Our school sessions support subject areas across the new National Curriculum. Our expert Learning Officers cater for groups from Early Years to Further Education and for all learning styles, including special educational needs and home education.
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The Birmingham Museums education programme offers a wide range of stimulating and memorable on-site taught sessions, self-guided visits and outreach services at nine stunning venues, all designed to inspire and engage your students.
Taught On-site School Sessions
Contact Us and Book a Visit
All visits (including self-guided visits and teacher previews) require advanced booking.
To make a booking or for general enquiries please contact the Education Bookings Team:
Call us on 0121 348 8001 or email educationbookings@birminghammuseums.org.uk
Museum in a Box & Outreach
Bring Birmingham Museums to your classroom! Enrich your lessons with authentic artefacts with our Museum in a Box service or book an Outreach Session with our team for stimulating curriculum-linked interactive science shows, workshops, and mobile planetarium dome sessions.
Birmingham Museums for Kids
Birmingham Museums for Kids online resource is a great place for pupils to make some exciting discoveries. Join in the fun and find out about: Victorians, World War 2, Egyptians, Romans and Art. Plus discover more about our unique Heritage Sites. Flash player is required.
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Dinosaur Detectives
Designed for KS2 and above, this interactive session will allow students to take on the role of detective, interrogating fossils and replicas to hunt for dinosaur facts and clues about the Prehistoric wor...
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Dino Dig Excavation Workshop
In this fun, practical and cross-curricular workshop, students will have the chance to experience what it is like to be a palaeontologist, using tools to excavate bones, fossils and fragments as we uncove...
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The Story of Dippy
Designed specifically for KS1 and SEN learners, this hands-on exciting session will bring the story of Dippy the Dinosaur to life. We will be exploring the world Dippy came from, his friends and P...
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We’re going on a Bear Hunt
In this re-telling of the classic story, a search for clues to the location of the elusive bear leads us to discover the signs left behind by British wildlife. Pupils will find out how footprint...
Outreach sessions
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Colour Me a Rainbow (Outreach)
Join us for ‘The Colourful Tale of King Opaque’ as he turns his castle from being dark and gloomy to bright and colourful. In this interactive story, your pupils will learn about sources of light,...
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Healthy Bodies: Inside Out (Outreach)
Meet Anna, who has a very important job to do.  She needs to find presents for her brother’s birthday which can be enjoyed by each of his senses. background-color: transpare...
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Night Dome (Pop-Up Planetarium)
Take a magical journey through the night sky with your pupils. See the sky filled with stars and watch as they change into pictures of the constellations. Listen to the story of the Great Bear an...
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Electrifying Science (Outreach)
Ever wanted to shock your students? See some hair-raising electrifying experiments! Pupils will have fun with both static and current electricity as they learn and replicate scientific discoveri...
