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Education at the Long Shop Museum
The Long Shop Museum is a valuable educational resource for the study of history over the last two hundred years. Pupils can trace the story of Garretts from the village blacksmith in the 1700s to large-scale industrial engineers with trading interests all over the world.
The Museum can also be used in the study of design technology and science, particularly with reference to sources of energy from fossil fuels to nuclear fission and restoration techniques. A half-day to visit the Long Shop can be combined with a half-day study of Sizewell beach and Power Stations, only two miles down the road.
A look at Garretts in the past and Sizewell Nuclear Power Stations today can form part of local study to illustrate the impact of industrial activity on the local community and environment.
We can advise on sources of documents and photographs which will provide evidence to support school work about Garretts and the Long Shop.
The Museum can be used as a setting for living history projects. We have experience of pupils and teachers using role play and working in costume to recreate episodes from the history of the Works.
The Museum also provides an interesting setting for arts projects where pupils can interpret the Museum's collection in new and exciting ways.
The museum's education brochure with details of each of the Key Stage activities that we offer can be downloaded by clicking on the links below: