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CONTENTS SCHOOL TRIPS OFFER A UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY 3 TO LEARN ABOUT AND EXPLORE THE WEALTH BARNSLEY MUSEUMS OF MUSEUMS, GALLERIES AND HERITAGE SITES AROUND SOUTH YORKSHIRE.

5 All our sites provide interactive learning experiences that immerse young people in the past and inspire them to think differently about the HERITAGE DONCASTER future. Our exciting collections are an eclectic mix of sights and sounds, creating memories that last a lifetime. Our workshops encourage group work, problem-solving and creative 7 skills; which, when coupled with our unique heritage settings, provide powerful learning opportunities. MUSEUMS Why not enjoy a day out with your class in a place where history meets drama, or music meets maths, and let their imaginations run free? We offer: 9 ROTHERHAM HERITAGE EXPERIENCED LEARNING SERVICE SESSIONS LINKED AND ENTHUSIASTIC TO THE NATIONAL LEARNING TEAMS CURRICULUM 11 SHEFFIELD INDUSTRIAL MUSEUMS TRUST RESOURCES TO WORKSHOPS SUPPORT YOUR TAILORED TO ALL TEACHER-LED VISITS 13 AGE GROUPS

All our sites offer advice and support on planning your visit including current pricing and specific access requirements. There are also many more workshops available to view online so contact us with your enquiries and we’ll look forward to seeing you soon!

2 BARNSLEY MUSEUMS PROVIDES INNOVATIVE LEARNING AND ENGAGEMENT OPPORTUNITIES ACROSS FIVE UNIQUE SITES. EXPLORE NEW PLACES, IMMERSE YOURSELF IN THE PAST, AND BE INSPIRED BY VIBRANT LEARNING PROGRAMMES WHICH CHALLENGE AND DELIGHT PUPILS OF ALL AGES.

Elsecar Heritage Centre An Earl’s village of iron and coal for 200 years, Elsecar’s workshops now bustle with shops, studios and cafés. Enjoy the steam railway and events at the Ironworks all year round. Wath Road, Elsecar S74 8HJ

Worsbrough Mill Experience Barnsley A 17th Century working water mill set Visitors can uncover the incredible story in 240 acres of tranquil country park, of Barnsley told through centuries-old using traditional milling methods it artifacts, documents, films and recordings produces a range of organic flour. It is that have been donated by people living an amazing place to visit, have fun and DID YOU KNOW? and working in the borough. see history come to life. The Newcomen Engine at Elsecar Town Hall, Church Street S70 2TA Worsbrough Bridge S70 5LJ Heritage Centre, used to pump water from the mines, is the oldest in situ Cannon Hall steam engine in the world. A stunning Georgian country house museum set in 70 acres of historic parkland and beautiful landscaped gardens. It is the perfect day out for all the family. Bark House Lane, Cawthorne S75 4AT

The Cooper Gallery WORKSHOPS INCLUDE: A vibrant art gallery in the heart of Barnsley town centre, it has a regular programme Art and Design of changing exhibitions and exciting events. Portraits and self-identity at the Cooper Gallery Cooper Gallery, Church Street S70 2AH English Tel: 01226 774 872 Creative writing at Cannon Hall Email: [email protected] History Please contact us to discuss any additional Discover our full range of Deep Down Underground support needs your pupils may have Curriculum inspired workshops at at Experience Barnsley and how we can accommodate them. www.barnsley-museums.com Science Remember to ask us about 3 Mill tour at Worsbrough Mill Arts Award Discover! HERITAGE DONCASTER’S EDUCATION TEAM PROVIDE ENGAGING AND IMMERSIVE LEARNING EXPERIENCES ON A VARIETY OF TOPICS SUPPORTING THE NATIONAL CURRICULUM. OUR EDUCATION OFFICERS ENCOURAGE CHILDREN TO GET HANDS-ON WITH HISTORY, SCIENCE, AND ART.

We currently teach from the beautiful Georgian country house, Cusworth Hall & Park, and can also bring workshops into schools. From 2020, workshops will also take place in our education suite within Doncaster’s brand new Central Library and Museum in the heart of the town’s cultural quarter. Until then, our Doncaster Museum workshops will be taught from Cusworth Hall or an alternative location. Please get in touch with our team for more information.

DID YOU KNOW? Cusworth Hall & Park In 71AD, the Romans built a fort where the A beautiful Georgian country house, main Roman road north crossed the River Don Cusworth Hall is set in acres of historic and named it Danum - over time this evolved parkland featuring play areas and lakes. to become Doncaster. The Hall is home to our social history museum, charting how people have lived, worked and socialised in Doncaster throughout the past three centuries. Our Victorian classroom and kitchen provide opportunities for pupils to immerse themselves in history in a fun and unique learning environment. WORKSHOPS INCLUDE: Cusworth Hall, Cusworth Lane, History Doncaster DN5 7TU Romans, Stone Age, Ancient Egyptians, Vikings, Victorian Childhood

Science Tel: 01302 734 288 Alchemy Academy, Dino Detectives, Email: [email protected] Seaside of the Past, A Timeline of Toys Find out more about our full range Art & Design of workshops, including prices at: Messy Models 5 www.heritagedoncaster.org.uk/education MUSEUMS SHEFFIELD IS THE CHARITY RESPONSIBLE FOR MILLENNIUM GALLERY, AND GRAVES GALLERY. AT OUR INSPIRATIONAL MUSEUMS AND GALLERIES, PEOPLE CAN REFLECT UPON THE PAST, QUESTION THE PRESENT AND IMAGINE THE FUTURE.

