Museum visits
Hello teachers! We are unable to accommodate on site visits but do have virtual workshops available. Email Abbey House Museum for details.
While you’re here, have a look at our online resources, collections and mylearning.org.
Learn at Abbey House Museum
At Abbey House Museum we can help you deliver diverse and original skills-based learning across many different curriculum areas.
Our Learning Team offer a range of themed packages linked to the National Curriculum or standard activities such as social history.
Use the search function on this page to see the range of current workshops at Abbey House Museum.
Recovery Curriculum
We have created a series of recovery curriculum resources about objects at Abbey House Museum and across our other museums & galleries. These activities are an opportunity for children and staff to discover how objects can be used to develop connections and grow confidence.
Our resources are designed to support your recovery curriculum and the Leeds Supporting the Return to School document with activities which encourage the PACE approach of playfulness, acceptance, curiosity and empathy.
Make a booking
For further information or to make a booking, please contact us:
Use our learning search to find a workshop or learning package
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Virtual Classroom Workshop: Toys through time
A virtual classroom workshop exploring different toys in our collection with lots of sensory elements.
Tags: Abbey House Museum, KS1, SEND, Toys Through Time, Virtual classroom
10 February 2021
Abbey House Bear Hunt
Led by our bear hunter your class will explore the Victorian Streets, following the paw prints to discover what Albert the bear has been up to in the museum including Victorian washing and playing hopscotch.
Tags: Early Years, Fairytales and Nursery Rhymes, KS1, Local Leeds History, The Victorians
05 February 2019
Abbey House Murder Mystery
Mr Sellit has been found dead in our Victorian Streets, covered in clues.
Tags: Biology, Chemistry, KS2, Local Leeds History, Murder Mysteries, The Victorians
08 February 2019
Topics through time – Comparing Queens
Compare the lives of two remarkable women: our current Queen Elizabeth II and Queen Victoria.
Tags: KS1, Local Leeds History, The Victorians
Topics through time – Going to the Seaside
Compare seaside holidays today with those in the recent past and those taken a long time ago by examining a range of objects and photos.
Tags: KS1, Seaside & Holidays, The Victorians
Topics through time – Houses and Homes
How heavy is a flat iron? How long did it take to wash clothes before washing machines were invented?
Tags: KS1, Local Leeds History, The Victorians
Topics through time – Toys and games
Your class will get to see and handle a range of old and new toys and discover how differently children played in the past.
Tags: KS1, Toys Through Time
Nursery Rhyme Time
The Baker’s Wife will help your class to follow Gerald the gingerbread man’s clues to find nursery rhymes hidden around our Victorian Streets.
What was it like to live here 100 years ago?
What was life like for ordinary people in Yorkshire 100 years ago? What did people do for a living?
Tags: KS1, Local Leeds History
Christmas Toys and Games
What toys did children get in their stockings in the past? What did it mean if you got coal in your stocking?
Tags: KS1
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