Lancaster City Museums are working with our partners to develop brand new resources for teachers and experiences for pupils. These will support learning local history in context with regional and national history. We understand the financial challenges of planning visits for schools and our self-guided sessions start at only £1.50 per child. 

We have worksheets available for self-guided museum visits, as well as structured sessions on particular themes.

Themes for 2024 include:

• Transatlantic Slave Trade (KS2)* - Find out more about our Lancaster Slave Trade school city tours (guided or self-led) developed in partnership with Facing the Past by downloading this flyer: Transatlantic Slave Trade School Sessions (PDF, 619KB)

*This session is best done at the Maritime Museum (giving access to the Transatlantic slave trade galleries) but can be done at the City Museum.

If you would like to book a school visit to the City Museum, Maritime Museum or Cottage Museum, please contact our Education and Outreach Officer by email: historydetectives@lancaster.gov.uk 

We are working on exciting new sessions for schools looking at different ways to engage with historic eras through creative and physical activity, and we regularly develop new self-guided worksheets for the Maritime Museum and the City Museum.

If there's a particular topic you'd like us to work on, or if you would like to book a school visit to the City Museum, Maritime Museum or Cottage Museum, please contact our Education and Outreach Officer by email: historydetectives@lancaster.gov.uk 

Download all of the documents below for free.

• Transatlantic Slave Trade School Sessions (PDF, 619KB)
• Lancaster Maritime Museum Self-Guided Pupil Worksheet (KS2) (PDF, 9.6MB)
• Maritime Museum Risk Assessment for Schools 2023/24 (PDF, 664KB)
• Schools Clay Activity Risk Assessment 2024 (PDF, 127KB)

Lancaster City Museums also hosts a range of school sessions delivered by Lancashire County Council’s experienced and professional Heritage Learning Lancashire team. The team can offer teacher CPD sessions, loan boxes, and more, to make teaching Lancashire’s history really immersive.

Please book these sessions directly with the Heritage Learning Team at Lancashire County Council. Visit their website for more information: Heritage Learning Lancashire – Lancashire County Council