Who were the Anglo Saxons? What countries did they come from and when and why did they come?
An exciting Living History programme with lots to see and do.
Read more about the Anglo Saxons programme (42K)
This exciting hands on programme looks at and compares both the Celts and their cultured Roman successors and explains how they unified the country to become Britannia.
Read more about the Celts and Romans programme (28K)
This exciting hands-on costumed presentation includes the everyday life of the Vikings, their homes, clothing and food, as well as their weapons and warfare.
Read more about the Viking Raiders programme (28K)
A Design and Technology hands-on workshop
The history of the coracle, different ways of crossing or travelling along the river, followed by the chance to view a variety of full-sized coracles and a hands-on model making session working in pairs.
Read more about the River and Rail programme (40K)
A practical look at building styles and developments
Using Bewdley as an example of a contrasting location to an inner city, learn about the development of the town’s varied architectural styles. Includes a hands-on demonstration of brick making, wattle and daub and timber framing. Also follow an ‘eye spy’ trail walk around the town to spot the examples illustrated.
Read more about the Town Trail programme (40K)
A look at the town’s past trades – the cooper, the butcher, the pipemaker Learn about the trades and crafts that helped to develop the town. A short illustrated introduction and the museum’s collection of artefacts for coopering, charcoal burning, besom broom making all help to illustrate these traditional crafts. Also included… an exciting hands-on session of ropemaking in the museum’s ropewalk and clay pipe making demonstrations.
Read more about the Bewdley Trades programme (40K)
Living History activity presented by ‘Discover History'
Read more about the Blitz and Evacuation programme (50K)
The same programme as above but without the train.
After setting the scene for the wartime period, the day includes the black out, civil defence jobs, evacuation, rationing and children’s wartime games as well as the chance to learn about the different types of air raid shelters by experiencing a visit to our own at the museum.
Read more about the Blitz and Home Front programme (50K)
Living History activity presented by ‘Discover History’
The terrible Civil War, Bewdley’s Georgian heyday, workers of the 19th century or other important periods in times gone by can be explored in tailor-made workshops. Local History will spring from the dusty pages of history books and groups will see how the town of Bewdley changed during, and since, your chosen age.
Read more about the Local History Study programme (26K)
The Tudor Age is brought to life by Discover History in an interactive way. See how life in Tudor times was very different for rich and poor people. Hear all about that period in history when people lived in timber-framed houses, threw toilet waste into the streets and only washed on rare occasions.
Read more about the Tudor Lifestyles programme (24K)
Discover the fascinating story of the early development of Stourport-on-Severn and its historic canal basins.
Includes a guided trail of Stourport’s canal basins.When available, the chance to step onto a real narrow boat to see what life was really like on the waterways of England.
Read about the Making of a Canal Town programme (25K)
An exciting, new, environment-based programme to learn about orchards and fruit picking in bygone eras and investigate the disappearance of many orchards throughout the region. You can:
- visit a newly planted orchard - find out about the plants and wildlife in the orchards - use creative skills to make a mini-beast or fruit design from clay
Read more about Orchards and Fruit programme (27K)
Bewdley was often used as a ‘day trip’ experience by the industrialised Midlands.
Through interactive involvement, children will be able to learn all about the various ways that their parents and grandparents enjoyed their special leisure times and had……best holidays, favourite places and precious souvenirs.
Read more about the Beside the Seaside programme (23K)
Read more about the Grandma's Attic programme (27K)
What sort of toys did our parents and grandparents play with? What were they made of and how have construction materials changed? Handling session with sketching and the chance to play with replica favourites. A simple vocabulary labelling exercise can be an option as well.
Includes an exciting and fun hands-on rope making activity to produce your school’s very own skipping rope!
Read more about the Skip and Play - Toys programme (40K)
The life of Victorian school children, including those in Bewdley, is explored through a unique variety of ways.
Read more about the Slates and Skipping Ropes programme
Presented by ‘Discover History’
Read more about the Florence Nightingale programme (27K)
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