Visit
Get the most out of a visit to Peterborough Museum by booking one of our school activities
Storytelling
Handle real fossils and get active around the gallery with our Jurassic version of Funnybones.
Be a Palaeontologist
Handle, describe, compare and identify mystery fossils. Ideal for KS1.
Mary Anning
Meet the 19th Century fossil hunter and discover more about her life and the significance of her work. Handle fossils and consider what these tell us about adaptation and evolution, going through the same processes as she and other scientists did. Suitable for KS2.
Paleoart
Take inspiration from nature today in order to consider what these Jurassic creatures might have looked like. Get up close to our Natural History collection and create paleoart in our Jurassic Gallery. Suitable for KS3.
Independent Visit
You are welcome to book an independent visit to the gallery with a class. With younger children, you may wish to consider borrowing our ‘Explore-a-Sack’ with ‘Issy the Ichthyosaur and the Leedsichthys’ storybook and accompanying activities.