This page contains helpful resources which you might find of use when planning a visit to the Yorkshire Museum.  You can use them to introduce children to key topics and ideas ahead of a visit, or to reinforce their learning afterwards.  

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Prehistoric Yorkshire 

 Stone Age  

• Our Star Carr: Life after the ice video series has been designed to give you and your pupils an introduction to what everyday life was like in Yorkshire during the Mesolithic.  

• Archaeologists from the University of York built a Mesolithic house outside the Yorkshire Museum using Stone Age materials, tools and techniques. Watch this video to find out how they did it.  

• Find out more about the objects and tools that people made and used during the Mesolithic using this collection of digital artefacts from the Yorkshire Museum.  

 Iron Age  

• Our Secrets of the Melsonby Hoard – Teachers’ Exhibition Pack contains an introduction to our Chariots, Treasure and Power: Secrets of the Melsonby Hoard exhibition and details about some Star Objects you might wish to look at with your pupils when visiting.  

• Our Secrets of the Melsonby Hoard – Star Object PowerPoint contains hi-res images of the museum objects and illustrations in our Teachers’ Exhibition Pack which can be shown on a classroom whiteboard.  

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Roman York  

• Our Roman York: Meet the People of the Empire – Teachers’ Exhibition Pack contains an introduction to our Roman galleries at the Yorkshire Museum and details about some of the Star Objects you might wish to look at with your pupils when visiting.  

• Our Roman York – Star Object PowerPoint contains hi-res images of museum objects in our Teachers’ Exhibition Pack which can be shown on a classroom whiteboard.  

• Find out more about life in Roman York using this collection of digital artefacts from the Yorkshire Museum.  

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Vikings  

• Our Viking North – Teachers’ Exhibition Pack contains an introduction to our Viking galleries at the Yorkshire Museum and details about some of the Star Objects you might wish to look at with your pupils when visiting.  

• Our Viking North – Star Object PowerPoint contains hi-res images of museum objects in our Teachers’ Exhibition Pack which can be shown on a classroom whiteboard.  

• Find out more about life in the Viking North using this collection of digital artefacts from the Yorkshire Museum.  

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Get in touch!  

If you require further information about our resources, or if you would like to discuss your group’s requirements with us, then please get in touch at schools@ymt.org.uk or call 01904 650348.