Victorian Life theme loan boxes

Our loan boxes are a great way of bringing a little bit of the museum into your classroom.

Boxes in this theme contain a wide range of useful resources and can be used to inspire a range of classroom activities with enjoyment and fun.

Tab through the images to see a selection of typical loan box items on this theme.

Our loan boxes based on a Victorian Life theme include:

• Victorian Gown with Crinoline
• Victorian Bustle Gown
• Victorian Day Dress, Petticoat and Crinoline
• Selection of Ladies' Bags and Purses
• Victorian and Edwardian Personal Possessions
• Victorian Children's Seaside Clothes
• Victorian Bathing Clothes
• Victorian Baby Wear
• Victorian Countryman's Smock
• Emily's Mystery Trunk
• Victorian School Days
• Victorian Portraits from the National Portrait Gallery (folder)
• Victorian Taxidermy (a wide range of birds and animals
• Victorian/Edwardian Kitchen Items
• Victorian/Edwardian Cleaning loan, for Clothes and House
• Victorian/Edwardian Wash Day
• Victorian Housemaid
• Victorian Bedtime
• Large Doll's House with Furniture and Dolls c1900
• Georgian Fronted Doll's House with Furniture
• The Industrial Revolution
• Victorian Half Timers
• Cotton Manufacturing
• Florence Nightingale Costume
• Florence Nightingale Artefacts
• 19^th Century Crime and Punishment
• Victorian Dolls and Comparisons
• Victorian and Edwardian Books
• Traditional Toys and Games
• Traditional Moving Wooden Toys
• Wooden Toys and Games
• Victorian Toys and Games
• Victorian Toy Theatre with scenes and characters
• Punch and Judy Theatre
• Victorian Zoetrope
• Table Top Six Pins (Game)
• Shove Ha'penny Board
• Victorian Stereoscope and Stereo photographs
• Solitaire
• 'Scrimshaw' Solitaire

If you choose this theme, three loan boxes will be classed as one loan.

Please quote your preferred choice of boxes on your booking form. All boxes are subject to availability.

What's in a box?

Listed below are the replica objects found in one of our Victorian Life boxes*.

• Clogs
• Copy Book
• Ink Bottle
• Ink Wells
• Glass Ink Bottle
• Slates (original)
• Slates (replicas)
• Dip Pens
• Exercise Books
• Text Book
• Booklet
• Pennies

For more information or advice about the use of any of our objects, please contact us.

* The contents of our loans varies between boxes and occasionally it may be necessary to remove or replace items.