School Visit Guide
For the academic year 2013-2014
George Marshall
Medical Museum
&
The Infirmary
We exist to interest, educate and inspire all members of the
community in the development of healthcare, past and present
(with particular reference to Worcestershire), through the
presentation of artefacts within our collection.
Unless otherwise specified, all images are
© Charles Hastings Education Centre
New developments
Thanks to a special partnership between the Charles Hastings Education Centre and the University of
Worcester, we now have two sites through which we can offer unique experiences to schools within the
areas of medical and local history, science, PSHE and much more. With collections spanning nearly
three centuries, there are excellent opportunities to develop skills in historical enquiry and to build
understanding in chronology and change through investigating medical and public health advancements.
Choose to visit one or both museums. Our joint packages provide ideal opportunities for crosscurricular working and can help facilitate the development of essential skills such as interrogating
evidence. This creates time for debate, discussion and reflection. Our Education Teams offer a varied
programme of workshops and are on hand to tailor these to suit your specific needs in enriching
curriculum studies. Access to both venues is free, however booking is required for all groups.
George Marshall Medical Museum
For over 10 years we have been fascinating school groups with our engaging workshops about the
history of medicine. We are located at the Worcestershire Royal Hospital and have free coach parking.
KS2 - 5 visits cover History, Art & Design, English and Citizenship, and are structured around our
historical medical displays which include a Victorian apothecary’s shop, the death masks of hanged
Worcester criminals and a 19th-Century operating theatre, as well as the use of authentic artefacts
from our handling collection. We also have a lecture theatre in which your class can watch our 25-minute
film Heroes of Medicine. If you are unable to make it to the George Marshall Medical Museum, we
provide outreach sessions and handling boxes to be used within your own classroom. Contact Louise
Price on 01905 760 738 or louise.price@worcsacute.nhs.uk.
The Infirmary
The Infirmary is a fantastic interactive exhibition of medicine, health and wellbeing. It is housed
within the former Worcester Royal Infirmary on Castle Street, now part of the University of Worcester.
The Infirmary experience enables students to explore the local stories of staff and patients from the
hospital, with a particular emphasis on scientific development and some of the hidden histories of health.
The gallery runs a series of interactive workshops to complement KS2 - 5 Science, History, Citizenship,
Art and Design and PSHE. All programmes are supported by interactive stations, handling collections
and tours of the building which enables students to explore health within the context of the building.
Contact Carol Bowsher, Learning & Access Officer at c.bowsher@worc.ac.uk or telephone 01905
542540.
Our programmes
Please take your time to look through the available workshops. Those shaded turquoise are primarily
offered at the George Marshall Medical Museum, and those in grey at The Infirmary. However, we can
be very flexible on locations and would like to make planning your visit as simple as possible. We
generally recommend a tour and 1 or 2 programme options depending on length of visit and area of
study with a maximum of 3 workshops in a day.
The cost of each workshop is based upon a group of no less than 20 and no more than 35 students.
Concessions: we will admit 2 free adults per 8 students. Pre-visits are free. Please get in touch and we’ll
help you to plan the perfect visit for your school.
Available at both sites
Workshop
Occupations
Description
This hands-on activity will enable
students to gain an understanding of
the development of a profession
through time (e.g. Nursing) and the
skills required to meet changing health
needs through the study of archive
materials and artefact handling.
Curriculum Links
History
PSHE
Citizenship
(KS2)
Time
1 hour
Cost
£55.00
Mental Health Matters
This reflective session will enable
students to consider changing
approaches to the care of people with
mental ill health and enable a study of
personal accounts taken from oral
histories and archives from Powick
Mental Asylum.
PSHE
History
Citizenship
English
(KS3, 4)
1 hour
£55.00
Mantle of the Expert
Be a Curator
Part of our Mantle of the Expert
series, this session gives your
students the opportunity to research,
plan and deliver their own exhibition.
Working in teams, they will use real
objects from our collection, and pitch
their ideas to the other teams to
evaluate and choose the winning
design.
English
History
Science
Art & Design
(KS3,4)
1-2 hours
£55.00/£
110.00
Do you know how soldiers were
treated on the battlefield? This
session investigates the impact of war
on medicine. Students will discover
the advances of health care during the
Crimean and Boer Wars, and learn
how these led to important
developments in the quality of our
21st-Century health care services.
