Home Education Workshops (12-16 yrs)
Home Educators are always welcome at National Coal Mining Museum. Gain a deeper understanding of the museum with our specially tailored workshops.
The workshops are aimed at young people aged 12-16, if the young person you are looking to book for is younger than this – please see our Home Educators workshops for 7- 12 year olds.
Wednesday 8, Thursday 9 and Friday 10 October 2025
Engineering: Discover the world of renewable and non-renewable energy as you design and build your own working wind turbine. Put your creativity, problem-solving, and STEM skills to the test in our hands-on engineering workshop, complete with a resource shop to fuel your innovation. Then pitch your turbine design to our panel of experts to secure funding and take your concept to the next level.
Wednesday 12, Thursday 13 and Friday 14 November 2025
Art and wellbeing: Learn the art of sculpture as you create a shining star willow lantern for our spectacular light-up event. Personalise your star using colourful decoupage techniques, and march in our vibrant November lantern parade with your glowing creation.
Wednesday 28, Thursday 29 and Friday 30 January 2026
Recycle and Design: Design and create a pet feeding snuffle mat using recycled fabrics and the traditional rag rugging technique. Explore how mining families once reused and repurposed materials, while developing your own eco-friendly designs through research and sketching.
Wednesday 25, Thursday 26 and Friday 27 March 2026
Science: Explore the science of combustion and energy in this hands-on workshop where you’ll test which foods store the most energy and observe how heat is transferred. Before creating your own sparkler using real chemistry principles!
Wednesday 6, Thursday 7 and Fri 9 May 2026
History and Electronics: Explore the concepts of positive and negative imagery through both photography and electronics. Drawing inspiration from darkroom negatives in our collection, you will create their own illustration and bring it to life by wiring and soldering a custom-lit circuit board.
Wednesday 10, Thursday 11 and Friday 12 June 2026
Hydraulic Woodworking Session: Use traditional woodworking tools to design and build their own wooden hydraulic machine. Drawing inspiration from the mechanical mechanisms in our rich Mechanics of Mining collection, you will explore how simple systems create complex motion.
We cannot issue a refund on these workshops due to non attendance or change the workshop to another day. Thank you for your understanding.
