Handling genuine historical objects is a great way of making a real connection with the past. It’s exciting, it prompts questions, it makes you think. It’s important that pupils have this experience of interpreting the past but it’s not easy to give them the opportunities to do so. Museums are the obvious places to go, but the cost and the difficulties or organising a visit limit the number of times this can be done.

At Wessex Archaeology working with finds and using them to interpret the past is our job. We can visit your school and run workshops using real artifacts, replicas and costumes suited to the period your class is studying. We offer workshops to support history study units on local history, the Egyptians, Romans, Saxons, Tudors and Victorians. Our visits can support work in literacy, numeracy and citizenship as well as history.

We also support schools in more ambitious history topics, helping with preparatory work in school and supporting learning on a site visit.

As a charity Wessex Archaeology is able to make school visits FREE to schools within a 50 mile radius of Salisbury. A contribution to the cost of travel is appreciated. Advance booking is essential.

For more details or to book a visit, please contact Margaret Bunyard, MA, PGCE Education Manager:

Telephone: 01722 343414 or e mail: m.bunyard@wessexarch.co.uk