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Picturing design
Creative workshop to develop art skills and confident use of materials and ideas. Artworks in the gallery imagination and experimentation for creative work in small groups.
Tags: Craft and Design, KS1, KS2, Materials and Making, Portraits, Visual Literacy
11 February 2019
First World War: Beyond the trenches
Use objects, evidence and discussion to discover the local experience of war, from the Leeds PALS and Rifles to the stories of the people they left behind.
Stone Age to Iron Age Britain
How did Britain change from the Stone Age to the Bronze Age and then to the Iron Age? How do we know when there were no written records?
Tags: KS2, KS3, KS4, KS5, Stone Iron and Bronze Age
Walk like an Egyptian
Forget Pharaohs and pyramids – see how everyday citizens of ancient Egypt lived. Handle real Egyptian artefacts including 3,100 year old mummy bandages.
Tags: Ancient Egyptians, KS2, KS3, KS4, KS5
What have the Romans ever done for us?
Pupils will explore Roman life in Britain by handling artefacts from Dalton Parlours, a Roman villa near Wetherby, and investigate their legacy.
Tags: KS2, KS3, KS4, KS5, Romans in Yorkshire
Rocks and Fossils
Where do rocks come from? How are rocks classified? What are fossils and where are they found? Find out about sand, soils, minerals and shells and a planet that is constantly evolving.
Science in the workplace: Behind the scenes
Find out why museums need to use science, from storage to object preservation and cleaning.
Amazing Animals
Get up close to animals from around the world. Learn about adaptations, habitats and evolution by investigating a birds, insects and exotic animal skeletons and seeing our 800,000 scientific specimens.
Get inspired!
We have over one million inspiring objects covering topics from dress and textiles, world cultures, and archaeology, to geology, social history and natural history.
Leonora Cohen, the Leeds Suffragette
Evaluate archive sources to discover Leonora, the Leeds Suffragette. Do different sources show us different versions of the past?
Tags: KS3, KS4, Local Leeds History, Suffrage Voting and Democracy
09 February 2019
Life in Asia
Handle Asian artefacts and journey through the Voices of Asia gallery. Search for Chinese lion heads and Indian jewellery, dress up and beat the bhangra drums.
Tags: KS2, Local Leeds History, Religious Studies
Anglo-Saxons
Use metal detectors to discover Leeds’ Anglo-Saxon gold jewellery, search for evidence of Christian conversion on stone crosses, and discover Northumbrian kings on tiny coins.