Teachers and educators are able to hire Artefact Loan Boxes from the museum, to enhance class studies and activities using real objects and not just photos or illustrations.
Examples of our boxes include Roman Life, The Egyptians, Victorian Kitchen, Toys, African Culture and Writing History.
These can be booked by contacting us on 01476 249 614, click here to use our online contact form, or why not call in to the museum and speak to us in person.
Africa Culture Box
- Tin pot rice measure
- Maasi tin
- Milk bowl
- Passport mask
- Teacher pack
- Kolanut belt
- Cameronian Batin
Victorian Kitchen Box
- Small iron
- Biscuit press
- Cookery book
- Matches
- Tea tin
- Sugar loaf cutters
- Teacher pack
- Victorian kitchens
- information booklet
- Laundry tongs
- Pastry wheel and butter
- Candle snuffler
- Biscuit cutters
- Carbolic soap
- Butter hands
- Wooden peg
- Nut cracker
- Blue blanket
Egyptians Box
- Teacher pack
- Sphynx miniature clay seal
- Sacophagus miniature
- 2 x Amulet and pendant jewellery
- Leather fragments, potentially 2000 BC
- Effigy/charm
- Cloth fragments
- 4 x laminated prints
- 2 x clay prints
- Ancient Egypt book
The History of Writing Box
- Replica Egyptian Papyrus
- Replica Rosetta stone
- 20 x laminated prints (including newspaper cutting, Arabic script and Eqyptian squeeze)
- Pen nibs
- Dye stamp seal
- Amulet casts
- Reed pen
- Sealing wax
- Pip pen
- Papyrus fragment
- 4 x quills
- ‘Cumberland head’ Pencil lead case
- 3 sided seal
- Block of stone with cuneiform inscription
Second World War Box
- Teacher pack
- Defence medal
- 2 x Ration book
- Eye protector
- Identity card
- Morse code alphabet
- Frederick Stanbridge: membership card
- Badge
- Photograph
- Group photo
- Record of service
Seaside Puppet Box
- Four puppets:
- Angry Policeman
- Punch (red clothes)
- Judy (attached baby)
- Crocodile
Roman Life Box
- Castor Ware Fragments
- Glass Fragment
- Replica oil lamp
- Saman Ware Fragments
- Moratorium Fragment
- Replica Strigil
- Replica coins
- 5 x Tesserae
- Replica spoon
- Tile
