Education - Guildford Museum

Guildford Museum offers exciting hands-on, fun learning opportunities for schools, bringing history to life.

Our Victorian Schoolroom, Playroom and Museum galleries provide ideal venues for learning outside the classroom.

School loan boxes are also available to schools and other groups. Loan boxes contain an interesting variety of historic objects that can be handled, as well as supporting information describing each item.

Key stage 2 pupils - Victorian schoolroom

The Victorian schoolroom workshops are suitable for Key Stage 2 pupils (Years 3 to 6).

Key stage 1 pupils - Victorian playroom

In-role activity days with structured activities for Key Stage 1 pupils (Year 1 and Year 2).

A day in the life of The Victorian Schoolroom

Find out more about our Victorian session with this blog post from the Victorian schoolmistress and school maid.

School loan boxes

Why not hire out one of our loan boxes? Boxes include Stone Age axes and Roman coins and pottery to Victorian toys, World War 2 gas masks, ration books and more.

Guided walks

School groups can enjoy free guided tours of Guildford's Saxon, Medieval, Tudor, Georgian, Victorian and Twentieth Century buildings.