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The museum offers a variety of services tailor-made to suit the
needs of your group. However you can still visit the museum without
taking up any of these services. Advance booking for all visits
is required. All bookings are subject to availability.
EDUCATION VISITS:
Although some externally-funded activities can be free, we make a small charge (per child) for staff-led sessions with project work.
Our Charges for 2011
£2 per child for a half day staff-led session
£4 per child for a full day staff-led session
SPECIAL OFFER TO ALL MIDDLESBROUGH SCHOOLS £3 per child for a full day visit
Please contact the Education Officer(s) to discuss your particular project needs.
Endeavour Room
Cost for a half day hire of Endeavour room for self led visits £60
Cost for a full day hire of the Endeavour room for self led visits £110
Endeavour room booking
is essential prior to visiting the museum
(The Endeavour room is free of charge to groups working with the Education staff during their visit)
Guided tours:
Discover more about Cook, his childhood and famous voyages. Food
tasting, object handling and interactive activities throughout the tours. (Tours
can be 1 or 2 hour sessions.)
Interactive workshops:
Opportunities to dress up, use a quill
pen, produce your own piece of Aboriginal artwork and much more.
Workshops can be adapted to suit groups’ needs. (These
can be 1 or 2 hour sessions)
Museum Resources Boxes:
There are three resource boxes kept in the museum for teachers and community groups to use. Each box contains plenty of fun activities and games to entertain a group of up to 30 children for up to 2 hours. They include games and activites for all ages. Each box focusses on a different area of Captain Cook: Early Life, Life on board Ship and Captain Cook's Voyages, including the countries he visited. The activities are simple to use and group leaders are encouraged to come and see the resorces beforehand. Further information about these boxes are available from the museum.There is a charge of £0.50 per child when using the resource boxes.
We have a number of Loans Boxes filled with ideas and resources to bring your classroom to life with pre- and post-visit activities.
There is a charge of £10 per half term per Loans Box. Preference is given to schools visiting the museum. Schools must pick up and return each Loans Box.
Booking is essential by telephoning Jenny
Phillips on 01642 515656 or email jenny_phillips@middlesbrough.gov.uk
New website pages making learning about Captain Cook
fun. Visit Captain Cook, Sid Scurvy and Meg at www.captcook-ne.co.uk
Sessions usually run from either 10am to 12 noon or 1pm to 3pm.
All day sessions from 10am to 3pm are also available. Each session
can accommodate a maximum of 60 children. These can be tailored
to suit the needs of your group.
Practical advice for arranging your visit
- To gain the most from their visit children should be closely
supervised. We suggest a ratio of 1 adult per 10 children.
- We suggest that you bring a maximum of 90 children on self-led
visits. It will be useful to split into smaller groups of 30
and stagger entry by around 10 minutes to avoid bottlenecks.
- Disabled parking and coach access to the museum is from The
Grove entrance into Stewart Park.
- A visit can take from 2 hours to a full day. The museum offers
free admission for teachers prior to their class visit to aid
planning.
- To prevent bottlenecks in the reception area please arrange
for small groups to visit the shop at separate times during
your visit.
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- The Education Officers are on site to help you plan and arrange
visits, organise bookings for the education suite, facilitate
guided tours and workshops, advise about our facilities and
recommend resources.
- Our Education Officer can be contacted by telephoning Jenny
Phillips on 01642 515656 or e mailing jenny_phillips@middlesbrough.gov.uk
- The museum has 2 lifts that allow for wheelchair and pram
access to every floor in the museum.
- There is an orange disabled badge holder’s parking
bay at the front of the museum. Access to this car park is
via The Grove entrance to Stewart Park.
- A wheelchair is available for use by visitors. Prior notice
is preferred.
- A disabled toilet is located on the ground floor.
- The Discovery Centre is a bright, stimulating classroom packed
with information, resources and ideas. This room is used for
interactive workshops for visiting groups and for meetings
and events.
- The Discovery Centre can comfortably house up to 30 children.
- The Endeavour Room can accommodate up to 60 people. This
room hosts temporary exhibitions and is also used for school
lunches, lectures, events and meetings. Use of this room is
free to visiting classes, although advance booking is essential!
- To book a room, guided tour or workshop please contact our
Education Officer on 01642 515656.
A teacher's pack is available to assist teachers and group leaders
in organising their visit. Included in the pack are information
sheets, pupil worksheets and on-site activity ideas. The pack
is available from the museum shop price £2.50 or £3.50
mail order.
- A shop is housed in the reception area, which sells a range
of stock, from “pocket money items” to quality
gifts.
- Male, Female and disabled toilets are located close to the
main entrance of the museum.
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