Educational Visits - Live it! Learn it!
The Museum has a high reputation for its educational service, and offers specific themes which are closely related to the National Curriculum and higher educational courses.
More than 1000 school and college groups visit the Museum each year. While visiting the Museum students can interact with the characters in the original shops and houses, ride on a tramcar or fairground swingboat, join in a lesson at the old-fashioned school and discover what it was like to be a miner in the underground coal mine. Your guide will bring history to life and let you experience how people lived and worked in the Black Country. You can see traditional skills from sweet-making and glass-cutting to metal-working. From the introduction in the modern exhibition halls to the reconstructed village, the Museum offers groups of all ages, abilities and interests a full day out with a difference.
Education was never so much fun!
Key Stages We Cover
Every Key Stage is catered for from KS1 Houses and Homes to KS 3 Industrial Revolution 1750 – 1900, in the History Curriculum. The Museum is excellent for cross curricular work including materials in Science, Leisure and Tourism, Technology and Art.
Benefits Include:
- Group rates for groups of 10+
- 1 teacher admitted FREE with every 10 students
- FREE costumed Museum guide for groups of 20+, who can help teachers tailor the day to meet the educational needs of the students
- Topic based visits closely related to the National Curriculum and Higher Education Courses
- FREE preliminary visit for 2 teachers
- FREE Teachers Seminars
- Indoor and outdoor picnic areas
- Qualified first-aider
- FREE coach parking next to main entrance
- FREE admission and refreshment voucher for coach driver
- A wide range of supporting material available for teachers
Booking
To ensure your visit runs as smoothly as possible and to obtain group discounts all parties of 10 or more must book in advance. All enquires and bookings should be made to the Museum Booking Office on 0121 520 8054 and by completing the booking form.
Groups of 20+ can pre-book the following using the booking form.
- Lessons in the Victorian Schoolroom
- Underground Coalmine Tours
- Trips into Dudley Canal Tunnel and Caverns (additional charge)
Group Education Prices from 1st March 2008
Adults: £10.25
Senior Citizens: £8.25
Children (5-18 years): £6.20
One Teacher FREE with every 10 students
Student with NUS cards: £6.20
Download our detailed booking pack, risk assessment and booking form - (PDF 624kb)
Frequently Asked Questions
More answers to help you plan your educational group visit can be found in our educational FAQ.
