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Tameside Time Travellers

Key Stages 1 & 2

Portland Basin Museum

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What’s Involved

Timings: 2 hour facilitated workshop (timings may be adjusted slightly eg. for full day bookings)
Venue: Portland Basin Museum
Costs: £111.50 for TMBC schools / £122 for non-TMBC schools

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Join our History Keeper on a journey through Tameside across the ages. What did Tameside used to be like? Just what’s the point of museums and why does history matter? Your group of History Seekers will navigate the museum, working together to solve clues. Can you find the missing pieces of history and restore order to the timeline of Tameside’s Past?

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Participants will use their History Seeker skills to compare, contrast and connect the past and present. On a trip over epochs of Tameside, your group will collect facts, figures and artefacts, explore stories, exchange ideas and enquire.  Which trends and changes over time will your group spot?

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Your group will split and swap over to ensure a quality experience for everyone. Participants will also get hands on with our ‘history mystery’ objects to investigate changes over time. Explore the past, compare with the present and imagine the future using our Then, Now, Wow worksheet and resources. We provide everything your group will need to take part.

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Learning Opportunities

  • Gain an understanding of how our local area (now known as Tameside) has changed through the course of history
  • Understand what a museum is and why it is important in learning about the past
  • Undertake research for a local history or thematic study

Extend Your Experience

At the museum: you can book to combine with a second workshop for a facilitated full day experience.
In your school: before or after your visit, why not book to borrow a Museum in a Box?

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Venue information

This workshop is delivered at Portland Basin Museum:

  • There is free onsite parking for coaches – please note the car park has a cobbled surface.
  • Please let us know if you would like your class to eat lunch at the museum and we will provide you with a space.
  • There is a museum shop where your class is welcome to make purchases under supervision or we can arrange goody bags in advance.
  • A site risk assessment is available on request.

Council led events in Tameside will no longer go ahead during the 10 days of mourning as the world grieves the passing of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. For more information click here.