Access sessions
Royal Armouries’ staff are experienced at working with users with special educational needs. Visits are tailored to meet the individual requirements of groups and many workshops focus on exploring objects by touch and sound. All of our sessions are offered as outreach as well as on-site. There are a limited number of dates on-site, please contact us for details.
The sessions on offer include:
Locking the Tower
This BagBooks multi-sensory resource allows pupils, who could otherwise miss out, to experience a trip to the Tower of London. There are plenty of hands on activities that help to unlock the barriers to communication.
This session is particularly suitable for PMLD, SLD and MLD users
Arty Armour
Students will have the opportunity to get ‘hands on’ with armour from the Royal Armouries collection, and then do one of a range of craft activities on offer. Students will not only learn more about protection but also have fun doing it!
Getting to Grips with Armour
This multi-sensory session encourages students not just to look at armour but also to investigate its feel, smell and sound. They will get to grips with both modern and historic body protection and consider how safe wearing the objects would make them feel
ArTmour
This series of workshops will involve an object-handling session, with protection at its core, and an art activity led by a professional artist.
Art sessions include:
- Exciting Exoskeletons
- Magic batik
- Bagtastic
- Creative copper
Coronation Recreation
Students will get the chance to investigate our replica Crown Jewels, learn about the Coronation and Commonwealth and then take part in their own coronation. There is the option of closing the session with a craft activity that allows students to design and make their own crown jewels
Contact us to book or discuss your requirements:
Tel: 020 3166 6660
Email: educate.tower@armouries.org.uk
