NEW STRUCTURE
For Key Stage 3, 4 and Further Education Visits
At Chiltern Open Air Museum

A visit to Chiltern Open Air Museum provides a visual and direct learning experience for pupils of all ages and abilities, allowing teachers to extend their classroom activities in a diverse and informal environment. The Museum is home to over 30 historic buildings set in 45 acres of parkland and woodland and can enhance many National Curriculum themes, including “How hard was life for medieval people in town and country?”, “Industrial Changes” and “What’s in a building”.

The Museum can also support the curriculum for the new “Leisure and Tourism” GCSE and “Travel and Tourism” and “Leisure Studies” A-Levels as well as more vocational BTECH and GNVQ courses.

Within the new flexible visit structure, teachers can choose which buildings to visit during their day, ensuring that their classroom learning is complimented.

A selection of pre-bookable activity workshops (both demonstrations and hands-on experiences) are available at an additional charge. All workshops have been designed to enhance your visit and can be tailored to the abilities and requirements of your class and can support many curricula themes. With over ten different workshops available, ranging from traditional brick making, cruck frame building to Victorian cottage industries and Windsor chair making, there is something for all ages and interests. Please speak to the Education Officer about new services to support Travel and Tourism curricula.

Visits include Museum entrance, access to the Museum buildings, access to undercover lunch facilities, provision of one Teachers’ Resource Pack, all materials and resources used during the visit and coach parking in our off-road car park.