Teacher Resources

Scroll down to find a range of resources to support your visit to Reading Museum; in class resources, health and safety documents, our Risk Assessment and useful information about your visit.

We also have a selection of trails and resources relating to our Collection and Schools Sessions for use onsite or in school.

New Reading Library - Children Survey

We are building a brand new library in Reading and we want to hear from you! Download the form and tell us what you think! | 181.12 KB

Resources to support you in class and in the Museum

Resources

Oxford Road: Local History Resources for Schools

Downloadable local history resources about Oxford Road.

Diwali and Odissi Dance Resources

These resources are the result of an incredible collaboration with Kala the Arts, a leading dance organisation that specialises in the Odissi South Asian dance form, and The MERL as well as two schools within Reading, Geoffrey Field Junior School and Reading Girl's School. Working with Kala the Arts, we have developed a range of resources exploring Diwali traditions, the Rama and Sita Story of Diwali and Odissi Dance forms as well as Reading Museum's and The MERL's collections.

Teacher's Creative Writing Resource

Reading Museum is pleased to announce our new Literacy Resource. As part of the Reading Abbey Revealed Project, Cath Edward's, storyteller and writer, has taken inspiration from the Museum's collection

Loan Box Activities Resource

Reading Museum has an inspirational collection of over 1000 loan boxes, ranging from Medieval Abbeys to Geomorphology, which your school can borrow to use in your classroom to support your

Reading Abbey Music Resource

These resources are presented as a five-part Scheme of work to show the historical development of Reading Abbey, ideally used as a precursor to a school visit to the site