The Natural History
Museum This is a fantastic museum and an equally fantastic website. There is
so much to see and do here, and a wealth of educational material for
teachers and parents too. The dinosaur information is excellent (the
interactive dino
directory is our favourite section). The children enjoyed “Walking
with Woodlice” too! We recommend getting well and truly stuck
in to this website!
Imperial War Museum
http://www.iwm.org.uk/education/index.htm This is the Education section at the Imperial War Museum. At the time
of writing they are running an interactive learning site “Children of
the Second World War”.
The Cabinet War Rooms
http://www.iwm.org.uk/cabinet/index.htm The Cabinet War Rooms were a set of underground rooms hastily put
together at the beginning of the war so that Winston Churchill and his
Cabinet and staff could meet in relative safety despite the bombing of
London.
The Science Museum
http://www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/ It is possible to enter the Science Museum with children and never
come out again! It is almost the same with this website!
The Victoria and Albert Museum
http://www.vam.ac.uk/?view=compliant This is the world’s largest museum of the decorative arts. We found
the website rather difficult and uninformative.
Museum of London
http://www.museumoflondon.org.uk/ This museum (and website) has a wealth of information about the
history of London (and usually has a feature about the latest Roman
archaeological discoveries too).
The Ragged School Museum
http://www.raggedschoolmuseum.org.uk/ This is an informative website with lots to learn about the Ragged
Schools – schools for poor children of Victorian London.
The Bram
ah Museum of Tea and Coffee
http://www.bramahmuseum.co.uk/ Interested in the history of tea and coffee? Then check out the
website of this little known museum!
The Sherlock Holmes Museum
http://www.sherlock-holmes.co.uk/ This fun website will appeal to Sherlock Holmes fans, who will enjoy
exploring 221b Baker Street to see what they can find!
The Dickens House Museum
http://www.dickensmuseum.com/ Take a virtual tour! Its fun (and sometimes surprising) to see how a
family lived in a Victorian house, and of course there is lots to learn
about Charles Dickens along the way.
The Cutty Sark Museum
http://www.cuttysark.org.uk/ The Cutty Sark was a hugely popular and successful clipper ship
launched in 1869. It is now moored at Greenwich and open as a museum. The
website gives lots of information and takes you on a virtual tour of the
ship, but we found it hard to navigate! Look for the pointing hand to move
on a page (there is more on the website than you first think!).
National Maritime Museum
http://www.nmm.ac.uk/galleries/
maritimelondon.html
There
is lots to discover at this website! Click on “Education” and under
the “Family and Children” heading you will find “All At Sea”,
which includes two printable activities (for a mermaid mirror and a pirate
hat) which will appeal to younger children. And for older kids there is a
series of Fact Files on all things maritime. We particularly enjoyed the
page on The Titanic, which offers a number of photos.
