Steering you through Rugby’s history going back more than 2,000 years. What is the story behind the school cap? How does the spark plug fit in with the heritage of Rugby? What was life like for Roman residents? As you walk through the museum, you can share the enthusiasm of the Victorian antiquarian Matthew Bloxam, […]
The Sandford Award is an independently judged, quality assured assessment of education programmes at heritage sites, museums, archives and collections across the British Isles.
More than 350 sites - including historic houses, museums, galleries, places of worship, gardens, landscapes and collections – have received an Award since the scheme began in 1978. They include Hampton Court Palace, Brunel’s ss Great Britain in Bristol, Fota Wildlife Park in Eire, Edinburgh Castle, and Big Pit - the National Mining Museum of Wales.
Royal Cornwall Museum
Over the years generous benefactors have donated an amazing array of objects, broadening the collection so that it covers for example Egyptology (hence our famous unwrapped mummy), fine art and world cultures, as well as classical Greek and Roman objects. The Rashleigh Gallery contains a world-famous collection of minerals, the core of which was amassed […]
Royal Armouries, Tower Of London
The Royal Armouries is located in the White Tower, the central keep of the Tower of London, which is its historical home. The Armouries is one of the ancient institutions of the Tower of London. Its origins may be traced back to the working armoury of the medieval kings of England. The first recorded paying […]
Royal Albert Memorial Museum
RAMM holds the leading collection of prehistoric material from Devon, with objects spanning the period from c.500,000 years ago to the Roman Conquest. The long tradition of Devonshire craft is well represented in the collections of decorative art. The Museum’s fine art collection comprises over 7,000 objects in an eclectic mix of paintings, drawings, prints […]
Roman Legionary Museum
Step back in time at the National Roman Legion Museum and explore life in a far-flung outpost of the mighty Roman Empire. Wales was the furthest outpost of the Roman Empire. In AD 75, the Romans built a fortress at Caerleon that would guard the region for over 200 years. Built in 1850, the museum […]