Explore: Ancient Rome

How did people eat, write and light their way in Roman times? Use this loan box of objects with your class to find out.

Borrow this Explore Loan Box to spark the imagination of your students with a hands-on experience of touching and exploring real and replica objects from The Box.

Our boxes are themed to explore curriculum and topic subjects, to develop your students’ enquiry skills, and to enhance their independent learning by providing new experiences that they'll never forget.

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Key Stages:: Key Stage 1,; Key Stage 2

Curriculum:: History

Topics:: Ancient Rome,; Roman Daily Life

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Price	£20 per week
Length of hire	Up to half a term

School visits

SENsational workshops

Our SENsational workshops for students with special educational needs and disabilities, including those with profound and multiple disabilities and ASC, are open to visits from a range of educational settings.

Natural History

Introduce your students to the science behind herbivores, omnivores and carnivores – but which skull belongs to which animal?

Ancient Egypt

Can your students help our Curator of Archaeology explore a new box of Egyptian artefacts? Using enquiry and curation skills your class will create their own Egyptian display.

Learning Resources

Mayflower 400: Legend and Legacy: How to Play Hubbub

Hubbub – or ‘the bowl game’ – is a traditional game, played by the Wampanoag people and other Native American groups across America.

Prehistory: Whitehorse Hill Image Bank

Explore detailed images of our collection of objects from Prehistory, found at Whitehorse Hill, and discover their history, using this Image Bank with your class.

Prehistory: Image Bank

Explore detailed images of our collection of objects from Prehistory, found in and near Plymouth, using this Image Bank with your class.

Museum Gallery Archive

Download the accompanying PDF resource to support your teaching.