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Chiltern Open Air Museum


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Reviews

The following reviews have been added by visit leaders using the EVOLVE system.
Overview
4.7
44 reviews


Excellent
 
73%

Very Good
 
25%

Average
 
2%

Poor
 
0%

Awful
 
0%

(February 2024 - Primary School)




(November 2023 - Primary School)




(November 2023 - Primary School)




A good venue to visit to explore homes from different eras. (June 2023 - Secondary School)




(May 2023 - Primary School)




(March 2023 - Primary School)




(March 2023 - Primary School)




(January 2023 - Primary School)




Poor communication between staff at the Museum. We will not be visiting this venue again. (October 2022 - Primary School)




(July 2022 - Primary School)




(May 2022)




Very good. Only downfall is that it is virtually all in the open, which may cause issues dependant on weather. (March 2022 - Primary School)




The workshops that they delivered were engaging and hands on. The children enjoyed every minute of the day and learnt so much about the Iron and Stone Age. (November 2021 - Primary School)




(November 2021 - Primary School)




(November 2021 - Primary School)




This trip was very good for hitting curriculum objectives in year 3. It is well staffed and resourced at the venue. (November 2021 - Primary School)




(September 2021 - Primary School)




The staff were brilliant and understood our pupils. The activities were interesting, educational and suited our group very well. (November 2019 - Secondary School)




Well organised..pre information and on the visit Lovely guides, even though the original guides were on a conference (November 2019 - Primary School)




A fully interactive workshop. Correspondence & communication with the museum was excellent. Educational & accessible site. (October 2019 - Primary School)




Kind, helpful staff. Age appropriate activities. Lovely grounds. (October 2019 - Primary School)




It was an excellent site and content of the workshops had the children fully engaged and they learnt a lot form them. (September 2019 - Primary School)




(July 2019 - Primary School)




The children were totally enthralled by the whole experience. They pace of the day was perfect and the activities were engaging. The museum staff running the Iron Age and Stone Age sessions balanced being in character with being informative and involving all the children. (July 2019 - Primary School)




consolidated children's learning about early Britain. Hands on learning enthused and motivated the children resulting in writing the next day (June 2019 - Primary School)




Absolutely spot - on, brilliant staff, actors and environment. (June 2019 - Secondary School)




A great museum that is filled with excellent learning opportunities! (May 2019 - Primary School)




Great organisation with easy access to facilities.Lots of interesting buildings to look at after the learning session. (April 2019 - Primary School)




Good workshops for Year 1 on Toys from the past and Victorian Schoolroom. (February 2019 - Primary School)




(January 2019 - Primary School)




The children loved the immersive experience - making fire and creating their own body paint. (January 2019 - Primary School)




(January 2019 - Primary School)




A great day - site was really well organised and the workshop was excellent. (January 2019 - Primary School)




Fantastic venue, excellent workshops. Seeing the different types of buildings was valuable. (December 2018 - Primary School)




The activities that we completed were excellent and it was fantastic that all of the children were able to take him 2 things that they made during the day. However, we found that the members of staff that ran the activities talked for a very long time. We felt that it would have been beneficial for them all to have had longer on each of the activities rather than spend that length of time listening to information being shared. (November 2018 - Primary School)




(October 2018 - Primary School)




A well organised place to visit with strong Historical links to our local environment (June 2018 - Primary School)




Excellent for age group (June 2018 - Primary School)




Excellent activities (June 2018 - Primary School)




The children had a great time and learnt a lot. (May 2018 - Primary School)




Weather was extremely cold , would have helped to have indoor venue as back up. (April 2018 - Primary School)




(March 2018 - Primary School)




We really enjoyed our trip to Chiltern Open Air Museum. The activities were as good as expected. The children learnt about how to make a shelter to protect themselves from other tribes and enjoyed the range of activities in the Iron Age house. (March 2018 - Primary School)




(February 2018 - Primary School)




Reviews

The following reviews have been added by visit leaders using the EVOLVE system.
Overview
4.7
44 reviews


Excellent
 
73%

Very Good
 
25%

Average
 
2%

Poor
 
0%

Awful
 
0%

February 2024 - Primary School




November 2023 - Primary School




November 2023 - Primary School




June 2023 - Secondary School
A good venue to visit to explore homes from different eras.



May 2023 - Primary School




March 2023 - Primary School




March 2023 - Primary School




January 2023 - Primary School




October 2022 - Primary School
Poor communication between staff at the Museum. We will not be visiting this venue again.



July 2022 - Primary School




May 2022




March 2022 - Primary School
Very good. Only downfall is that it is virtually all in the open, which may cause issues dependant on weather.



November 2021 - Primary School
The workshops that they delivered were engaging and hands on. The children enjoyed every minute of the day and learnt so much about the Iron and Stone Age.



November 2021 - Primary School




November 2021 - Primary School




November 2021 - Primary School
This trip was very good for hitting curriculum objectives in year 3. It is well staffed and resourced at the venue.



September 2021 - Primary School




November 2019 - Secondary School
The staff were brilliant and understood our pupils. The activities were interesting, educational and suited our group very well.



November 2019 - Primary School
Well organised..pre information and on the visit Lovely guides, even though the original guides were on a conference



October 2019 - Primary School
A fully interactive workshop. Correspondence & communication with the museum was excellent. Educational & accessible site.



October 2019 - Primary School
Kind, helpful staff. Age appropriate activities. Lovely grounds.



September 2019 - Primary School
It was an excellent site and content of the workshops had the children fully engaged and they learnt a lot form them.



July 2019 - Primary School




July 2019 - Primary School
The children were totally enthralled by the whole experience. They pace of the day was perfect and the activities were engaging. The museum staff running the Iron Age and Stone Age sessions balanced being in character with being informative and involving all the children.



June 2019 - Primary School
consolidated children's learning about early Britain. Hands on learning enthused and motivated the children resulting in writing the next day



June 2019 - Secondary School
Absolutely spot - on, brilliant staff, actors and environment.



May 2019 - Primary School
A great museum that is filled with excellent learning opportunities!



April 2019 - Primary School
Great organisation with easy access to facilities.Lots of interesting buildings to look at after the learning session.



February 2019 - Primary School
Good workshops for Year 1 on Toys from the past and Victorian Schoolroom.



January 2019 - Primary School




January 2019 - Primary School
The children loved the immersive experience - making fire and creating their own body paint.



January 2019 - Primary School




January 2019 - Primary School
A great day - site was really well organised and the workshop was excellent.



December 2018 - Primary School
Fantastic venue, excellent workshops. Seeing the different types of buildings was valuable.



November 2018 - Primary School
The activities that we completed were excellent and it was fantastic that all of the children were able to take him 2 things that they made during the day. However, we found that the members of staff that ran the activities talked for a very long time. We felt that it would have been beneficial for them all to have had longer on each of the activities rather than spend that length of time listening to information being shared.



October 2018 - Primary School




June 2018 - Primary School
A well organised place to visit with strong Historical links to our local environment



June 2018 - Primary School
Excellent for age group



June 2018 - Primary School
Excellent activities



May 2018 - Primary School
The children had a great time and learnt a lot.



April 2018 - Primary School
Weather was extremely cold , would have helped to have indoor venue as back up.



March 2018 - Primary School




March 2018 - Primary School
We really enjoyed our trip to Chiltern Open Air Museum. The activities were as good as expected. The children learnt about how to make a shelter to protect themselves from other tribes and enjoyed the range of activities in the Iron Age house.



February 2018 - Primary School