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Visit our Sessions page to view our full range of available Sessions and Activities. Each session or activity page has an Enquire form to allow you to submit your enquiry.
Alternatively, if you know which of our Venues you’d like to visit, go direct to their page and find out more information there.
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Search for your learning sessions from over 50 different sessions from 20 different venues plus loans, special events, outreach and CPD.
Helmshore Mills Textile Museum
Take a journey through the Industrial Revolution, from the domestic woollen industry to the time when cotton was king.
Haworth Art Gallery
Discover the history behind the gallery, how the house was built, the people that lived here and how it became a gallery and museum.
Featured Venue
Clitheroe Castle
Visit our award winning museum and let us take you on a journey through 350 million years of history.
Featured Venue
The Whitaker Museum & Art Gallery
Diverse spaces to encourage curiosity and inspire imaginations.
A Portal to Oldham’s Industrial Past
Gallery Oldham
This interactive and immersive workshop replaces What Made Oldham the Biggest Cotton Spinning Town in the World?
‘Warts and all!’ Portraits Inspired by the Past
Astley Hall
Study the magnificent portraits in Astley Hall and create your own artistic masterpiece.
Victorian Fossil Hunters
Blackburn Museum & Art Gallery
An introduction to Victorian Fossil Hunters such as Mary Anning, this session is hands on, creative and involves some dressing up!
‘Wonderfully interactive and engaging; the children were excited to share their ideas’
Teacher, St Anne’s RC Primary, Blackburn
Latest Outreach
Outreach – Bringing History to You!
Let us come to you! Our outreach programme provides an exciting opportunity for learning to be brought to life within your school or venue.
Museums Loans Service
The Museums Loans Service offers schools and educational establishments the opportunity to examine a wide range of original and replica artefacts up close.
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