School visits to the West Shed Museum

Museum-led Activities

A teachers' pack can be downloaded below, containing all the information needed to plan a visit to the West Shed and showing how a visit can be used to support the teaching of the National Curriculum.

Teachers Pack for the West Shed Museum.pdf (1343 kb)

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We can now offer museum-led activities for pupils to support the teaching of Key Stage 2 History - Britain Since 1930, as part of a visit to the West Shed.

Key questions explored through role play and object handling are:
How have railways been used since the 1930s? What was it like to travel or work on a steam train? How does a steam locomotive work?