Where History Comes Alive!
Description
An intimate and atmospheric museum telling the story of Thetford and the surrounding Breckland countryside. Displays include flint axes, replicas of the Roman Thetford Treasure as well as objects from the 1960s expansion of Thetford.
We offer hands on workshops covering the Stone Age to the present day, including comparative studies with other locations in the world and LGBTQ+ history workshops.
We will work with your curriculum to tailor our workshops to suit your needs.
Just email and our learning officer will be in touch.
Reviews
Overview
4.7
58 reviews
Excellent
72%
Very Good
24%
Average
2%
Poor
0%
Awful
2%
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(June 2024 - Primary School)
Brilliantly organised with engaging activities. Due to limited space and toilets, I would suggest this venue is not big enough to cater for 85 children on a whole day visit. The children struggled to eat their lunch in such a small space and were unable to have a movement break anywhere. (June 2024 - Primary School)
Yes the trip all went smoothly. The children spent the day learning all about Victorian life, held artefacts and spent the time completing many activities. All behaved well and no problems with any children at all. (June 2024 - Primary School)
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(November 2023 - Primary School)
Excellent trip! Will definitely go again next year! (September 2023)
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(November 2022 - Primary School)
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(November 2022 - Primary School)
The staff 'actors' were great - really engaging and good at keeping the interest of the children. (October 2022 - Primary School)
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(April 2022 - Primary School)
The day was packed full of exciting workshops, where the children learnt about the Duleep family as well as British Monarchy. There was the right balance of information sharing and hands on learning for the children. (March 2022 - Primary School)
(March 2022 - Primary School)
(March 2022 - Primary School)
Very informative and linked closely to our curriculum themes. (February 2022 - Primary School)
(January 2022 - Primary School)
(January 2022 - Primary School)
Easy to walk to. Excellent facilities. Well planned. Excellent communication with venue. Excellent value for money. Excellent link to enhance learning in classroom. (December 2021 - Primary School)
The day was very well organised, and informative. The children enjoyed the experience of being active within the activities. Thank you to all. (November 2021 - Primary School)
(November 2021 - Primary School)
(October 2021 - Primary School)
Year 4 had a great day learning all about Roman customs, traditions and history. We completed 6 workshops, exploring Roman treasures, make up, mosaics, food, past times and daily life. The characters who delivered each session were engaging and well planned. (October 2021 - Primary School)
Very well-thought out day in the museum. The children learnt about local history with hands -on activities. The museum provided specialised staff, in authentic clothing, as actors to tell their story of WW1. The activities were no longer than 25 minutes long, so the children were constantly kept interested. (February 2020 - Primary School)
Excellent hands on activities
Well pitched to children (year 2)
Well organised and adapted to school needs
Children loved it (January 2020 - Primary School)
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(November 2019 - Primary School)
Staff were extremely well organised , activities were varied and pacy to keep interest of the Year 2 class visiting . (October 2019 - Primary School)
(August 2019 - Primary School)
This was an invaluable trip for some as there were some pupils that had never visited a museum before. Whilst some struggled with controlling their behaviour, others pupils were extremely well behaved and displayed great manners.
The staff were all dressed in period costume, relative to the period and a specific job role such as a VAD nurse, soldier or suffragette, this enhanced the experience and with the varied activities it proved to be a great learning experience.
(July 2019 - Secondary School)
Staff really got into role, children had a great time. (May 2019 - Primary School)
We had a fantastic morning, the children learnt lots about Sikhism and Duleep Singh. (February 2019 - Primary School)
(November 2018 - Primary School)
Excellent experience but the tour info was aimed at adults (May 2018 - Primary School)
Excellent experience but the tour info was aimed at adults (May 2018 - Primary School)
