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What’s Involved
Let the museum come to you and get hands on with history at your own pace. Use this curated box of handling objects to spark conversations and reflect on changes over time. Recreate the Victorian Schoolroom experience in your classroom. The box includes everything you need to create your own Victorian style lesson with your pupils.
What's in the box
- Slates x 30
- Box of slate pencils
- Cane
- Finger stocks
- Admissions register (blank)
- Regular attendance medal
- Copies of regular attendance certificates
- Replica copy book
- Skipping rope
- Copies of pages from Victorian copy books
- Photographs of local school classes
- Plan for a Victorian school lesson
Please note: All ‘Museum In A Box’ loan boxes need to be collected from and returned to Portland Basin Museum. As these loan boxes are part of our handling collection, from time to time we may need to remove or replace some objects with like for like objects.
The box dimensions are approximately 520mm x 440mm x 310mm
Cost: £43 per week (or £7 per day for community groups) from 1 April 2025
