Home Education Workshops
Home Educators are always welcome at the National Coal Mining Museum. Every month you can get a deeper understanding of the museum with our specially tailored workshops.
The workshops are aimed at children aged 7-13 but is not exclusive to those ages and we welcome older and younger siblings.
Siblings under five are welcome to come along free of charge and we will try and include them where it is appropriate, but the focus will be with the main group of children.
Adults in the group do not need to book onto the Workshop.
The Underground Tour is not part of any of the workshops. However, we can offer you an Underground Tour at a discounted price of £2.40 per adult and child. Please contact Reception on 01924 848806 or email: info@ncm.org.uk
Wednesday 8, Thursday 9 and Friday 10 May 2024
History and Music – Meet a Victorian miner and find out about the working conditions and job roles of adults and children working underground. Create a musical soundscape using the tools of yesteryear.
Wednesday 5, Thursday 6 and Friday 7 June 2024
Environmental Science – What invertebrates have adapted to human-influenced landscapes? Explore different habitats in coalfields reclaimed by nature. Use scientific equipment to complete an environmental survey. Get up-close and personal to wildlife by examining them under a microscope.
Wednesday 10, Thursday 11 and Friday 12 July 2024
History and Engineering – Experiment with mining haulage in this hands-on interactive workshop. Investigate how levers and mechanisms speed up coal production and put your theories to the test in a race to see how much coal you can move.
We would like to inform you that we cannot issue a refund on these workshops due to non attendance or change the workshop to another day. We appreciate this may be an inconvenience and apologise but hope you understand. We do not include a booking fee on these to keep the costs to the customer as minimal as we can , thus ensuring we keep the highest quality and standards the Museum believes in.
