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Reception and key stage 1 education at Lynn Museum

Parent and children playing with wooden toys

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Please contact us if you cannot find a suitable day and we will do our best to accommodate you. We are also happy to discuss with you how you would like us to tailor activities to support your needs.

For more information, enquiries and bookings please contact lynn.museum@norfolk.gov.uk or call 01553 775001.

Toys through the ages 

£6 per pupil.

Investigate old toys and find out how they worked. Handle and play with original and replica toys and games. Make your own traditional toy to take home.

Booking form (PDF, 114 KB)

All the fun of the fair

This event can be run as a full day in partnership with Stories of Lynn.

£6 per pupil.

Savages was the King's Lynn company that made and sold merry-go-rounds and other rides to fairgrounds around the world. Follow the life story of a Savage's Galloper horse from wood to ride. Find out about steam powered rides. Play fairground games and discover what's special about the Lynn Mart.

A History of Savage (PDF, 4 MB)

Booking form (PDF, 114 KB)

Captain Vancouver

(This event can be run as a full day in partnership with Stories of Lynn)

£6 per pupil.

Find out about Captain George Vancouver's life from his birth and early years in Kings Lynn to his adventures mapping Canada. Pupils will meet costumed characters, handle real artefacts and try some of the food sailors had on long voyages. 

Booking form (PDF, 114 KB)

Christmas Long Ago

(This event can be run as a full day in partnership with Stories of Lynn)

£6 per pupil.

Discover how the way we celebrate Christmas has changed over the centuries. Pupils will meet costumed characters and learning about Christmas traditions from Medieval, Georgian, Victorian and 20th century era. Pupils will get hands on with historical artefacts and create traditional crafts. 

Booking form (PDF, 114 KB)

Fairytale House

(This event can be run as a full day in partnership with Stories of Lynn)

£6 per pupil

Some well-loved nursery rhyme characters need your help - lots of things have mysteriously vanished! Can you help find them? 

Booking form (PDF, 114 KB)

Bookings and further information

There are lots of different ways to visit Lynn Museum:

  • Book a special event (above)
  • Come on a teacher-led visit
  • Enhance your teacher-led visit with an additional activity or activities such as object handling or a museum trail.
  • Work with us to develop a programme which fits your learning needs

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