Museums

Museums

What are they and what do they involve?

Museums are venues with the primary purpose of exhibiting items of interest, often of a historical nature. The exact focus of a museum will vary, but they always offer educational insights into their artefacts and can include extra activities such as workshops and guided tours! Incredibly there are museums for pretty much everything in the UK - from Prams to Anaesthetic, Radar to Pencils, Locks to Lawnmowers, Mustard to Surfing, Straw to Dog Collars (the canine kind) or Magic to Embroidery. Search our list of venues for topics these fantastic, quirky places feature and you'll be surprised what pops up! It might inspire a new approach to a curriculum topic or a different slant on your locality.

What are the benefits?

A museum can be a highly educational place, especially for those with prior interest in the subjects on display. Taking a student group that have been covering a specific historical event or time period to a relevant museum will enable them to really connect with the subject and create an extra dimension to their education.

What students is it suitable for?

Provided the content of the museum is suitable for the age group, all students can benefit from a trip to a museum!

Costs?

Some museums are free for the public to access but there are some venues that have admission costs due to the specific nature of the exhibit – make sure to thoroughly check out the prices of museums in your area.

Safety Implications?

Museums can be quite large and confusing venues, so make sure your group of students is properly supervised to ensure nobody gets separated from the group!

Accreditations?

There is a national accreditation scheme in operation for museums - find out more HERE about Accredited Museums.

 

See below for a list of venues and providers of this kind: 

Snibston Discovery Museum

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Visit this Leicestershire favourite with great family activities, high quality exhibitions, interactive fun and a few surprises along the way. From planes and trains, mining and engineering, fashion and toys to colliery tours, train rides and science play, there really is something for everyone. 

Our vision is to provide a warm welcome and the highest level of service possible to ensure an enjoyable experience for ALL our customers. Click HERE to view our accessibility plans.

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Fakenham Museum of Gas and Local History

A scheduled ancient monument rich in domestic nostalgia
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Before the discovery of natural gas in the North Sea, Britain’s gas was made from coal. Fakenham’s gas museum combines industrial archaeology with social and cultural history. It charts the first steps to light up homes and cities at night and to provide heating and domestic appliances. It also pays homage to an industry that between 1800 and 1970 employed over a million people.  

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Wollaton Hall and Park

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Set in over 500 acres of historic deer park, Wollaton Hall is a spectacular Tudor building home to the city's Natural History Museum.

Also see the Industrial Museum, Steam Engine House, Wollaton Visitor Centre and the Yard Gallery, plus exhibitions exploring art and the environment.

Wollaton's Courtyard Stables are home to the city's Industrial Museum, Steam Engine House, Wollaton Visitor Centre and the Yard Gallery, with a changing programme of exhibitions exploring art and the environment.

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Museum of Lincolnshire Life

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Great local museum which celebrates the culture and social history of the people of Lincolnshire from 1750 to the present day. There are a number of exhibits, which illustrate commercial, agricultural, industrial, and domestic life.

The museum is also home to an authentic WWI tank, called ‘Flirt’, plus it houses interactive galleries of the Royal Lincolnshire Regiment, which can help people find information about family members who served there.

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St Neots Museum

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Find out all about St Neots in this small but fascinating museum. Free entry for local residents.

There is an interesting selction of photographs and objects, plus a number of hands on activities, which the kids will love.

The museum building used to be a Victorian police station and Magistrates Court and you can still visit the cells, which are almost the same as when they were built in 1907!

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Sedgwick Museum of Earth Sciences

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The Sedgwick Museum of Earth Sciences, is the geology museum of the University of Cambridge. It is part of the Department of Earth Sciences and is located on the University's Downing Site in Downing Street, central Cambridge.

The Sedgwick Museum of Earth Sciences is the oldest of the University of Cambridge museums, having been established in 1728 as the Woodwardian Museum. Since then the collection has grown from about 10,000 fossils, minerals and rocks, to at least 2 million.

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Bristol Museum and Art Gallery

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Explore our collections of art, nature and history on display in this beautiful building. Find out about the last billion years of earth’s history, explore the region’s natural wonders and discover more about peoples’ lives, past and present. Entry to the Museum is free.

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Lynn Museum

The Home of Seahenge
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This recently re-furbished town museum tells the story of Kings Lynn and west Norfolk. Gleaming display cases are packed with objects from the area’s colourful past including collections of pilgrim’s badges, maritime treasures and a fantastic hoard of Iceni gold coins. 

At the heart of the museum is the mysterious Seahenge, one of the UK’s finest recent Bronze Age finds, recovered from the nearby shore at Holme-next-the-Sea. 

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The Musical Museum

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From the tiny clockwork Musical Box to the self playing ‘Mighty Wurlitzer’, the collection embraces an impressive and fascinating array that will enchant most children.

A dreamlike assortment of automatic instruments, including reproducing pianos, orchestrions, orchestrelles, residence organs and violin players! From the tiniest clockwork Musical Box to the ‘Mighty Wurlitzer’, these self playing instruments will captivate and charm the children, plus the intricacies and techniques involved will fascinate the mechanically minded.

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Museum of London Docklands

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Explore London's connections with the rest of the world through an epic 2,000-year story of trade, expansion and immigration.

The Museum of London Docklands is located just a short walk from the dazzling skyscrapers of Canary Wharf. From Roman times to Docklands' regeneration, this 200-year-old warehouse uses interactive displays, recreated scenes, original artefacts and stories of trade, migration and commerce to reveal the long history of London as a port.

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