Over the last 5 years The John Moore has developed a countywide reputation for its excellent outreach service.
We are happy to come to you or for you to come to us
You can enjoy a Loans Box or an Exhibition
We can arrange a talk to a community group, whether you are a W.I, a Mother's Union or a residential home, whoever you are we have a range of talks to entertain and enlighten.
If you are a school you can make full use of us (see separate sections for full details), as we have three strands to our work. Natural History, The Tudors and our Traveller Loans Collection for help with Citizenship & Diversity teaching
You can also take part in our two Living History sessions each year
If you would like more information about using our Outreach Service or want to book a visit or workshop please contact Simon Lawton on curator@johnmooremuseum.org
Please see the Travellers Loans Collections for an up-to-date inventory at the bottom of the page.
TUDOR LIVING HISTORY WORKSHOPS
TUDOR TIME TRAVELLER - DAILY LIFE IN THE 1580s
From 1st March to 12th March 2010, the Merchant's House is hosting a series of
Tudor Living History Workshops for schools.
Professional costumed interpreters will be in residence in our furnished timber-framed building.
Bring your pupils along to:
The workshop day will also include a Tudor buildings workshop - How did Tudors build houses and what exactly is wattle and daub? | |
From 1st March to 12th March 2010, the Merchant's House will be hosting Tudor Living History Workshops for Schools
Bring your pupils along to:
- Meet a Tudor leather-worker and his wife. Find out about buying and selling in Tudor times and explore the life of a young apprentice.
- Investigate the everyday life of Tudor people in the 1580s. What food did they eat? What games did they play?
- Discover Tudor clothing and study how people kept clean without washing machines!
- Feeling poorly? Learn about Tudor home-grown remedies and the notorious barber-surgeons.
The workshop day will also include a Tudor buildings workshops. How did Tudors build houses and what exactly is wattle and daub?
'Wire we living here?' OUTREACH WORKSHOPS
Do you need a fun and informative session to help teach about habitats? Then consider our new Outreach workshops, run in conjunction with local sculptor Celia Smith.
Pupils will get the chance to participate in a class-room based session, handling museum artefacts and examining the natural habitats of various animals. Interactive activities focus on the reasons for a habitat's location and construction.
Celia will lead a design and technology/art workshop in which pupils sculpt their own 3D animals or birds using copper and soft steel wires. Using museum artefacts as inspiration, pupils will study the animals' form and colour to enhance their knowledge of natural history.
For more information please contact the John Moore Countryside Museum - email curator@johnmooremuseum.org or telephone 01684 297174