Museum in a Box and object loans

The Museum Service offers a range of resources for schools to borrow. Museum in a Box is a school loans service which provides a series of purpose-made travelling themed boxes. These are available to all schools in Shropshire and Telford and Wrekin.

Each box contains a range of original artefacts and specimens, resource materials and a 'Teachers Handbook' which includes ideas for handling activities for the children. Information sheets on each artefact or specimen are also provided.

We currently offer:

• Charles Darwin
• Chronology of lighting
• Evacuee's suitcase
• Fun with rocks and soils
• Hedgerow habitats
• Ourselves and other animals
• Rocks and weathering
• Roman daily life
• Seaside holidays in the past
• A soldier's life in WW1
• Variation, inheritance and evolution
• Victorian clothing
• Victorian cooking
• Victorian daily life
• Victorian laundry
• Victorian toys and games
• Waste not, want not

Feedback from users helps us to determine new themes.

There is a charge of £15 per fortnight to hire out any of the boxes we have available. To order a box, please contact the School Library Service. Further details of specific boxes are attached to this page.

During schools holidays collections are available for use by other groups and organisations.

Where a topic or theme is not covered by our Museum in a Box service or pre-prepared school resources items can be borrowed from our handling collection. This service is available to schools, community groups and other organisations. Loans can be arranged through the our Education Officer and our Museum Curators. We also welcome suggestions for additional loan materials to offer and subjects areas to address.

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