Ancient Worlds: Egyptians

This popular workshop explores our archaeology collections and helps pupils learn about mummification.

Snow Animal Adventures

A museum explorer will lead your group on an animal adventure through the arctic and beyond. Children search for clues and use keys to identify snow animals.

Ancient Worlds: Greeks

Transport your class to Ancient Greece. Immerse yourselves in this civilization by coming face-to-face with surviving Ancient Greek pottery and riches.

Chronology: Local History Treasure Hunt

Develop chronological understanding with a difference! Pupils become the heads of a giant timeline, from Stone Age to modern day.

Ancient Worlds: Romans

Come and experience the ‘Romanisation’ of Britain by delving into the past with a Roman soldier’s footprint, handling real Roman objects and using evidence to find the Romans in Yorkshire.

Anglo-Saxons

Discover Leeds’ Anglo-Saxon gold jewellery, search for evidence of Christian conversion on stone crosses, and discover Northumbrian kings on tiny coins.

Life in Asia

Handle Asian artefacts and journey through our Voices of Asia gallery at Leeds City Museum.

SEND: Hands-on Egypt

Pupils can sketch or photograph ancient artefacts, see and learn about the Ancient Egyptian mummified person and get hands on by embalming our large mummification dolls.

SEND: Interactive Animal Tour

Interactive 30 minute tours of the Life on Earth gallery for children with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities, focusing on animals and nature.