Museum workshops

Bring your topic to life with our tutor-led, interactive, curriculum-linked learning sessions. Pupils can touch, hold and study real Museum objects, from an Ancient Egyptian shabti to a real shark's jaw to a north Indian sitar or try pond dipping on our Nature Trail.

Bookings for the 24/25 academic year are now open. Please note are fully booked for taught workshops until March 2025. There is limited availability for self-led visits for 2024.

Workshop information

To make a booking or for visit information, please see the pages here or contact schools@horniman.ac.uk , 0208 2918686

Entrance to the Gardens and main Galleries is free but must be booked in advance.

Please note that our Natural History Gallery is now closed for redevelopment, and will reopen in 2026. The rest of the Museum and Gardens is open, and there is no impact on our schools workshops.

Entrance to our charged temporary exhibitions, Aquarium and Butterfly House is charged at a reduced schools rate.

Use the filters below to select the age group of your pupils and the topic you are studying.