Radstock Museum offers a wide range of facilities for school visits.
The Museum has a Victorian Schoolroom where the children can take part in
role-play lessons, a Co-op Shop, miner's cottage kitchen and a re-constructed
coal mine section.

Various hands-on activities can be undertaken on the mezzanine floor.

Programmes are linked to the National Curriculum and include;

• Victorian Schoolroom under the supervision of a strict(!) school teacher
• Museum Tour learning about Victorian and 1930s Britain 
• Mystery Objects investigating, classifying and displaying artefacts
• World War II, The Home Front
• When Grandma/Grandpa was a child

Programmes can also be tailored to meet individual need. School visits can
take place at any time by arrangement though mornings are preferred.

For further information please contact Birgitta Howell, our Education
Officer, at the Museum 01761 437722 or on 01761 232509


*Some special needs can be catered for but it is best to contact the
Education Officer to discuss special requirements at the time of booking
a visit. The cost is £2.50 per child. One adult per 5 infant school children,
one adult per 8 junior school children and one per 10 secondary children
get free entry. If a child needs a one-to-one helper he/she is admitted free.
The Museum provides pinnies and waistcoats for the Victorian lesson and
we welcome schools to come in costume.

• Lectures
• Talks
• Slide Shows

See Events and Five Arches