School visits at our partner sites
While the Museum of London is closed, why not take your school to one of our partner sites in the City of London? These sessions explore some of our most popular topics for schools, such as the Great Fire of London and the Romans.
London Metropolitan Archives
The Great Fire of London (KS1)
Using original maps, artworks and eyewitness testimonies, your students will develop their creative and historical enquiry skills in this free workshop. Discover what Londoners experienced during the Great Fire of London, how it permanently changed the face of the city and how London recovered and rebuilt through primary source investigation, plus see behind the scenes in one of our strong rooms.
Caring for and providing access to over 100km of books, maps, photographs, films and documents dating back to 1067, London Metropolitan Archives (LMA) specialises in the history of Greater London and the City.
Image © London Metropolitan Archives
Cost: FREE
Guildhall Art Gallery
Great Fire of London (KS1-2)
This workshop includes creative and discussion-based activities looking at what life was like in London before, during and after the fire. You and your group will be introduced to Samuel Pepys and Sir Christopher Wren in the heart of the City, before heading into Guildhall Art Gallery to map out the spread of the fire, meet a Fire Judge and design a monument to commemorate the City that rose from the ashes. There is an option to add on a self-guided visit to The Monument.
Image: Guildhall Art Gallery, City of London © Cecelina Tornberg
Cost: £110 + VAT, funding available
Wren 300
Wren, Rebuilding and the Great Fire of London (KS1)
A full day of facilitated learning, storytelling, hands-on activities and guided walks by the education team at Wren300 exploring the Great Fire of London and the rebuilding of the City of London.
Wren 300 marks the tercentenary of the death of Sir Christopher Wren, one of Britain’s most famed architects, with a series of fun and inspirational events and activities throughout 2023.
Image © Grant Smith
Cost: FREE
Wren 300
Building London: Romans, Wren, and London today (KS2)
A thought-provoking day of cross-curricular learning supporting a London through time history topic and developing mapping skills. Visit the remains of a Roman Temple, a beautiful Wren church, plus a guided walk and history hunt to appreciate the architecture of the City.
Wren 300 marks the tercentenary of the death of Sir Christopher Wren, one of Britain’s most famed architects, with a series of fun and inspirational events and activities throughout 2023.
Image © Grant Smith
London's Roman Amphitheatre
Amphitheatre Explorers Session (KS2-3)
Explore a real archaeological site with a trained archaeologist. Uncover more about the discovery of London’s Roman Amphitheatre, the topography of Roman London and what happened in one of its most important buildings.
London’s Roman Amphitheatre was one of the largest, most impressive buildings in Roman London.
Image: Reconstruction of London’s Roman Amphitheatre as it might have appeared in about AD 120; view looking north (Judith Dobie) © MOLA (Museum of London Archaeology).
Cost: £110 + VAT, funding available