Science
History
(KS3, 4)
1 hour
£55.00
Time
30 mins
Cost
£25.00
War and Medicine
Available at the George Marshall Medical Museum
Workshop
Museum Tour &
Talk
Description
Take a fascinating tour around the
George Marshall Medical Museum. As
well as learning about the developments
of medicine through our wonderful
Curriculum Links
History
(KS2 – 5 trails can
be provided)
objects, your students will see our
reconstructed apothecary’s shop, 19th
century operating theatre, and masks of
the heads of hanged men from Worcester
jail.
Heroes of Medicine
Please note tour cost is reduced to
£10.00 when booked alongside 2 further
workshops.
Watch our film Heroes of Medicine and
follow our heroine Sarah as she takes a
journey back in time to meet all the
famous characters in the developments
in medicine. It gives a good, general
introduction.
History
General interest
Late Primary +
25 mins
£15.00
FREE when booked with 2 further
workshops.
Victorian Surgery
A gory account of 20th-Century
developments in surgery. Handle
authentic Victorian objects and find out
how a limb would have been amputated
in 1830 with the use of our amputation
chair.
Great for chronological understanding.
History
(KS3, 4)
Medicine through
Time
1 hour
£55.00
King Cholera
This workshop explores 19th-Century
remedies used to treat cholera. Students
use archival sources and maps to
investigate how the disease affected the
people of Worcester and how local
practitioners sought to prevent it.
History
Map skills
(KS3, 4)
1 hour
£55.00
Purge the Plague
Students take on the role of an 18thCentury apothecary and use
mathematics, creative and logic skills to
create remedies for their patients. Using
resources inc. ingredients lists, local
maps and disease information, students
develop remedies for 3 patients suffering
from a range of conditions.
Science
Mathematics
History
English
Art & Design
(KS2, 3,4)
1-2 hours
£55.00 (1
hour) £110.00
(2 hours)
Infirmary Tour
This tour will introduce students to
The Infirmary, provide them with an
insight into the history of the hospital
and enable them to explore medical
concepts through interaction as well
30 mins to
1 hour
£25.00
© Wellcome Images
Available at The Infirmary
Cross curricular
History
Science
(KS2, 3, 4)
as building an understanding of
chronology.
Groups may visit The Infirmary for
self-led visits free of charge and tours
can be supported with resource
materials. Booking is required for
self-led visits.
Please note tour cost is reduced to
£10.00 when booked alongside 2
further workshops.
Local History
Building Detectives:
Discovering the
Infirmary
This activity gives students an
understanding of the chronology of
the building through investigative
trails of the hospital and the direct
study of plans, building materials and
archives. The session promotes use
of historical enquiry, observation and
identification skills and would
enhance local study options.
Cross curricular
Maths
Art & Design
History
(KS2, 3, 4)
1-2 hours
£55.00
How my Body Works:
Healthy Living
This Infirmary workshop explores
how the idea of healthy living has
changed over time. It looks at various
aspects of how individuals can work
towards maintaining a healthy body
and mind.
Science
(KS2, 3, 4).
For KS3 and 4
additional activities
include looking at
the impact of
smoking, drugs and
alcohol.
1 hour
£55.00
Measurement in Health
This workshop provides a hands-on
opportunity to consider how
measurement contributes to our
understanding of health and fitness.
Students will explore how medical
measuring instruments have
changed over time, how data is used
in medicine, together with an
opportunity to use The Infirmary’s
Test your Health station.
Science
History
Maths
(KS3, 4)
1 hour
£55.00
How my Body Works:
Skeletons and Muscles
This workshop explores bones and
muscles using complementary
interactive stations and hands-on
activities. Students at The Infirmary
will also be able to explore aspects of
their skeleton and investigate
artefacts such hip joints in seeing
how technology has transformed
lives.
Science
Physics
Cross curricular
(KS2, 3)
1 hour
£55.00
Infectious Diseases &
Vaccination
This activity explores what germs
are, how germs spread and what can
be done to try and prevent the
spread of infectious disease, from the
Science
Biology
(KS3, 4)
1 hour
£55.00
© IHM
introduction of new materials, use of
antiseptics and medical procedures
such as vaccination.
It will stimulate students in
considering why we vaccinate, who
has access to vaccination and what
this means for ourselves and
populations worldwide.
Who am I? DNA
© Wellcome Images
Sexual Health Matters
© Wellcome Images
Public Health
Power and Reform
This workshop at the Infirmary
provides a practical and interactive
way of looking at DNA. Students
explore how DNA was discovered,
what processes are going on inside
our cells every second and what this
means for our identities.
Science
(KS3, 4)
1 hour
£55.00
This session will raise awareness of
issues associated with sexual health
and relations through the exploration
of historical texts such as Marie
Stopes’ ‘Married Love’, and consider
how attitudes and support have
changed today, together with looking
at the effectiveness of sexual health
campaigns.
