The National Holocaust Museum Nottinghamshire

The Journey

As the UK’s only museum dedicated solely to Holocaust education, we offer exciting, curriculum-linked learning programmes, delivered by our team of Holocaust experts and former schoolteachers. These provide a powerful and immersive experience through in-person survivor testimony, original artefacts, and interactive learning that deeply engages students. Our programmes leave a profound and lasting impression.

For primary students, visit our state-of-the-art, immersive exhibition The Journey. Students follow the story of Leo, a German-Jewish boy who escapes Nazi Germany via the Kindertransport, using replica objects and age-appropriate survivor testimony to explore how life became increasingly difficult under the Nazi regime. As Europe’s only Holocaust exhibition designed for primary-aged students it is a truly unique place to visit to enhance your students’ learning, whether that be in History, RE, PSHE or Citizenship learning. See your students explore the spaces in Leo’s life, from his living room, to his classroom, to the street where he lives, and discover the difficult choices his family have to make to enable Leo’s kindertransport journey and escape to England. Led by expert educators, the session deepens historical understanding while encouraging empathy and critical thinking. Children reflect on identity, prejudice, and the impact of people’s choices—making meaningful links to the experiences of refugees today.

For secondary students, visit our moving Holocaust Exhibition, which provides students with a chronological understanding of the key events leading up to and during the Holocaust. Interact with our expert educators via thought-provoking and active workshops, exploring themes such as Identity, Responsibility, and So What? which encourages students to think critically about modern challenges such as online hatred and conspiracy theories. Perhaps book one of our bespoke packages relevant to your subject area, whether that be History, RE, KS3, GCSE or A Level. In all our learning programmes we seek to develop the ability of pupils to think independently, based on a secure knowledge of why the Holocaust happened.

As part of your visit, take a tour of our beautiful memorial gardens and explore the importance of remembrance. Watch your students marvel as they are able to handle replica artefacts, see genuine artefacts up close, and discover the amazing stories of survival these objects hold. Engage directly with Holocaust survivor testimony, either in person or via our cutting-edge digital Forever Project. Based on recorded testimonies with our survivor family, this interactive digital archive enables students to ask their own questions to Holocaust survivors and receive an answer. 

If you feel your school is too far away to visit us on a day trip, do not worry, we can visit you! We offer both in-person and online Outreach programmes for both primary and secondary students. 

The National Holocaust Centre and Museum Nottinghamshire

A trip to the Holocaust Museum raises big questions, and allows a safe and supported space for students to explore these questions without judgement, navigated by our expert educators. These are questions that are important not just for achieving curriculum objectives, but for preparing young people for their future lives in challenging times. 

Primary students will have the opportunity to reflect on questions such as:

• What is it like to be seen as ‘different’?
• What courage does it take to stand up for our friends against bullying?
• What are the consequences of prejudice and discrimination?
• Why do people become refugees?

Secondary students will have the opportunity to explore questions such as:

• How and why could the Holocaust happen?
• How can we judge individual responsibility and choices during the Holocaust?
• How can conspiracy theories and ‘fake news’ lead to genocide?
• What impact does anti-Jewish hate have in modern-day settings?
• Why is listening to and preserving testimonies important?

Finally, if you’ve ever felt uncertain about how to approach teaching this challenging topic, a trip to our museum will help to support your own development as a practitioner in understanding how to pitch age-appropriate activities and questions. 

We have the LOtC Quality Badge.

A typical four hour visit for Primary includes

• Guided tour of The Journey
• Engagement with survivor testimony, either via an in-person talk or through our digital archive
• Visit to the Memorial Gardens
• Artefact workshop

A typical four hour visit for Secondary includes

• Visit to the Holocaust Exhibition
• Engagement with survivor testimony, either via in in-person talk or through our digital archive
• At least one learning workshop
• Tour of the Memorial Gardens

It is possible to book an extended day package, which can include an additional workshop (e.g. GCSE History or RE) or a visit to The Journey Exhibition. 

Our primary programme is suitable for students in Y5-6. 

Our secondary programme is suitable for students Y8-13. 

Our maximum group size in a single day visit for primary is 120 students.

Our maximum group size in a single day visit for secondary is 150 students.

All materials/resources needed for an onsite visit are provided onsite. 

Pre-visit resources such as pre-visit videos are accessible via our website.

Follow-up resources include access to our digital Forever Project archive. Any school who is not able to meet a survivor onsite in person is given access to an on-line survivor talk at a later date. 

For outreach workshops, printable worksheets are sent to the school digitally in advance. It is also useful for students to have access to mini-whiteboards and board pens. 

Photography is permitted all parts of the museum except the Holocaust Exhibition owing to copyright restrictions. 

Yes, this is available via a link on the website and is also sent out digitally in advance.

Bookings@holocaust.org.uk

• £9.50 per student/£11 per student for an extended day. £150 minimum fee for groups of less than 16 students
• Teachers can visit for free in a ratio of 1:15, additional 1:1 support staff are free too.

All of our education staff are Emergency First Aid trained. 

• We have a bookshop/gift shop, café, toilets (including accessible), classroom spaces, outdoor picnic tables. 
• If students wish to bring pocket money, token souvenirs and books are available in the gift shop. 

We are DDA compliant. We do have SEN trained staff onsite, we have wheelchair access in both the memorial gardens and internal spaces onsite, as well as fully accessible toilets.

Monday – Friday

Schools: 10am – 4.30pm (last admission 3.30pm) General public during term time: 2pm (last admission 3.30pm)

Saturday: Closed

Sunday: 10am – 4.30pm (last admission 3.30pm)

Bank Holidays: Closed

Primary school testimonials

“We have visited The Holocaust Museum for several years now and I always feel that the children gain a lot from our visit. The group leaders are always inspiring and informative and explain every room and the journey in a clear, easy to understand way. They are able to share the stories with the children at an appropriate level and teach the children about respect and empathy… A wonderful trip which I would recommend to all schools that learn about World War 2.”

“Our Y6s have loved their time with you and have come away with a deeper understanding of antisemitism and what life was liking for Jewish people during WW2. The artefacts and testimonies were exceptional, as was the knowledge of the staff we met. Thank you so much for a fantastic day.”

“Due to the hands-on nature of the experience, all the children were so engaged, especially those who would normally struggle in a classroom setting. The knowledge that they acquired will stay with them forever!”

Secondary testimonials

“The educators on site were fantastic. Their subject knowledge was exceptional, and their demeanour with students and sensitive topics were explained and navigated expertly. The guidance provided to us in the museum and garden was also excellent, and students felt supported and now are more confident when approaching their Holocaust studies back in school.”

“Our pupils have benefited immensely from the experience of engaging with key questions about the Holocaust and discrimination in general. The visit has helped them to engage personally with issues around the value of humanity and to consider challenging applications of this in our modern digital world. Thank you so much for a fantastic enhancement to the learning of our pupils about this vital topic.”

“The National Holocaust Centre has a real wealth of resources; from emotional testimonies to in depth information. It strikes a fantastic balance between thought-provoking, educational and respectful.”