Peterborough Museum & Art Gallery Schools & Learning East of England

Peterborough Museum & Art Gallery offers a wide range of educational experiences for schools, including trips, outreach sessions and loan boxes, designed to engage students with history and science.

Our immersive educational experiences cater to students from Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) through Key Stage 4, offering a diverse range of topics including: Romans, World War II, Victorians, Tudors, Anglo Saxons, Jurassic, Local History, Archaeology, Fossils and Evolution.

Trips range from 1 hour workshops to half day and full day experiences.

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Peterborough Museum tells the story of Peterborough from 150 million years ago to the present.

Our learning programs enable students to gain a deeper understanding of the selected topic. Pupils get hands on with museum objects and immerse themselves in fun activities with them. Pupils discuss and present their ideas and the new knowledge they have learnt, enhancing and expanding their classroom learning.

Peterborough Museum & Art Gallery holds the Quality Badge for Learning Outside the Classroom (LOtC quality badge)

Our learning programmes support a range of subjects including history, maths, science, english, art, and design and technology. Pupils handle objects, meet characters from the past, explore our galleries and create something to take away with them.

Our immersive experiences cater to students from Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) through to Key Stage 4. Some learning sessions can be tailored to meet the needs of the groups or adapted for different Key Stage groups.

Learning Programmes:

• Toys from the Past (EYFS & KS1)
• Getting ready for the Tiger who came to tea (EYFS & KS1)
• Under the Jurassic sea (KS1)
• Edith Cavell and other past lives (KS1)
• Really Roman day (KS2)
• Anglo-Saxon treasures (KS2)
• Tudor Peterborough (KS2)
• Story of Peterborough (KS2)
• Archaeology (KS2)
• Art Adventurers (KS2)
• 10 May 1941: WWII (KS2 & KS3)
• Evidence for Evolution (KS2 &KS3)
• Victorian Medicine (KS2 – KS4)
• History in an hour (living history experience)

Can’t come to Peterborough Museum? We also offer outreach sessions where our educational team will deliver the lesson in your school plus we can provide loan boxes or virtual sessions with additional resources so you can get hands-on with history in your school.

Maximum number per class is 30 children. Maximum three classes per visit.

Minimum staff to student ratio: 1 adult to 10

We supply all the necessary materials for our on-site activities. When the activities and visit date are agreed, a booking form and risk assessment are emailed to you.

Please feel at liberty to take photos or videos while visiting Peterborough Museum & Art Gallery. We encourage teachers to capture their classes engaging in activities and would love to see any moments you’d like to share.

When the activities and visit date are agreed, a booking form and risk assessment are emailed to you.

For more information or to make a booking, please visit our website: https://peterboroughmuseum.org.uk/learning
To contact our Learning Co-ordinator please email Schools@peterboroughlimited.co.uk  or call 01733 864 731

For current prices please visit: https://peterboroughmuseum.org.uk/learning. Visits from £190+VAT KS1 and £250+VAT KS2

None, except where advised- WWII day included session in garden and for Vaults sessions

Schools are responsible for provision of first aid and are required to bring a first aid kit and first aid trained staff. Museum staff will assist where necessary.

School/lunch room

Cloakroom

Squires Coffee House (except Mondays)

Gift Shop (Except Mondays unless requested)

Bathroom facilities (Men’s, women’s and Unisex accessible toilets located on the ground and first floors)

Lift access (excluding the Victorian Operating Theatre and Vaults)

Ramp access

Key Information:

• Stepped and step free main entrance
• One disabled parking bay (booking advised)
• Automatic Doors
• One adult wheelchair (booking advised)
• Accessible toilets on the ground and first floors
• Assistance dogs welcome
• Large print & braille guides available at reception
• Lift access (excluding the Operating Theatre and Vaults)

School visits bookable Mon-Fri during term time

Museum open Tues-Sat 10am-4pm

“Great hands-on activities and all very accommodating with lovely staff”

• Woodston Primary School

“It was all so well organised. The fact that the staff were dressed up for role play made it so much more interesting. The children learned so much and now want to learn more.”

• Curton, CEVA Primary School

“Knowledgable staff, exciting activities and good variety of activities. It was a super day”

• St Augustines Primary School

“The visit was fantastic and engaging for our children. The activities were a good pace and enough for the age of the class. I would highly recommend!”

• WygatePark Academy