Museum In A Box
SchoolsUse our Birmingham Museums’ collection into your classroom every day!
Choose from over 200 museum boxes to inspire and enrich your lessons by handling authentic artefacts, some of which are over 3,000 years old.
The Museum in a Box service aims to ensure that students have the opportunity to engage with the museum's collections in a way that will stimulate, support and enrich their learning. The boxes provide a unique and rare opportunity to handle real artefacts and try on replica costumes.
The service operates on a half term basis and are available to nurseries, schools, colleges, universities and community groups (with premises).
All of our loan boxes are cleaned and sealed before they are sent out. We have also provided a teacher's guide to help keep the objects and your students’ safe but maintain the quality of your experience.
Summary of Boxes
- Prehistory
- Ancient Egypt
- Ancient Greece
- Ancient Rome
- Anglo-Saxons
- Vikings
- Aztecs
- Native America
- Tudors
- Victorians
- First World War
- Second World War
- 19th & 20th-Century Life
- Music
- World Cultures
- Religion
- Natural History
- Art
- Story Boxes
Our online catalogue gives more details and a full list of boxes.
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Prices
Each loan box costs £55 + VAT per school per half term (unless stated otherwise) plus £45.50 + VAT delivery (our delivery service covers up to 25 miles from B7 4RQ. Loans are delivered to the premises and are collected at the end of the half term).
