Learning

Education and Outreach
St Agnes Museum welcomes families. Our much loved free Cuckoo Hunt for 7-11 year olds has recently been redesigned, with lively drawings and ceramic cuckoos to find all around the Museum, and stickers for those who complete it.

For our younger visitors, aged 3-7, we have a story "Sam and the Leatherback Turtle" to listen to, and an exciting Treasure Chest to explore, filled with puppets of sea creatures, jigsaws, books, and more.

We warmly welcome contact with schools. For schools visiting the Museums we offer a series of Victorian Life worksheets based on authentic source materials, with Teachers' Notes, based on our listed Victorian Museum building, mining, maritime activities, and 19th century Parish life.

We have an established WW2 Outreach Project for schools. Based on the adventures of Fred, a young evacuee billeted on a St Agnes farm, and, drawing entirely on the recollection of local people and authentic source material, including school log books, we can offer a range of activities including story telling, a handling collection, wartime songs, craftwork and mapwork.

We have also established a Mining Outreach workshop for KS2 pupils which is based on the lives of the boys and girls who worked in the mines of 19th century St. Agnes. Pupils hear the story of a Bal Maiden's first day at work; try on replica miners' and bal maidens' costumes; and can handle objects from the Museum collection, including replica tools specially made for the workshop.

Each project is fully compatible with the modern Primary School curriculum. There is no charge but a donation to Museum funds would be welcomed.

Learning: in the bath!

Learning about the Whitworth Collection