The Victorians Archives - Leeds Museums & Galleries

Workshops

What did the Victorians do at Thwaite Watermill?

KS1, KS2, The Victorians, Thwaite Watermill

Follow the lives of the family, the servants and the workers of Thwaite Watermill as the production of putty becomes more mechanised.

Celebrate Christmas with the Horne family

KS1, KS2, The Victorians, Thwaite Watermill

Become a servant for the Horne family for the day and help them to celebrate a Victorian Christmas at Thwaite Watermill.

The Industrial Revolution and the impact on factory workers

Industrial Revolution, KS3, Leeds Industrial Museum at Armley Mills, Local Leeds History, The Victorians

Leeds Industrial Museum provides the stimulus for students to explore the theme of nineteenth century factory reform.

Mill children

KS1, KS2, Leeds Industrial Museum at Armley Mills, Local Leeds History, The Victorians

Pupils will be given jobs that children would have carried out in the mill and be able to experience what it might have been like to live, dress and work as a child during the height of the Industrial Revolution.

Victorian Schoolroom

KS1, KS2, Leeds Industrial Museum at Armley Mills, Local Leeds History, The Victorians

Immerse pupils in a Living History experience to discover what life was really like for children in the past in Victorian Britain.

View of a Victorian classroom with wooden desks and traditional furniture

1916 Schoolroom ‘Over by Christmas’

KS1, KS2, Leeds Industrial Museum at Armley Mills, Local Leeds History, The Victorians

In our First World War schoolroom we look to understand the impact the First World War had on children's school lives in Leeds, as participants experience the formality of school education in 1916.