New Online and Outreach Schools Service Available
We regret that we are not able to facilitate school group visits during this term. However, we are developing an alternative offer for schools.
Our Education Coordinator, Justyna, will be available for outreach visits to your school delivering a lesson based on photographs and videos of the gallery. She will also be available to live-stream into your classroom from the gallery to deliver the session. Justyna is available on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays.
At secondary level she offers tours of the gallery, as well as more focused sessions around the specification topics.
School Trips
The Museum of Classical Archaeology is a popular destination for school trips for students from Years 7 to 13. Our Cambridge Museum offers students taking a variety of subjects an opportunity to expand their knowledge of the ancient world. We are ideally placed for visits from Cambridge schools, but we also welcome schools and colleges from further afield.
We have a dedicated Education and Outreach Coordinator, Justyna Ladosz, who can lead your trips for school or college students on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays - but if you prefer, you can self-lead instead. Justyna has a background in secondary school teaching.
Our Education Service is free of charge - so a visit to our Museum is not just educational, it's affordable. If you would like to make a donation, we promise to spend your money on maintaining and expanding our schools service and collections care. Any donation, however, is made at your own discretion.
We want your school group to have fun on your visit to us, but unfortunately we also have to make sure our collection is looked after. Groups who have to be repeatedly warned about behaviour may be asked to leave.
Tours
A Museum session for secondary school students usually involves a tour of the Cast Gallery. A tour is a fantastic opportunity to trace the history of classical art from the earliest Archaic sculpture right through to Roman sculpture, via the Classical and Hellenistic periods.
These tours are also popular school trips for pupils studying Classical Civilisation, and are especially useful for Component group 2: Culture and the arts of the OCR A Level specification – but they serve as a great introduction to classical art for students of any discipline. Tours can be tailored to the age range and prior knowledge of the group.
There is no maximum group size, but we do ask that you report the number of pupils accurately. There must be a teacher or leader with a DBS certificate present during the session. Adequate supervision is important because it ensures the safety of both the students and the casts.
A tour usually lasts an hour.
Highlights Pack
We have also produced a Highlights Pack designed to introduce A-level students to the collection and support their studies. The Pack contains 15 loose-leaf essays written by research specialists in the Faculty and can be purchased for £5 from the Museum.
How to Book
To make a booking, please use our online booking request form. Please choose the option for Online Tour or Other, and fill in the box at the end of the form with details about what you would like to get out of the visit.
Our Education and Outreach Coordinator, Justyna Ladosz, will be in touch to answer any questions or discuss your options in advance of your visit.
Justyna is available to lead visits on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays only.
Please note, we ask that all school trips are booked in at least a week in advance.
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