Schools
Welcome to the Yorkshire Museum and Gardens' schools pages.
To download our 2010/11 brochures in PDF form, click on Primary Schools programme, History Programme for Secondary Schools, Science Programme for Secondary Schools or Art Programme for Secondary Schools.
Making a Visit
The new-look Yorkshire Museum reopens on 1 August, 2010. We offer discounts for school group bookings - click here for more information on prices and booking.
Workshop Programme
Our extensive workshop programme will begin again in September 2010. Click here for more information about our workshops.
Downloadable Resources
We also offer museum trails to use during self-guided visits - click here for more.
Opportunities for Teachers
Why not use our museum as a venue for your staff development days? This is an ideal way to combine an away day from school with practical and interactive sessions to explore learning in museums, or to brush up on your own knowledge and skills. Our Assistant Curators of Learning are happy to assist with planning your day.
In addition we can offer practical activities in our learning rooms, tours and talks by staff, behind-the-scenes access, cross-curricular approaches to learning outside the classroom, including culture, history, science, art, archaeology and citizenship, tea and coffee on arrival and assistance with lunch arrangements.
Badge of Quality
Our dedicated team of educationalists were among the first in the country to be awarded the Learning Outside the Classroom Quality Badge.
The Quality Badge is a new scheme designed to combine both recognition of learning and safety issues.
The scheme is part of the Government's £4.5m Out and About package which encourages teachers to take their classes out of the classroom.
'This inspiring new education service shows maturity beyond its years. The high quality workshops are complemented by a dynamic, knowledgeable, high skilled and enthusiastic education team. I have no doubt that this service will go from strength to strength'
Sandford Award judge.
York Art Gallery, York Castle Museum and the Yorkshire Museum and Gardens have all been awarded the Sandford Award for Heritage Education.
More learning resources and information from museums across the Yorkshire region are available at the My Learning website 
.