not individual children. You keep control, your own safeguarding policies apply, and Earthrise:Live reviews every listing, so schools and venues alike can take part with confidence.
Teacher-supervised classes
An authorised teacher is present for every session. You are meeting a class, with their teacher leading the room.
You stay in control
You choose the sessions you offer, the ages you suit, your availability and what happens in each connection.
Age-appropriate by design
Pitch each session to the right age group. Schools see exactly what to expect before they book.
Your safeguarding comes first
Your own safeguarding policies apply throughout. Where guidance differs, your organisation's policy leads. Always.
Every listing is reviewed
Earthrise:Live reviews each partner and listing before it goes public, signalling quality to the schools who find you.
Tools you already trust
Connect over the video platform your organisation already uses. The sessions happen on familiar, approved ground.
Help children meet the wider world.
During Earthrise:Live, Cultural Partners help children encounter the world beyond their classroom. After the event, your profile stays live so schools can keep discovering and booking your sessions.
- Free to join
- Teacher-supervised sessions
- You stay in control
- Year-round bookings
On Thursday 19 November 2026, the world comes to class for Earthrise:Live. We hope your doors are open.