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History of Derby Day

Location – DERBY MUSEUM & ART GALLERY

Duration: Full day including 45 minute talk

Booking and Prices: £117.00 + VAT per group with up to 100 pupils, £140.00 + VAT per group with up to 150 pupils

Key Stage: Key Stage 3 and 4

TO BOOK: Fill Out Our Booking Form or email us at learn@derbymuseums.org.

Session Description: In this jam-packed self-guided day visit, first learn about the Museums collections with a talk about Derby Museums and its collections’ history by one of our excellent facilitators, followed by either a morning or full day of self-guided visits to one or all of our three museums sites – the Museum of Making, Derby Museum and Art Gallery and Pickford’s House. This day is perfect for end of year extracurricular activity and includes a lunchroom space booking.

National Curriculum Links Include:

  • History – Asking questions, collaborative working, communicating ideas, creativity, critical thinking, curiosity, culture, Derby/Derbyshire heritage, discussion, enterprise, evaluating, experimenting, exploring ideas, key vocabulary, local history depth study, making, museum learning, speaking and listening, timelines, tracing aspects of national history in the locality.

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