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: 

Kingsbridge Cookworthy Museum

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In the Old Grammar School you find an historic building, a range of collections and a local history archive. Each one of these would be worth visiting on its own, but to experience the three is exceptional. The collections are displayed over 8 galleries and cover mainly the social history of Kingsbridge and the surrounding area.

The headmaster's chair and canopy with portrait of Thomas Crispin, founder of the Grammar School, dominates the original panelled school room, complete with the carved initials and names of generations of schoolboys.

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Whimple Heritage Centre

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The Whimple Heritage Centre is managed and maintained by an enthusiastic group of volunteers interested in Whimple's past and also its present. We are archiving today's information for historians of the future and committed to researching, recording and making available to anyone, via the Heritage Centre facility, information relating to the history of the village of Whimple, its people, customs, traditions, skills and trades. 

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Herschel Museum of Astronomy

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“I have looked further into space than any human being did before me.” William Herschel

The Museum is housed in the Astronomers' House from which William Herschel discovered the planet Uranus in March 1781. It is a modest townhouse laid out over five floors, typical of the houses lived in be people of ‘the middling sort’, artisans and tradesmen and a contrast to the highly fashionable grand houses rented by visitors for the Bath season.

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Museum of Childhood

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Welcoming over 400,000 visitors through its doors every year, the V&A Museum of Childhood in London's Bethnal Green houses the Victoria and Albert Museum's collection of childhood-related objects and artefacts, spanning the 1600s to the present day.

All exhibitions and displays at the Victoria and Albert Museum of Childhood are free. Find out more information about current and forthcoming exhibitions and displays here.

Storytelling, arts & crafts, treasure hunts, workshops, tours and daily activities - find out what exciting events are coming up. 

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Limavady Museum

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Limavady Museum's collections reflect both the local and social history of Limavady as well as the rural and industrial heritage of the Roe Valley. The collections can be viewed at two locations in Limavady Borough - the Roe Valley Arts and Cultural Centre/Ionad Ealaíon agus Cultúir Ghleann na Ró in Limavady town and Green Lane Museum, located in the beautiful surroundings of Roe Valley Country Park.

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Louth Museum

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A great little local museum with plenty to discover such as a panoramic view of Victorian Louth, the story of the Ghost of the Green Lady, rock and fossils, plus 200,000 years of local archaeology!

Louth Museum will take you on an amazing journey of discovery, with several galleries, plus a courtyard to explore.

Kids will love looking at the bird’s eye all round view of the town and district, on a summer day during the 1840s, with loads of fantastic details to spot, especially in the foreground.

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The Cider Museum Hereford

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A charming museum where you can discover the many different aspects of the apple and what can be done with it, including the cider making process. Historical artefacts, vintage film clips, plus other memorabilia to see.

The Cider Museum Hereford provides an interesting look at how cider has been made over the centuries, and has an extensive collection, which includes cider presses, bottles and mills, old photographs, advertising memorabilia, and a rare collection of 18th century English cider flutes made from lead crystal.

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Museum of English Rural Life

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The Museum of English Rural Life houses the most comprehensive national collection of objects, books and archives relating to the history of food, farming and the countryside.

It is the sheer quality and scope of the Library, Archives and Object Collections that makes MERL exceptional. The collections have Designated status ensuring their importance is recognised nationally and internationally.

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Dr Samuel Johnson’s Birthplace Museum and Library

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The Samuel Johnson Birthplace Museum offers fun and inspiring primary visits and outreach sessions covering literacy, history and more. Meet Kitty and Lucy the family servants, find out how books are made with Michael Johnson, handle original objects, dress up as a Georgian, join Hodge's Alphabet Hunt and make your own Dictionary! You could also make a day of it in historic Lichfield by combining a visit to us with Erasmus Darwin House.

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Milford House Museum

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Milford House Museum is located at 57 William Street. Housing an old master paintings, beautiful furnishing and family possessions. Discover the extraordinary world of Milford House and the people who lived there. Across the street is the William McCrum Park where football's penalty kick was invented.

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