Home Education: Human traces (10+)

Workshop times:

• Thursday 4 February, 10am to 12pm

• Thursday 4 February, 1pm to 3pm

This workshop is for home educated children aged 10+ and their families.

In this very special hands-on session we will be visiting the Wakefield Museums and Castles Storage Facility in Ossett to investigate some of the museum collection's most personal objects.

In this workshop, we will:

• search for ancient fingerprints on old clay pots

• imagine who the wearer of a Roman shoe might have been

• have the privilege of examining ancient bones to discover what they can teach us about the lives of real people from long ago

The aim of this workshop is to honour the people of the past and learn from the precious traces of themselves that they left behind.

If you would like more information about this workshop, please email museumslearning@wakefield.gov.uk

This session is delivered in partnership with the Community and Family Learning Team at Wakefield Council’s Adult Education Service. 

Part of our Home Education workshops programme at Wakefield Museum and Pontefract Castle.

Allergy notice: unfortunately our sessions at Stores are not suitable for people with a nut allergy.

Information about how to reach the Museum Store will be shared with ticket holders around two weeks before the event date. The Museum Store can both be reached by public transport (bus) and parking is available.