Captain Cook Birthplace Museum

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INFORMATION FOR TEACHERS
PLANNING A VISIT TO THE CAPTAIN COOK BIRTHPLACE MUSEUM

Curriculum based Tours and Workshops
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.

MENU OF SERVICES:

• £1 per pupil per half day session with an education officer (minimum charge £20)
• £2 per pupil per full day session with an education officer (if museum staff are required for the full day)
• Please note that museum admission charges of £1.20 per child and £2.40 per adult are additional to these charges (one adult goes free with every 10 pupils).

RESOURCES:
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)
Captain Cook and Australia loans box: Loans box filled with ideas and resources to bring your classroom to life with pre- and post-visit activities.
Website: New website pages making learning about Captain Cook fun. Visit Captain Cook, Sid Scurvy and Meg at www.captcook-ne.co.uk

SESSIONS:

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.

Education Officers

• 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

Accessibility

• 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

Education Suite

• 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.

Teacher's Pack
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.

Other facilities

• A shop is housed in the reception area, which sells a range of stock, from “pocket money items” to quality gifts.
• Vending machine area provides hot and cold drinks and snacks.
• Male, Female and disabled toilets are located close to the main entrance of the museum.

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