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Our schools’ education programme works to bring the museum’s history collections alive so that school children throughout the South East region can be inspired to learn about and engage with Dorking’s fascinating story.
Making the museum more accessible to all is important to us, so that everyone has equal opportunity to learn, enjoy and be inspired.
Loan boxes are an effective and affordable way of bringing the museum into your classroom. Our loan boxes contain some or all of the following: historic Dorking photographs, real and replica objects, photos of; and information on the period objects, items of costume, maps, information sheets and suggested activities. They are designed to support teaching and learning of National Curriculum topics.
We have ten boxes available.
- Toy Box
- Victorians Loan Box
- Dorking’s Stories – World War One.
- World War Two
- Dorking’s Story Through Time – Local History
- Dorking at Home
- Dorking in Person
- Rocks and Fossils
- Archaeology: Finding Evidence
Dorking through the ages timelines and maps
- Dorking through the Ages timeline
- 3 maps – Dorking town centre in 1649 (link to each map)
- Dorking town centre in 1870
- Dorking town centre in 1934
Victorian High Street Postcards
A series of postcards from Victorian times to compare with present day photographs. By clicking on each link – see if you can find where each one of the places in the photographs would be located on the map of Dorking High Street from 1870.
Online Resources
Our website can complement and extend the information found in the loan boxes – please take a look at our Exhibition pages.
Family Activities
During school holidays and half terms we offer a family activity days – activities will complement the current exhibition or will celebrate holidays or historical moments.
