School Visits
Bring your school group to the Museum and discover what home means to you.
We offer facilitated creative workshops and self-guided visits to the Museum for early years, primary, secondary and college groups of up to 30 students plus adults.
Please get in touch with us via schools@museumofthehome.org.uk to discuss an SEND group visit.
Our Offer
Early Years & Primary: Facilitated Workshops
During school workshops students gain a deeper understanding of home by engaging with issue-based themes, with links to the National Curriculum.
Secondary & College: Facilitated Workshops
Our workshops allow schools groups to critically engage with concepts of home by exploring issue-based themes, with links to the National Curriculum.
Self-led visits
We welcome school groups to explore the museum independently on a self-led visit.
Suitable for all key stages.
Costs
*Please note: all school visits must be booked in advance. Workshop bookings require at least two weeks advance booking.
Self-led Visits: Free to all schools
Workshops:
- Non-fee paying schools under 2 miles from the Museum: free, cancellation fees apply (please email bookings@museumofthehome.org.uk for a discount code)
- Non-fee paying schools over 2 miles from the Museum: £135 +VAT
- Fee-paying schools: £185 +VAT
If you are unable to pay via card on our ticketing website please contact bookings@museumofthehome.org.uk for alternative payment.
Cancellation & Changes
If you need to cancel or change your workshop please let us know as soon as possible by emailing schools@museumofthehome.org.uk.
Workshops cancelled within two weeks of the workshop date will incur the full cost of the workshop. Schools eligible for free workshops will be subject to a £135 charge. Non-attendance will also incur the same charges.
Information for your visit
Safeguarding
Note on safeguarding
Accompanying adults are responsible for student supervision while visiting the Museum, even during workshops. Accompanying adults should remain with their students at all times.
EYFS / KS1 1 adult to 6 pupils
KS2 1 adult to 8 pupils
KS3/4 1 adult to 10 pupils
Post 16 1 adult to 15 pupils
Please email schools@museumofthehome.org.uk if you require a copy of our safeguarding policy.
You are welcome to speak with a member of the team or visit us to plan and prepare for your trip. If you have any questions about our workshop offer, please email schools@museumofthehome.org.uk.
Getting here
We encourage visitors to walk, cycle or use public transport to the Museum. Please check tfl.gov.uk for closures on the Overground, particularly at weekends.
Further guidance for schools travelling via public transport can be found here.
By Public Transport
Overground: we are opposite Hoxton Station (zones 1+2) with step-free access.
Underground and Rail: Liverpool Street and Old Street are nearby.
Buses: 149, 242, 243, 394 stop on Kingsland Road
By Car
Parking locally is very limited. Blue Badge holders may park in bays on Kingsland Road (up to 3 hours, 10am–4pm). The bays are alongside the central Museum gates. There is ramped access into the gardens from the north and south gates.
By Coach
In line with TfL guidance, coaches can use bus stop KN on Kingsland Road for drop off and pick up only. Parking and waiting are not permitted.
Access
The main entrance/exit is opposite Hoxton Station, on Geffrye Street where there is stepped and ramped access. The Museum is fully accessible. There are four accessible toilets, two are on the lower ground floor and two on the ground floor.
Our toilets at reception are gendered. The toilets near the Learning Pavilion are not gendered.
If you have booked a self-led visit and are looking for a dwell space, we suggest the Main Reception, Kingsland Lawns and the Lunch Room. If you would like a quiet space, please email bookings@museumofthehome.org.uk and we will do our best to accommodate your request.
Further details on accessibility and preparing for visits can be found on our Access page.
Where to eat
Please let us know via the online booking if you would like a lunch space and we will do our best to accommodate your request.
If you have booked a workshop with us your class can eat in the workshop space.
For self-led visits food consumption is allowed in the Lunch Room and Kingsland Road Lawns. The Lunch Room can fit up to approximately 30 students. The room is unstaffed, please ensure you clean up after your group and use the bins provided. Food waste must go in the lidded bin only. Consider using the available brooms to help us keep the space safe and clean for all users. For outdoor eating please use our Kingsland Lawns.
Storage
During workshops we will store your bags in the workshop space.
For self-led visits we have space to store bags for the duration of your visit. Please speak to a member of the Visitor Experience Team upon arrival. We also have some free lockers in the Main Reception, please use the large lockers to fit more bags/coats in.