School Visits
Inspire your students with dazzling objects, fascinating stories and world class art, with workshops linked directly to the national curriculum.
- Support your students to become lifelong cultural learners.
- Develop your students’ enquiry and oracy skills with experiences that can’t be replicated in the classroom.
- Enhance your teaching in the classroom with memorable activities that support your Cultural Capital aims.
- Access historical objects and original sources of evidence that aren’t on display to the public.
- Enjoy exclusive use of the Simmons Learning Room as your base for workshops and lunch space.
How do I book a school visit?
All schools visits must be booked at least one month in advance. Please take a look at our sessions below and use the online form to make your booking.
To help you to get the most from your schools visit, we recommend that you make a planning pre-visit to The Box. You can also download our Teachers Hazard Assessment below to help you to write your own risk assessment.
Climate Action: Plymouth’s Marine Citizens
In this inspiring session your students will discover how climate change is effecting Plymouth's National Marine Park. Exploring how the marine citizens of Plymouth are rising to the challenges of climate change through science, engineering and activism.
Britain After 1945
How did Britain and Plymouth change after the end of World War II? Students will explore and debate themes around identity, community and social responsibility in relation to life in Plymouth since 1945.
Transatlantic Slavery and Abolition
The first English ship that transported human cargo from Africa and across the Atlantic left from Plymouth. Students discover the causes, impact and legacy of the transatlantic slave trade.
The Spanish Armada
Enhance your student’s historical knowledge of the conflict between Church and State by exploring the legendary story of the Spanish Armada. Using original objects and archives connected to this fascinating and complex part of history.
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.
Mayflower: Legend & Legacy: Schools Workshop
Discover the story of the Mayflower exploring the people and events that led to the historic voyage across the Atlantic and its impact and legacy today.
Artist workshops
Give your students the chance to work with a practising artist to explore our visual arts collections, learn artistic techniques and develop their own creative responses.
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