Newark & Sherwood District Council

The award winning Learning and Community Outreach team from the museum service work closely with local communities leading fun, educational sessions at the museum or in local venues, or helping groups, organisations and schools in their own sessions.

Education sessions

Our Learning and Community Outreach Team offers a range of curriculum-based discovery boxes and activities covering Key Stage 1 to Key Stage 4 and beyond. We can also offer specialist studies sessions at our Resource Centre.

For example 'Life on the Home Front', living history sessions for Key Stage 2, is based in the museum.

Pupils experience life as an evacuee, discover rationing, make do and mend and air raid precautions, with a touch of local gossip along the way by our character actors.

Alternatively a WWII session using the museum's collections can be adapted to your needs in the classroom.

If you are studying the Victorians or Civil War ask about a town trail tour.

To complement our discovery box sessions we can also offer a variety of art and craft workshops at the museum or in your premises. These can be tailored to your ability, theme, activity or lesson.

Delight in the discovery of vintage photographs, objects, documents and books that are in our discovery boxes.

We have designed the boxes for group entertainment, classroom sessions and individual learning.

Boxes can be used in the museum for the day or taken out by a teacher or group leader for a two-week loan.

Alternatively, you can take a back seat and let our Learning and Community Outreach Team come along and lead an activity session for your class or group.

Most of the objects in our boxes are original so please handle with care!

Discovery boxes are free to borrow but need insurance to cover the cost of loss or damage. Download the Learning brochure 2012 (PDF File, 569kb) to see what's in our discovery boxes.



Are you a community group, women’s institute, nursery, residential home, day centre or school?

Our Learning and Outreach Team offer fun and interesting events throughout the year at little or no cost!

Enjoy reminiscing or learning with our themed sessions:

• Saturday night out
• Newark’s royal century
• Toys and games
• Seaside holidays
• Or giggle at a game of “Call my Bluff” with our mystery objects

Are you are holding a village festival, wartime event, school fete or carnival?

Why not let us get dressed up and bring out our discovery boxes or items from our Resource Centre collection.

We could deliver one of our art and craft workshops and join in with your event.