Before you book:

• Contact Sarah Turner or Alex Andrijevic on 01279 651746 for a discussion of your requirements.

To Book:

• Once you have contacted us we will send you a Schools Booking Form. This can be sent to you either by email or by post.
• Please complete the booking form and return it to: Bishop's Stortford Museum, South Road, Bishop's Stortford, Herts CM23 3JG or email the completed form to:

museum@rhodesbishopsstortford.org.uk

For more details and all enquiries contack Sarah Turner or Alex Andrijevic on

01279 651746

or email:

museum@rhodesbishopsstortford.org.uk

For a copy of our booking form click here

School Visits

 

Bishop's Stortford

Museum

South Road

Bishop's Stortford

Tel: 01279 651746

Email:

museum@rhodesbishopsstortford.org.uk

Facilities

• Parking
• Coach drop off
• Disabeled access to all areas
• Dedicated education room for activities
• Cloakroom
• Cafe/Bar
• Museum shop

            

      Key Stage One      

African Quilt Fun

c Art and design

Investigate African patterbs, look at and handle different African objects. Learn about African patterns and then create your own quilting squares

A Roman Skeleton

c History

c Science

What can bones tell us about life in Roman Times. An inside out approach to history.Be an archaeologist and work out the story of a Roman Centurian by looking at his bones.

        Key Stage Two       

Bishop's Stortford through historical rescourses

c History

How has Bishop's Stortford changed over the last 200 years? Use maps, cencus records, trade directories, photographs and objects from the museum to understand the town's past.

Be a Curator

c History

Explore the museum and step into the shoes of the curator as well as the museum guide/steward. Create your own week long exhibition using museum objects and item of your own. Learn about how objects tell us about the past.

A Roman Skeleton

c History

c Science

What can bones tell us about life in Roman times? An inside out approach to history. Be an archaeologist and work out the story of a Roman Centurian by looking at his bones.

African Patterns & Masks

c Art and Design

Investigate different African patterns and masks. Learn about the meaning behind the objects and designs and create your own paper mask.

     Handling Boxes      

Available now!

Homes long ago

Toys old and new

Victorian wash day

Victorian Childhood

World War II

African Drumming

If you can't visit the museum you can always borrow one of our handling boxes.

Each box covers a different curriculum subject and contains some real and some reblica artefacts, copies of documents from the museums collection, photographs and a teachers pack.

We charge a small fee of £10 per box, or £15 for a large box (plus VAT), with a £40 returnable deposit. Boxes an be borrowed for a fortnight at a time. Longer loans may be available on request.

         Key Stage 3        

Trade and Industry in Bishop's Stortford

c History

Students will look at the trades and industries of Bishop's Stortford using archive material (maps, census records, trade directories and photographs) and objects from the Museum's collection to study how the town changed and the impact of new technologies.

Labels- This Hidden Persuaders

c Design and Technology

Using the Gilby collection from the museum, learn about alcohol advertising at the start of the 20th Century and how design has changed through time.

           Key Stage 4         

Label- The Hidden Persuaders

c Citizenship

Look at how advertising has changed over the past 1000 years, using as a case study the museum's Gilby collection, which focuses on the local wine and spirit merchants.