Visiting Us
School Visits
Welcome to the Museum and our Victorian schoolroom and private garden.
A visit fulfills many of the KS1 and KS2 curriculum, for example:
- Pupils should have the opportunity to improvise
- Similarities and differences between ways of life between different periods
- Changes within living memory – changes in national life
Karin Miller our school curator will be please to discuss your visit
Visiting With your school
Maximum no. children
32
Staff Numbers
As required for adequate supervision
Charges For Schools
10.00am - 12.30pm Schools Experience package
packages are bespoke, dependent on your requirements. Please contact us to discuss.
10.00am - 2.00pm Schools Experience Package
packages are bespoke, dependent on your requirements. Please contact us to discuss.
All accompanying staff FREE. If staying until 2.00pm, please bring packed lunches & drinks for
everyone. These may be eaten outside if fine or inside if wet.
Coaches from all areas can be hired to Allerford Museum from Ridlers Coaches Ltd, Dulverton 01398 323398
Sample Programme
Arrival
- Please arrange your group into two smaller groups on arrival
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Group one in the classroom, group two in the museum, to swap over later
Victorian style lesson given by school mistress. Lesson begins with gentle exercises to demonstrate the
Victorian school day - Victorian toys and games available, Hoops, stilts, marbles and hopscotch
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Enclosed private garden area if staying for lunch
We have a small shop selling memorabilia and ice creams