Not enough time to take children on a museum visit?

Would you like the museum to come to you? Book your free outreach visit now, delivered by the Museum of London

The Museum of London’s supplementary schools programme offers a huge range of offsite sessions to bring the museum to you all throughout the year! Bookings are now open for schools to book their free visit between April and July 2017.

Sessions include:

1.    Excavating London: archaeology uncovered!

Using a range of handling objects from the Roman times to present day, students will take on the role of an archaeologist and work in groups to uncover the hidden histories of London’s past. This session will involve role play, object handling and art activities.

2.    Limehouse to West End: Chinatown

This interactive, hands-on session, inspired by the museum’s collections, will encourage students to explore the changing nature of Chinatown through the years. They will learn about the Chinese sailors that settled in London’s first Chinatown, their lives in the East End and explore the reasons why it moved after the Second World War.  Students will also be invited to bring in objects from home that reflects a part of their identity as Chinese-Londoners today.

3. Our London, Our Stories

London is an ever-changing city, influenced by the many groups of people that have called it home from prehistoric times to present day. This interactive session will teach students the skills of a museum curator and then create their own visual display based on objects from home that celebrates their heritage and identities as 21^st Century Londoners.

4. London’s Burning: stories of the Great Fire!

To mark the 350th Anniversary of the Great Fire we will be running a special session inspired by this pivotal event which took place in 1666.

Explore what life was like in London on the eve of the fire; discover the dramatic events that took place as the fire blazed through a quarter of the city and recreate how Londoners tried to put out the flames.  This drama based session will use objects and props from our collection for students to get into character and create their own stories about the event that changed the face of London forever!

5. Anglo-Saxons and beyond! German heritage in London

London is an ever-changing city, influenced by the many groups of people that have called it home from prehistoric times to present day. This hands-on session uses images and handling objects from our collection to explore German heritage in London from the Anglo-Saxon period to the 1600s. Students will also be invited to bring in objects from home which reflects their identity today.

If you would like the museum to come and deliver a session at your school please contact Emma Taylor, etaylor@museumoflondon.org.uk or call 020 7814 5579.

Bookings will be made on a first come first served basis.