Prehistory School Workshops

With 37 historic buildings, including a replica Iron Age roundhouse, the Museum is distinctly positioned to offer an immersive prehistory program for schools. We provide students with the chance to experience past lifestyles and participate in activities essential to historical living through our three prehistory workshops. Our Learning Team, comprising archaeologists, museum specialists, and education experts, collaborates to deliver an award-winning, immersive learning experience grounded in well-referenced archaeological evidence.

  • School children digging

    Iron Age Life Theme Day

    A day in the Iron Age Life is set in our round house and focuses on the use of grain and milk as the key technological changes of the period. This theme day also includes an activity which helps children understand how we know about the past by using deductive skills in an archaeological dig.

  • School children making things out of clay.

    Anglo-Saxons Theme Day

    Our costumed interpreters will captivate your group, bringing various aspects of the Anglo-Saxon era to life. A day in the Anglo-Saxon Life focuses on weaving, metal working, games such as Nine Men’s Morris and Fox and Geese, and rune symbols. This themed day also includes an archaeological dig.

  • Man dressed in Iron Age clothes standing in the doorway of an Iron Age house

    Stone Age Life Theme Day

    A day in the Stone Age Life is set in the ‘middle’ Stone Age period known as the Mesolithic. The children focus on hunting and gathering skills, shelter building, and tool making; use of pigments, cordage and making fire. Guided by costumed educators they will learn much about using the environment to sustain life.

Themed Workshop Prices

All of our workshops are organised for classes of up to 32 children. Stone Age, Iron Age and Anglo-Saxon theme days are £385 per class. Prehistory Days are £450 per class.

If you are a special needs school or have several SEND children in your class please call the Learning Team on 01494 875 542 we may be able to access funding to help with your school visit

Booking a School Visit

For all enquiries and to book a visit to the Museum, please contact a member of our Learning Team at 01494 875 542 or email us at learningteam@coam.org.uk

Alternatively, you can complete the education contact form below