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Egyptology for schools
Egyptology: Science Investigation
We have a new permanent display area for our wonderful
Egyptology collection.
There are displays on the themes of:
- Daily Life
- Death and Burial
- Royalty
There is a trail to guide pupils around the
exhibition.
Workshop information is below. The workshops are
available either alone or as part of a day visit. Below is an
example lesson plan for a day visit:
Lesson plan
10:00 Arrive, settle, introduce day
10:15 Half class visit exhibiiton, half attend
object handling session
11:15 Swap over
12:15 Lunch
13:00 Mummifcation session
14:00 End of
visit
Full day session charged at £80 per class.
Pupils' comments following a day visit
"I had a great time in the museum and I learn a lot
about the Egyptians. I really liked making the mummy out of
playdoh."
"I would like to thank you for our simply amazing trip!"
"I learn a lot more than at school. I also had loads of
fun."
"My best thing was getting the brain out of the man zombie and
putting it in a pot."
"We all enjoyed the mummification."
"I had the time of my life with your Egyptian work."
"The thing that I liked the most was looking at the artefats,
it was so good."
"I would give it ten out of ten!"
"I enjoyed making the necklaces and bracelets, the amulets
gave me a good description."
Ancient Egyptian workshops
Egyptian Object Handling
Come along to discover Ancient Egyptian objects for
yourself. 
This session features canopic jars, shabti figures, scarab
beetles and more! Pupils can handle the objects whilst discovering
what they were used for all those thousands of years ago. It
is designed to complement our Egyptology display area featuring some of
our wonderful objects such as this mummy mask!
These sessions last approximately one hour, with half the
class visiting the Egyptology display, then swapping over.
Sessions are charged at £45 and are available on
request. Please contact us to arrange.
Mummification
We have a brand new resource - a mummy
doll!
Pupils can come and take out the organs, including the brain
through the nose, to discover how mummification took place.
Then they can try wrapping the mummy in muslin!
These sessions last approximately 90 minutes, with half the
class visiting the Egyptology display area, then swapping
over.
Sessions are charged at £45 and are available on
request. Please contact us to arrange.
Egyptian arts and crafts
To accompany any of these sessions, or just a visit to the Egyptology
display, we have a number of arts and craft options:
- Mummy masks
- Egyptian jewellery making
- Make your own mini-mummy
- Clay amulets and scarab beetles
To book:
To book a visit or use of the resources please ring 01423
556188 or email
us.
Please note the maximum group size is 35 pupils.
If a charging event, all bookings will receive an invoice
shortly afterwards. A deposit of 40% will be
retained if the booking is cancelled less than three weeks before
the session date.
This is charged in order to cover our costs when cancelling
the session leader at short notice.