Education
Education
The Nelson Museum offers the following learning opportunities:
- Visits to the museum. Of a duration to suit you; although most school visits are typically one to two hours. If you wish to stay for lunch we have picnic tables in the Maritime Courtyard for sunny days or a large room for rainy days (please note this room is not fully accessible).
- Education sessions. Tailored to suit your requirements. Sessions include Nelson as a Local Hero and Life Aboard Ship.
- Outreach visits. If you can't visit the museum we'll bring the museum to you. Whether it is a school assembly or classroom session our outreach visits will make history come alive!
- CD-based Education Pack. Divided into four main themes of Life on Board, Food on Board, Costume and Navigation with images and lesson suggestions included. The CD costs £15 and purchase of it entitles you to use of the Loan Boxes.
- Loan Boxes. Based on Life Aboard Ship, the loan boxes contains objects for your group to examine and handle as well as copies of papers, documents and booklets. The boxes are available for hire for two weeks and hire is inclusive of the £15 purchase of the Education CD. We advise, due to high demand, that loan boxes are booked well in advance. To arrange hire, please email loan box co-ordinator This e-mail address is being protected from spambots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it .
- Crew's Quarters. Our new learning and education room is available to schools for their visits. Led sessions are usually taught in here but it is also accessible during self-led visits. A mini handling collection is available in this space and we have a special pre-school corner for 0-5 year olds.
To arrange a museum visit or outreach session, please contact the Curator at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it
Comments on our education provision:
'I found your education pack to be a wonderful resource. It provided a wide range of materials, which I was able to use either directly from the pack or adapt accordingly to suit my class. The loan boxes were also a valuable resource as they allowed the children to have direct contact with artefacts they had never seen before. Using the two resources together, I was able to deliver three very exciting, investigative lessons, which really helped to broaden and stimulate the children's learning.' Jacquie Flunder, Teacher at Garrick Green Infant School, Norwich
'I'd like to congratulate you on your education CD and say how impressed I am with its content. It will play a big part in teaching the children of my school the story of Nelson and the era he lived in.' Darren Anderson, Teacher in Letchworth, Hertfordshire
'Thank you for our lovely visit to the museum. We really enjoyed our day with you. Our teachers thought that the museum was packed with interesting information, and we could come again and find things we hadn't noticed the first time!' Class 4, Ditchingham Primary School, Suffolk
'I am writing on behalf of the whole entire Year 6 to you to say a very big thank you for...our museum visit. We thoroughly enjoyed the experience and every little detail was perfect in my opinion so keep up these standards of excellence!' Thomas Holmes on behalf of 6W, Costessey Junior School, Norwich
