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Education
Come and join us in our purpose-built Learning Centre where we offer a wide range of hands-on workshops and you can meet costumed characters from the past.
We offer courses and resources for pre-school groups, schools, colleges, universities and special needs students.
Whats on Offer
We offer a wide range of workshops, activities and resources for pre-school groups, schools, colleges, universities and special needs students. Come and join us in our purpose-built Learning Centre or out in the village where groups can explore and learn about life here both past and present. You may also meet some costumed characters from Port Sunlight's past.
There are three main options for visiting Education groups.
1. Self guided visits
This option allows you to structure your own visit to Port Sunlight Museum & Garden Village. Activity trails can be provided if booked in advance.
The cost is either £2 per pupil for Education group admission to Port Sunlight Museum or £35 for each group of 32 pupils or students. Activity trails are 10p each or free to groups visiting Port Sunlight Museum.
2. Museum led workshops
Museum-led workshops take place in the Learning Centre. Each workshop, led by the Learning Officer, can accommodate a maximum of 32 pupils or students and lasts approx 45 minutes.
Cost - each workshop costs £35:
Then and Now (KS 1 - History)
Using a selection of handling objects pupils or students become historical detectives. They investigate how the objects were used, what they were made from, who might have used them and if we use something similar today.
Victorian Washday (EY, KS1/KS2 - History)
Join our Victorian washer woman and help her with washday in this character led hands - on session, discover different washday objects, how washday has changed over the centuries and dress the pupils in washday outfits.
Victorians - (KS2 - History)
Find out what is was like to live in Port Sunlight during the late 1800s. Using handling and discussion pupils or students discover what life was like for people living and working in Port Sunlight.
Home Front - (KS2 - History)
Meet an ARP warden and discover, through handling objects and activities, what life was like for people in Port Sunlight during World War 2 and the difficulties they faced.
Port Sunlight Garden Village (KS2 - AS level geography)
Why did Lever choose marshland by the Mersey to build Port Sunlight? How did Port Sunlight contrast to neighbouring areas? Maps, photographic evidence and discussion help reveal the answers.
Travel and Tourism GCSE, GNVQ, AVCE
The hands-on workshop introduces the museum as a visitor and heritage attraction. The focus can be tailored to meet your requirements, eg. Marketing or customer service. Students will have the opportunity to meet and question industry professionals.
3. Tour of Port Sunlight Village
Groups can follow our self-guided trail around the village or we can arrange for one of our guides to:
Join you on your coach and lead you on a tour of the village. Your coach must be fitted with a microphone for this type of tour. The tour takes approx 1 hour and costs £50 (payable in advance).
Or,
Lead you on a walking tour of the village. It is only practical for each guide to lead a maximum of 15 pupils or students plus adult helpers. Each tour lasts approx 1 hour and costs £50 (payable in advance).
Whole day visits
Whilst you are visiting Port Sunlight Museum you may wish to combine this with a visit to Port Sunlight Garden Village. An itinerary can be worked out for you in this case, if it is a group of 32 pupils, they can have a museum-led workshop in the morning and a trail around the Garden Village after lunch.
