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Victorian Home Life for Teachers


This downloadable resource is intended to enhance your trip with pre- and post-visit activities but can also be used independently in the classroom.

You may wish to visit the museum to enjoy one of our facilitated sessions, where students will have the opportunity to see a Victorian living room. Students will also be able to touch original high quality artefacts from our handling collection.

The following themes have been chosen so that you and your students can use them to explore the Geffrye Museum’s collection further, following the visit.

  • Domestic life
  • Heating and lighting
  • Materials and style
  • Furniture and objects


Please download the pdf document Victorian Home Life for Teachers for activities, information and worksheets relating to the Victorian home.

 

Click the thumbnails below to access printable A4 images.

 Image resource bank
Fig A - Victorian Drawing Room, c1870 Fig B - Geffrye Museum building Fig C - Cutaway drawing of a Victorian home, c1880
Fig D - Needlework sampler, c1846 Fig E - Tea caddy, c1860 Fig F - Chatelaine, c1890
Fig G - Bellpull, c1870 Fig H - Maids of All Work by J. Finnie, c1865, oil on canvas Fig I - Coal scuttle, c1870
Fig J - Carpet beater, c1850 Fig K - Washing dolly, c1850 Fig L - Washboard, c1900
Fig M - Box or slug iron, c1850 Fig N - Sad iron, c1850 Fig O - Gasolier, c1845
Fig P - Tin candlestick, c1850 Fig Q - Square-based brass candlestick, c1850 Fig R - Candle snuffer, c1860
Fig S - Oil lamp, c1880 Fig T - Geffrye Armchair, c1860 Fig U - Balloon-backed chair, c1865
Fig V - Davenport, c1860 Fig W - Credenza, c1880 Fig X - What-not table, c1840 - c1900
Fig Y - Firescreen, c1860 Fig Z - Nature dome, c1840 - c1880