During your visit you will have a tour of both our museum and our Glass furnace Heritage site by our tour guides. You will have a private glass blowing demonstration in our hot glass studio and we also provide an age related workshop to tie in with any key stage curriculum links.  The cost of this is £6.00 per child.

Most group sizes can be accomodated. We suggest one chaperone for every 10 students.

School tours may be scheduled Wednesday, Thursday and Friday and can be scheduled from 10am- 1 or 2pm., and 12 – 3 or 4pm. We we ask that you book at least 2 weeks in advance .

Directions and Parking

We have free allocated parking for coaches/ minibus.

Chalon Way E, St Helens, Saint Helens WA10 1BX

https://maps.app.goo.gl/DRmYQ78jnNMu9gpH8 

We are eager to accommodate individuals in your class. Please help us do this by providing information in advance. All of the Museum’s exhibitions, toilets, and food service areas are accessible by wheelchair, and all public floors of the Museum can be reached by lift.

We have allocated space for the school groups to eat their packed lunches. We have hot food and drinks available in our cafe for staff.

For 2024 we have on offer the following workshops.

Printmaking  KS 1, 2, 3

Learn How to create beautiful prints using recycled objects.

Shadow Play KS 1, 2

Learn about shadow and light and transparency.

Marble Run Fun KS 2, 3

Use recycled objects to create the most inventive marble run.

Polarisation KS 1, 2, 3

Create your own artworls using a light filter.

Afterimages KS 1, 2

Learn how light plays with the colours we see.

Victorian Toys and Play KS 1, 2

Discover items from the handling collection and find out

how children played in an industrial St Helens.