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| Museum |
Guided activities |
Handling collections |
Teaching packs and other materials |
Level |
Website
(Address given below) |
| Bagshaw Museum Batley |
| Egyptian Archaeologist |
| Mummification Unwrapped |
| Enchanted Forest |
| Wish You Were Here |
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| Egyptian |
| Egyptian + mummification related objects & activities |
| Using Natural history collection to compare British woodland with a tropical rainforest |
| Past & present Seaside artefacts |
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| Teacher's packs available + pre-visit briefing sessions |
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www.kirklees.gov.uk/museums |
Colne Valley Museum,
Golcar |
Victorian Day |
Children
Household
Laundry/Cleaning
Textiles
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KS 2 |
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| Dewsbury Museum |
| Toys & Technology |
| World War II Schoolroom (role play) |
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| Toys past & present |
| 1940s artefacts |
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| Teacher's packs available + pre-visit briefing sessions |
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www.kirklees.gov.uk/museums |
Oakwell Hall
Birstall |
| Tudor Costume Visit (role play) |
| Hall & Handling |
| Rocks & Soils |
| Environmental |
|
| Artefacts & activities in Oakwell Hall |
| Tudor/Civil War artefacts + Hall tour |
| Minerals, stone & rock identification |
| Pond dipping, habitat hunt, plant life |
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| Teacher's packs available + pre-visit briefing sessions |
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| KS 1/2 |
| KS 1/2/3 |
| KS 2 |
| KS 1/2/3 |
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www.kirklees.gov.uk/museums
www.oakwellhall.f9.co.uk
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Red House
Gomersal |
| Homes Long Ago |
| Victorians at Rest & Play |
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| 19th C objects & activities + house tour |
| Artefact quiz + house evidence trail |
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| Teacher's packs available + pre-visit briefing sessions |
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www.kirklees.gov.uk/museums |
Tolson Museum
Huddersfield |
| Victorian Schoolroom (role play) |
| Transported Through Time |
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| Recreated schoolroom + Victorian handling collection |
| Transport gallery + related artefacts & activities |
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| Teacher's packs available + pre-visit briefing sessions |
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www.kirklees.gov.uk/museums |
Oakwell Hall has an extensive website including a virtual tour of the museum. For further details click here.
Artefacts for use in schools are available through Kirklees Education Libraries Service. For further details click here.
Every effort has been made to ensure that the information on this list is up to date. Changes should be notified to Dave Weldrake, WYAAS Education and Outreach Coordinator at dweldrake@wyjs.org.uk.