Workshops for schools

Choose from a wide selection of interactive, curriculum-linked workshops taught by our facilitators either at the Museum or online.
Date format: DD/MM/YYYY
Date format: DD/MM/YYYY
Cargo drop engineering challenge
Secondary
15 Sep 2026 - 15 Jul 2027 FREE

Cargo drop engineering challenge

Work against the clock and with limited resources to design and build a device to safely deliver cargo to your troops.

Operation Robot (Coding Mission)
Secondary
15 Sep 2026 - 15 Jul 2027 FREE

Operation Robot (Coding Mission)

Explore the power of robots by solving our coding challenges. Test your coding and communication skills by getting hands-on practical experience.

Recruitment and conscription
Secondary
15 Sep 2026 - 15 Jul 2027 FREE

Recruitment and conscription

Analyse recruitment posters from the Museum's collection and multimedia recreations of First World War parliamentary debates to explore the history of Army recruitment and conscription.

Mission accomplished? Comparing First World War battles
Secondary
15 Sep 2026 - 15 Jul 2027 FREE

Mission accomplished? Examining First World War battles

Investigate four key battles through primary sources and decide whether they can be considered victories or defeats.

A British medical orderly treats a wounded German soldier, c1916
Secondary
15 Sep 2026 - 15 Jul 2027 FREE

Trench medicine: Illnesses, injuries and their treatment (virtual)

Explore artefacts and sources on the causes and treatment of injuries and illnesses on the Western Front during the First World War, and assess the impact of these innovations.

School students getting to grips with the handling collection
Secondary
15 Sep 2026 - 15 Jul 2027 FREE

Trench medicine: Illnesses, injuries and their treatment

Explore artefacts and sources on the causes and treatment of injuries and illnesses on the Western Front during the First World War, and assess the impact of these innovations.

School students getting to grips with the handling collection
Secondary
15 Sep 2026 - 15 Jul 2027 FREE

World at War: Soldiers of Empire

Discover more about the contributions of soldiers from the British Empire in the First and Second World Wars.

British Civil Wars: Technology and tactics
Secondary
15 Sep 2026 - 15 Jul 2027 FREE

British Civil Wars: Pikemen, cavalrymen and musketeers

Using our handling collection, explore Civil War battle tactics, weaponry and equipment to consider the experience of warfare in the 17th century.

Horsemen of the New Model Army, c1645
Secondary
15 Sep 2026 - 15 Jul 2027 FREE

British Civil Wars: Pikemen, cavalrymen and musketeers (virtual)

Explore Civil War battle tactics, weaponry and equipment to consider the experience of warfare in the 17th century.