Museum educator-led sessions

We offer taught sessions led by museum educators. They last one hour and you can choose from the following options:

Room comparison and object handling session

This lively and interactive session enables students to use their vocabulary of homes, furniture and domestic objects through speaking, listening and object handling. It also allows students to practice numbers, dates and times. It includes:

• A comparison between an older and newer room to see how lighting, heating, decoration and leisure activities in homes has changed over time.
  
• An opportunity for students to work in groups to investigate our domestic object handling collection, such as radios, phones and cups.

Historic almshouse tour

During this session you can visit one of the Geffrye’s 18th century almshouses which has been fully restored to its original condition. It offers a rare glimpse into the lives of London’s poor and elderly in the 18th and 19th centuries. Students will be able to use their vocabulary of homes, furniture and domestic objects through speaking, listening and object handling. The tour includes:

• A comparison of the changes in lighting, decoration and daily life between the 18th century room and 19th century room.
  
• An opportunity for students to handle and talk about domestic objects.
  
• An opportunity to see how Shoreditch has changed over the past 300 years.

Garden tour

In this tour your students have the chance to visit the museum’s peaceful herb garden and period gardens. It allows students to use their vocabulary of food, health and gardens through speaking, listening and talking. The session includes:

• An exploration of the herb garden and period gardens.
  
• An opportunity for students to touch and smell the plants.
  
• An opportunity to compare the culinary, medicinal, household and cosmetic uses of herbs and plants in England with the use of these plants in the students’ countries of origin.

Please note this session is only available between 1 April and 31 October.

Visit Information

• Group visits and materials are free of charge. Click here to download the pack or to receive a hardcopy from our Bookings and Information Officer.
• Taught sessions are popular - we recommend booking at least 1 month in advance. A cancellation fee of £40.00 will be levied if less than a week’s notice is given.
• Dates other than those advertised may be accommodated but are subject to availability.
• Maximum group size per session is 20.
• Sessions can be adapted to suit your groups level and the home/garden topic areas you have been exploring in college.
• Lunch rooms are restricted and subject to availability.

Geffrye Museum, Kingsland Road, London E2 8EA

Opening hours Tuesday to Saturday 10.00am-5.00pm
Sundays and Bank Holiday Mondays 12 noon –5.00pm
Closed Mondays (unless Bank Holiday), Good Friday, Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, Boxing Day, New Year’s Day

Restaurant open until 4.45pm

Shop open during museum hours

Access for disabled visitors All main displays are located on the ground floor. Entrance and gardens are ramped and fully accessible to wheelchairs. Facilities include: accessible toilets, lift, audio guide, and induction loop in the Lecture Room

Gardens Walled herb garden and period garden rooms open 1 April to 31 October during museum opening hours

Telephone 020 7739 9893 Fax 020 7729 5647

Recorded Information 020 7739 8543

Web address http://www.geffrye-museum.org.uk

Email bookings@geffrye-museum.org.uk

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