Education
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Browse our face-to-face programme
To plan what activities you want to book for your visit to the Museum, you can browse event details and dates from the pages in this section.
Free learning activities for all at the Museum
Come face-to-face with stunning specimens, historic characters, live animals and Museum scientists in our fantastic free events and activities.
Whether you’re a young or adult learner, we’ve got something that will enrich your time at the Museum.
Use these pages to plan your visit to the Museum and to download activities to do before and after your trip. If you are bringing a school group to the Museum, start with the planning a school visit page:
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Teachers' resource
Search our galleries and activities using curriculum keywords and key stage information.
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School activities
Explore the many activities and resources that we offer for students and teachers.
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Online learning resources
Browse our selection of online learning resources
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Adult activities
Browse our diverse programme of activities for informal learners and adults.
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Family activities
Engage in our vibrant and entertaining family learning programme.
Highlights for schools
The Variety Show
Excite and enthuse your students with the diversity, complexity and beauty of life on Earth in this fun, interactive science show.
Animal Vision
Find out about the amazing adaptations that allow animals to see in this live animal show.
Biology AS and A-Level day
Meet museum scientists and find out about their work, participate in a Taxonomy workshop, and witness the scale of our collections on a tour of the Darwin Centre, our Zoology research and storage facility.
What's on
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A Day in the Life of a Scientist: Cocoon Experience
The Cocoon experience will inspire students to look at the variety of life in a different way.
18 Jun 2013 -
Dino-Scientists
School event (KS2: Y3-4): Become a dinosaur scientist for the day using our incredible galleries.
18 Jun 2013, 11:30 -
Explorers: Ourselves and Other Animals
School event (Reception, KS1): Take up a self-guided Explorer challenge through the Museum.
18 Jun 2013, 10:45
Quick search
Planning a school trip or looking for online activities? The Teachers' resource offers quick and easy access to all the learning outcomes that the Museum has to offer.
