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Resources Boxes
History belongs to everyone. We want every child to have the chance enjoy being curious, learn by exploring and touching artefacts, or to enjoy just having a go! Borrowing boxes is £5 a week, with a £10 refundable deposit. Email us to book, for more information or to hear about our School Visits programme.
We have a range of resource boxes to for schools and home educators to borrow:
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Victorians at Play
Fun with replica Victorian toys and games. Play like a Victorian child with a box of Victorian style toys.
What toys are similar, and what toys are different?
Contains:
| Hobby horse |
Whip and top |
Five Stones and marbles |
| Skipping rope |
Insect collection |
Kaleidoscope |
| Building blocks |
Diablo |
Jacob's Ladder |
| Cup and ball |
Teddy Bear |
Picture dominoes |
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Victorian School Days
Experience Victorian school life in your own classroom. This box shows how and
what children learned, what they wore and how they were punished! Also contains real local
items from children, and photographs of local schools c.1900.
Contains:
| Inkwell refilling jug |
Exercise books (real) |
Attendance medal (real) |
| Abacus |
Finger stocks |
Alphabet teaching blocks |
| Chalk boards x10 |
Pencil case and chalks |
Costume- girls and boys |
Sampler stitching from local
girls,1890s |
Children's song learning
book (real)
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Pictures of local school children
c.1900 |
| Kings and Queens ruler |
Cane |
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Victorian Home Life
This box is full of real Victorian artefacts from the home. Handle the Victorian items and see how they are
similar (or different) to modern domestic items. Also have a go at rag-rug making with the our kit. All
items are real 19th or early 20th C unless stated.
Contains:
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Rag-rug making kit
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Soap grater |
Pegs |
| Carpet Beater |
Rolling pin |
Laundry poncher |
| Victorian coins |
Laundry tongs |
Cast iron kettle |
| Butter pats |
Wash jug and bowl
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Hot water bottle |
| Carbolic soap |
Flat iron |
Candlestick holder |
| Paraffin lamp (replica) |
House keepers costume (replica) |
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| Life at the Front: World War 1
This box has real and replica items from Ilkeston people's war, replica items to touch and discover,
with books on life at the Front and local experiences.
Contains:
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Real WW1 campaign medals
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Ammunition pouch |
Your Country Needs You poster
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| Soldier's mess tin |
Field dressing (first aid) |
Princess Mary Tin and contents |
| Trench orders |
Off to War, book
Ilkeston local history society |
War Horse, book |
| Soldier's pay book |
Soldier's uniform (child size)
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Chocolate bar rations |
| Condensed milk rations |
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Evacuee: World War 2
Become an evacuee in the classroom! Use the suitcase containing items a child would take with them.
Use our label templates, boys and girls costume and items to become an evacuee.
Or become an ARP warden protecting the city from attack.
Also has other local real and replica items from the second World War.
Contains:
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Girl and boy costume bundles
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Ration book and food resources |
Gas attack warning rattle |
| Gas mask and bag, replica (not pictured) |
ARP stamp |
ARP patch (real) |
| 1940s style teddy bear |
Real shell and shrapnel |
ARP warden armband |
Evacuee suitcase: soap, toothbrush, flannel, towel, socks,
comb, underwear, shoes, handkerchief, pocket money |
Gas attack resources |
ARP warden helmet and pin badge |
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Stone Age Life
With real stone age flints from around the Erewash region and replica items related to hunting,
cutting, carrying and living. Discover how the ingenious Stone Age people survived by using the world
around them.
Contains:
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Palaeolithic flint
core (real)
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Neolithic scrapper
(real) |
Mesolithic microliths
(real mini flints) |
| Stone hammer |
Reindeer fur |
Neolithic blade |
| Arrows |
Birch bark container |
Fish harpoon |
| Bronze axe head |
Wood-chopping axe |
Leather (pig skin) |
| Twine of knotted reeds |
Spear heads |
Wooden dish |
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| Roman Life
With this box experience everyday items from Roman life. Find out how kept themselves clean and tidy,
how they counted their money, how their wore their shoes, played with toys, and wrote on wax tablets.
Contains:
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Roman coins x13
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Perfume pot |
Counting cloth and instructions |
| Knuckle bones game |
Horse toy |
Strigil |
| Spoon |
Indented pot |
Large bowl |
| Hygiene set |
Wax tablet and stylus |
Oil lamp |
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| Roman leaders and warriors
Explore the violent and dramatic side of Roman life with replica items that the roman generals and
leaders might own. Dress as a soldier or a politician. See replica jewellery and high class objects..
Contains:
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Five stones game
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Emperor's ring |
Legionary armour (child sized) |
| Toga and tunic |
Sandals |
Legionary helmet and crest |
| Oil lamp |
Coins x5 |
Mini sword |
| Book, Roman things to make and do |
Brick from hypocaust (real) |
Roman amphora fragment (real) |
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| Egyptian Life
Experience replica objects from the Egyptian world. See sculptures of the Egyptian gods, amulets, see
and touch their jewellery, statues, food, their make-up and their papyrus.
Contains:
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Bead anklet
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Khol pot (make-up) |
Pyramid ornament |
| Clay bead necklace |
Cane sandals |
Osiris, Bast and Isis statues |
| Cane pipes (music) |
Gallabaya (costume) |
Scarab amulet |
| Beans and lentils (diet) |
Oil lamp |
Lion amulet |
| Mini Rosetta stone |
Papyrus sheets |
Eye of Horus |
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| The Vikings and Saxons
Borrow this box to see replica objects from the life of the similar, but very different, Vikings (Norse) and
Saxons. Included are examples of their pottery, jewellery, weaponry, games, ropes, chainmail and rune stones.
Contains:
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Chain mail piece
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Leather rope |
Rune pouch |
| Small Saxon urn |
Staffordshire hoard jewellery |
Shield boss |
| Large Viking urn |
Silver trinkets |
Bracelets |
| Viking sword handle |
Brooch |
Knucklebones game |
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| Tudor Shipwreck
Our Tudor themed resource box contains replicas of items from the famous Marie Rose shipwreck:
clay pipes, pottery, candlesticks. Also includes a home made brass rubbing kit and more.
Contains:
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Brass rubbing kit
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Clogs |
Coins |
| Oil lamps x2 |
Fire Stones |
Comb |
| Chain mail helm |
Rosary beads |
Clay tobacco pipe |
| Canon ball |
Candlesticks x2 |
Unglazed cup |
| Wooden trencher plate |
Horn flagon |
Cups and jugs |
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| Aztecs and Mayans
Experience the mysterious and fascinating Aztecs and Mayan culture.
See and touch, the calendar stones, the writing and the sculptures of the Mayans and
Aztec people.
Contains:
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Musical instrument
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Parchment with 'storm' glyph |
Pot |
| Metate and pestle stick |
Cocoa beans |
Incense bundle |
| Mayan calendar stone |
Incense burner |
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Contents may vary slightly from the above list depending on repair/ alterations of boxes. Please call to discuss.