Investigating the Viking-Age
- What
- Museum Staff-led
- When
- Terms 3 to 4, Monday to Friday
- Duration
Curriculum links & Accessibility & Access Fund- Year level
- Years 7 to 8
- Cost
- TBC + education service fee
- Booking information
- Bookings : Register your interest
New from August 2025 – a unique opportunity for students to engage with the Viking Age!
In this new exhibition and workshop, students will experience first-hand how evidence from primary sources encourages deeper insights into medieval Europe and Viking Age Britian.
Students will explore the fascinating details artefacts reveal about everyday life, conflicts, perspectives, beliefs and religious practices of people from the medieval Britain.
More details coming soon! Register your interest and be the first to know about this exciting new exhibition and workshop aligning to the Year 7 and 8 history curriculum – Europe and the Mediterranean World (c. 600-1750CE).
This is a once in a life-time opportunity for history students of all ages.
Students will experience
- A close look at some treasured, precious artefacts.
- Deeper insight into a society at a time of transformation across the British Isles.
Students will learn
- About the methods and work of archaeologists and historians.
- How objects have stories and what they can tell us about the past.
- About the contested nature of history.
- To interpret and analyse evidence.
Victorian Curriculum links
History: level 7 to 8
Investigation: Europe and the Mediterranean world (c. 600–1750 CE)
- significant social, cultural, economic, environmental and political continuity and change in the way of life and the roles and relationships of different groups
VC2HH8K19 - causes and consequences of a significant event, development or turning point that contributed to continuity and change
VC2HH8K20 - experiences and perspectives of rulers and ruled, and the interaction between power and/or authority
VC2HH8K21 - historical interpretations of an event, individual, group or institution and its legacies
VC2HH8K23
Historical Concepts and Skills
- develop and use historical questions to inform historical investigations
VC2HH8S01 - explain the features, content and context of historical sources
VC2HH8S03 - analyse the value of sources for use as evidence to explain historical significance, continuity and change, and causes and consequences
VC2HH8S04 - explain the perspectives, beliefs, values and attitudes of people and groups based on evidence from a range of sources
VC2HH8S05 - analyse historical interpretations and debates
VC2HH8S06
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