Inset Training Sessions
We will be delighted to welcome you to our next training event, please do sign up to the mailing list to be one of the first to hear about any new events.
Please sign up to our mailing list to be the first to be offered a place, or contact us to book a place.
Free Inset Events at Reading Museum
We hold regular free teacher training sessions at the Museum or online. We advertise these sessions on this page, through social media channels and via our email contact list. Please do sign up to our teachers email list if you might be interested in any of our events as we will normally promote them by email first. There is a sign up button at the bottom of this page. During these twilight sessions we focus on a variety of topics, for example sessions on Reading Abbey, Victorian topics and prehistory. We take inspiration from the museum's fantastic collection to provide you with a fun learning experience, and an opportunity to learn new techniques that you can use in the classroom.
Please contact us for details of our next event, and please sign up to our email list via the link below.
Forthcoming Training Sessions
Book now a place in one of our forthcoming training sessions for teachers:
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Caribbean Contribution to RAF in WW1 and WW2
To support teachers in delivering a balanced curriculum that reflect the diversity of our communities, Reading Museum and The Barbados and Friends Association have developed a new exhibition and teaching resources box on the Caribbean Contribution to the RAF in WW1 and WW2.
Reading Museum's Learning Team will offer 2 Inset Training Workshops for teachers to introduce the new resources:
- Tuesday 1st September 2026, 16:30-17:30 - In person Training Session at Reading Museum
- Wednesday 2nd September 2026, 16:00-17:00 - Virtual Training Session
The sessions will cover the same content so you can choose one or the other depending on your availability.
Email us at museum.education@reading.gov.uk to book a place.
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Bayeux Tapestry - Year of the Normans
As you will have seen in the news, the Bayeux Tapestry is going to be on display in London later this year, but did you know that Reading has its own version?
Find out more about the Tapestry and Reading Museum school sessions in our forthcoming Teachers Training Workshop online:
- Wednesday 16th September 2026, 16:00-17:00 - Virtual Training Session
Email us at museum.education@reading.gov.uk to book a place.
Bespoke Training Events
We can also offer bespoke training events for schools, either at the Museum or in your own classroom.
Bookable events:
- Inset events in school
- Inset events in the museum booked by a single school
- CPD events in the museum with spaces that can be booked by individual teachers
We make a charge for these sessions, please contact us for details.
It was fantastic to gain an insight into what the Reading Museum can offer primary school teachers.
- Local teacher
It was really good to be able to handle the contents of the boxes. Very useful and informative!
- Manor Primary
I really enjoyed the session and it has given me ideas that I will use with my class and share with the other members of my team on how to use artefacts.
- Primary School Teacher
I have been inspired to develop the study and exploration of Reading and Reading Abbey with KS2 children
- The Hill Primary School
I was not sure what to expect from this training session but it was excellent. It is so good to have simple yet really effective ways of using the museum resources. Cath was very inspiring!
- Caversham Park Primary
