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Key Stage 3 Sessions

The Learning and Engagement Team offer a range of collections centred sessions and resources across all our venues.  

Please note, all our secondary sessions are free of charge.

Information on each session can be found below

Crime and Punishment

Available as a one-hour online session.
Zoomed-in image of a 19th-century map showing Durham Jail, made up of newly built structures with large exercise yards between them. Other buildings of the City of Durham can be seen outside the prison walls.

Defining National Identities

Available as a half-day visit to the Oriental Museum or a one-hour online session.
Photograph of a square fabric banner known as a story cloth. It is covered with scenes on a blue background showing the history of the Hmong people of South East Asia, who are depicted in traditional clothes of black with red belts.

English Civil War [under development] 

The Learning and Engagement Team are currently redeveloping this session. Please check back for updates.
A version of William Marshall's design for the frontispiece to 'Eikon Basilike'; emblematical design; to right, Charles I kneeling on his left knee, his head in profile to right, holding a crown of thorns, a book propped on the table in front of him, and a crown and globe at his feet.

First World War

Available as outreach in your school or a one-hour online session.
Picture of a group of three British soldiers from the First World War armed with rifles and pistols approaching the entrance to an underground bunker, out of which three German soldiers are emerging, two with their hands up in a sign of surrender. The ground is covered in snow and rubble. In the background, there are more British soldiers capturing Germans or marching.

Modern Art History

Available as a one-hour outreach session in your school or a one-hour online session.
Three people are looking at a piece of art within a glass museum case.

Suffrage

Available as a one-hour online session.
Letter written in ink addressed to Else Headlum Morley, a campaigner for women’s suffrage.

The Normans in Durham

Available as a half-day visit to Durham Castle and Palace Green Library.
Photograph of the interior of the Norman Chapel at Durham Castle, lit at night by candle-effect lights.

Tudors [under development]

The Learning and Engagement Team are currently redeveloping this session. Please check back for updates.
Zoomed in image from a woodcut print, showing three Tudor men working in a leather workshop. Two of the men are bent over a table as they work on pieces of leather. The third is standing and working on a larger piece of leather on a frame, using a curved blade.

Booking form

Fill out our form to book a session with us. If you wish to discuss any details of your session with us, please feel free to get in touch via email or telephone.
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