Weston Park Museum Discover the story of Sheffield, from its geological roots to the people that shaped a modern city and explore our large natural and social history collection. Amongst other treasures, the museum boasts Snowy the polar bear (used in our Adaptation workshop), two real Ancient Egyptian mummies (used in our Ancient Egypt workshop), an enormous Joe Scarborough painting (used in our Local History workshop), and the very first Millennium Gallery Anglo-Saxon helmet ever found (used in our Anglo-Saxons workshop). The Millennium Gallery is situated in the city centre and showcases the city’s unique Western Bank, Sheffield S10 2TP Metalwork collection, Ruskin collection and temporary exhibitions throughout the year. DID YOU KNOW? The interactive Johnny White artworks fire Weston Park Museum was bombed in the imaginations in the Sculpture workshops, Second World War. You can still see where the and the beautiful natural history specimens bomb damaged the Ancient Egyptian mummies! in the Ruskin Gallery offers inspiration for our Printing workshops. Arundel Gate, Sheffield S1 2PP

Whether it’s embalming our mummy Graves Gallery WORKSHOPS INCLUDE: doll, finding out how to draw the perfect Situated in the Central Library building History portrait or building the Parthenon, we in the city centre, the gallery houses Bronze Age, Anglo-Saxons, Local History, have a workshop to suit your group. Sheffield’s visuals arts collection, including Ancient Greece, Toys, Ancient Egypt Morning workshops run 10.15am - 12 noon. artworks by Paul Morrison, L.S. Lowry, Art & Design Chloe Dewe Matthews, Damien Hirst, J.M.W. Afternoon workshops run 12.30 - 2.15pm. Metalwork Designers, Clay Sculpture, Turner, Grayson Perry, Frank Auerbach - Portraits, Printing & Pattern and over 400 years of portraits that inspire our Portraits workshops. Science Tel: 0114 278 2655 Surrey Street, Sheffield S1 1XZ Weather, Rocks, Habitats, Adaptation, Skeletons & Bones Email: [email protected] Web: www.museums-sheffield.org.uk Literacy /learning/schools-and-colleges Ruskin’s Dragon, Inventing Stories 7 AT ROTHERHAM HERITAGE LEARNING WE ARE PASSIONATE ABOUT HERITAGE, ARTS AND CULTURE. INSPIRED BY OUR COLLECTIONS AND HISTORIC LANDMARKS OUR TEAM BRINGS THE PAST TO LIFE WITH AN EXCITING PROGRAMME OF INSPIRING AND INTERACTIVE ACTIVITIES. EXPLORE HOW THE STONE AGE PEOPLE LIVED IN ROTHERHAM, DISCOVER WHY THE ROMANS SETTLED THERE AND TAKE PART IN OUR HANDS ON IMMERSIVE ACTIVITIES WITH HISTORIC ARTIFACTS.

Clifton Park Museum The York & Lancaster Regimental Museum Built in 1793 Clifton House was once the The York and Lancaster Regimental home of the Walker family until it became Museum and archive offers local schools a Museum in 1893. Discover the fascinating the opportunity to explore the history, story of the house and the Walker family, and individual soldier’s stories, from the and explore the galleries to discover Victorian period, to the First and Second Rotherham Stories and artifacts including World War. the Stone Age and Romans. DID YOU KNOW? Clifton Lane, Rotherham S65 2AA Rotherham Archives & Local Studies Marco the bear is one of our most treasured Our archives service offers opportunities exhibits. He died of old age in Cromer Zoo, Boston Castle for pupils to research and explore a Norfolk. He travelled to many schools in wide range of resources including original Boston Castle is an 18th century hunting Rotherham becoming a favourite of the pupils. archives, maps and census. We also lodge, built for the Earl of Effingham in Did Marco visit your school? provide bespoke workshops to link with 1775. Come and explore the history of the local history and geography topics. Castle and its’ many residents. The castle is set within Boston Park with amazing views The Archives and Regimental Museum surrounding Rotherham and Sheffield. are both based at Clifton Park Museum, Clifton Lane, Rotherham S65 2AA Boston Grove, Moorgate, WORKSHOPS INCLUDE: All our school activities are linked Rotherham S60 2BD to the National Curriculum from Early History Years Foundation Stage to Key Stage 3 Stone Age and Romans, Remembering with a focus on the local history of the Local Soldiers of the Great War, Rotherham area. We offer both half day Discover Clifton House in Victorian and full day sessions. Times, Exploring Boston Castle and All of our venues have a regular Local Landmarks programme of changing exhibitions Science Tel: 01709 336 633 and events so please get in touch. Science in the Home Email: [email protected] Literacy Web: www.rotherhamheritagelearning.org.uk 9 Gingerbread Man FROM BENJAMIN HUNTSMAN’S INVENTION OF CRUCIBLE STEEL IN 1742 TO HARRY BREARLEY’S DISCOVERY OF STAINLESS STEEL IN 1913, SHEFFIELD INDUSTRIAL MUSEUMS ENCOURAGE LEARNERS TO EXPLORE SHEFFIELD’S STORIES THROUGH DRAMA, CREATIVE WRITING, SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERY, EXPERIMENTATION AND PLAY.

