Workshop Topics

Death on the Nile (P3-7)

What do real Egyptian scarab beetles look like up close? How many shabti statues would a Queen have in her tomb? How easy is it to wrap a body in linen strips? Find out answers to these questions and more at King’s Museum. Can form part of the Ancient Egypt Experience Day.

A Cabinet of Curiosities: Create an Exhibition in Your Classroom (P2-7)

This workshop will encourage pupils to actively consider the ways in which messages and meanings are conveyed through displays of objects. Following a series of hands on activities using real museum objects, pupils will complete an activity book by examining the exhibits in King’s Museum. The session concludes with a discussion focusing on what pupils need to consider when organising their own class display. Can form part of the Creative Curators Experience Day.

A New World for Scots: Scots and Emigration (P4-7)

Pupils will examine real objects to discover what they can reveal about why people left Scotland and what life was like for them in the New World.

Revealing the North: Picts and Vikings (P2-7)

Pupils will have the opportunity to discover some of the wonderful objects left behind by the Picts and Vikings. The class will examine an enchanting symbol stone, handle objects that are over 1000 years old and help museum staff to find out where the Picts have hidden their treasure from Bork the Viking.

Touching the Past: The Romans (P2-7)

What did the Romans use instead of toilet paper? How big were the iron nails used to hold fort walls together? What does Emperor Nero look like on a shiny gold coin? Find out all of this and lots more when you bring your class to King’s Museum. The Gladiators, the Emperors, the Gods and Goddess and the Centurions will compete for points and ultimate glory at four hands on activity stations.

The Way it Was: The Victorians (P2-7)

How have schools, the way we wash our clothes and even the toys that children play with changed over time? Discover answers to these questions and more at King’s Museum. Inspired by our intriguing phenakistoscope wheels dating from 1850, pupils will each make their own thaumatrope to take back to school.