Kelham Island Museum Located in the heart of one of Sheffield’s most exciting quarters, Kelham Island Museum sits on a peninsular formed over 900 years ago. The museum displays objects, machines and workshops related to Sheffield’s Industrial past, alongside hands-on interactive games and examples of modern innovations. Alma Street, Sheffield S3 8RY

Abbeydale Industrial Hamlet Workshop A former scythe-making works, this group Shepherd Wheel is the only surviving DID YOU KNOW? water-powered grinding works in the of Grade I and II listed buildings include The River Don Engine based at Kelham Porter Valley. It is a compact site with what is believed to be the best intact Island Museum is the most powerful a working waterwheel and machinery example of a crucible furnace in the world, working steam engine in the world. giving visitors a unique glimpse into set in Whitely Woods. Sheffield’s past. The picturesque dam, Whiteley Woods (Off Hangingwater which powers four restored waterwheels, Road), Sheffield S11 2YE demonstrates the close relationship between industry and the natural world. Abbeydale Road South, Sheffield S7 2QW WORKSHOPS INCLUDE: From half day activity sessions to fully immersive “Investigation Days” all our History sessions are cross-curricular and use Sheffield in the Second World War our unique objects, sites and stories to at Kelham Island Museum give pupils an unforgettable experience. Local History Steel City at Kelham Island Museum

Science Tel: 0114 201 0613 Gears, Levers and Pulleys Email: [email protected] at Abbeydale Industrial Hamlet Discover our full range of curriculum Geography inspired workshops at www.simt.co.uk The Power of Water at Shepherd Wheel Remember to ask us about 1 1 Arts Award Discover! SHEFFIELD MANOR LODGE OFFERS TUDOR, STONE AGE, 1940S AND FARM BASED SESSIONS ACROSS A 14 HECTARE SITE STEEPED IN HISTORY. CHILDREN CAN DISCOVER TUDOR RUINS, MEET COSTUME CHARACTERS, LEARN SURVIVAL SKILLS AND EVEN GET LOST IN A LAVENDER LABYRINTH IN OUR IMMERSIVE AND ENGAGING EDUCATION SESSIONS FOR KEY STAGE 1 TO KEY STAGE 3.

Tudor Grounds and Turret House The remnant of a once vast deer park and one of the finest Tudor houses in the North of England, the house was home to George Talbot, 6th and his wife while Mary, Queen of Scots, was a prisoner in the 1570s and 1580s. 197 Manor Lane, Sheffield S2 1UJ

Stone Age Encampment Long before the Tudors built their mansions Neolithic hunters roamed the land leaving behind but a few artifacts dug up by archaeologists and forming the basis of our Stone Age Hunter session. Children learn to survive in the harsh conditions faced by early man. DID YOU KNOW? 197 Manor Lane, Sheffield S2 1UJ WORKSHOPS INCLUDE: Sheffield Manor Lodge is home to Sheffield’s oldest toilet. It is rumoured Mr Barnes’ Farm History to have given Cardinal Wolsey the illness Tudor Rich and Poor, We are developing new animal, seasonality that caused his death before Henry VIII Tudor Health and Hygiene, and World War 2 sessions for our new 1940s could have him executed. farmyard. Look out for exciting new details Tudor Life at Manor Lodge, on our website soon. The trial of Mary Queen of Scots, Castles and Princesses, 389 Manor Lane, Sheffield S2 1UL Become a Stone Age Hunter, WW2 Evacuees (coming soon) Tel: 0114 276 2828 - ext 647 Design & Technology Seasonality on the farm (coming soon) Email: [email protected] Discover more about our workshops at: Science www.sheffieldmanorlodge.org 1 3 Meet the animals (coming soon) “THE ACTIVITIES ARE FANTASTIC” “BETTER THAN XBOX” BARNSLEY MUSEUMS HERITAGE DONCASTER

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Booking in advance is required at all sites. Each organisation is managed separately - please consult the individual details on each page for further information. We are happy to discuss accessibility needs - please let us know at the time of booking.