PSHE
English
(KS3, 4)
Also scope to look
at Art & Design
through design of
campaign
materials.
1 hour –
1.5 hours
£55.00
This session at the Infirmary will
enable students to learn about the
power and influence of key
individuals associated with the
Infirmary and their wider impact on
medical practice and public health
through use of a range of resource
material and historical enquiry.
History (KS3, 4)
Cross curricular
(KS2)
1 hour
£55.00
History and Science in action…
George Marshall Medical Museum
visit
The museum is fantastic and the
range of artefacts and activities
is outstanding!
From Miss Wood, Broadway School
(Secondary) 12.11.12
The Infirmary visit
Wow! Our Y5’s loved the
museum- hands-on and
exciting! Inspiring!
From Mrs Robson, Red Hill
Primary 26.11.12
If you can’t come to us…
…there are a number of ways in which your class can still enjoy our resources.
Outreach & Loans boxes
The most effective schools use enrichment activities regularly to support learning.
Ofsted Report 2011
Using objects in the classroom will help your pupils learn that the past can be represented in a variety of
different ways. You will also help serve your lower ability students by engaging them with a new way to
learn. We have handling boxes and sessions planned for the following topics, and we welcome
suggestions for new topics and themes:-
Black Teeth and Blacksmiths (History KS1/2; Teeth and Eating KS2 Sc2 2a)
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Nursing with Mary Seacole and Florence Nightingale (History KS1/2)
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Dirty Dentures, Tired Teeth & Fragile Fangs (History KS2; Teeth and Eating KS2 Sc2 2a)
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History of Medicine revision box (GCSE Medicine through Time)
We can either visit you for a session/s led by us, or you can borrow a box of the same objects for an
agreed period of time. During this time you have the opportunity to deliver the session as many times,
and with as many classes as you like. Handling authentic historical objects and using archival materials
gives your students the chance to enquire and learn about how the past is different from the present day.
They can be used successfully as part of GCSE revision sessions and in our Mantle of the Expert
programme.
Outreach Sessions - We charge £40.00 for one session with one class lasting 60 minutes. This charge
also covers our travel costs and resources. Any additional session(s) in the same day with any class will
be charged at £30.00.
Loans Box - Only one box can be borrowed at any one time. We charge £15.00 for a maximum of 5
days. To book an outreach session or loans box for your school, get in touch with Louise Price:louise.price@worcsacute.nhs.uk or telephone 01905 760738.
Combining your visit
Combination visits are a good way for large groups to get the most out of what the two sites have to
offer, providing a full day’s activities. If transport permits, you may wish to take half the group to the
George Marshall Medical Museum and half to the Infirmary, and then swap over.
Both sites also offer potential links with other heritage and museum centres in Worcester. For example,
you may wish to consider an extended learning programme by looking at Medieval Life and Medicine
and the role of Monastic Infirmaries at the Commandery prior to a visit to the George Marshall Medical
Museum. Alternatively, the Building Detectives workshop could be combined with a visit to The Hive,
Worcester’s combined centre for libraries, archives and local history. This provides an opportunity to
compare a Georgian public building with a 21st century centre, exploring the properties and use of
materials.
How to book
A provisional booking form is enclosed with this pack.
To avoid disappointment, please return the booking form via email or post with details of your visit
including preferred date and choice of workshops as soon as possible. Return the form to:-
School Bookings
The Infirmary
University of Worcester
City Campus, Castle Street
Worcester
WR1 3AS
Please do not send any money with your form or make travel arrangements until you have received
written confirmation of your visit. After we have received your provisional booking form, we will be in
touch to discuss any requirements. We will then send a proforma invoice with confirmation of your
booking and will expect a 10% deposit of the total cost of your booking before sending you maps and
useful information about planning your day with us.
If you have any questions about your visit please do not hesitate to contact either of the Education
teams. Contact Carol Bowsher at the Infirmary on 01905 542540 or Louise Price at the George Marshall
Medical Museum on 01905 760738.
Facilities and useful links
George Marshall Medical Museum
Charles Hastings Education Centre
Charles Hastings Way
Worcestershire Royal Hospital
Worcester
WR5 1DD
01905 760738
www.medicalmuseum.org.uk
www.facebook.com/themedicalmuseum
Free coach parking.
Open Monday to Friday, 9am – 5pm.
Café facilities are available but students are advised to bring packed lunches.
The Infirmary
Infirmary
University of Worcester,
City Campus
Castle Street
Worcester
WR1 3AS
01905 542540
www.facebook.com/TheInfirmaryWorcester
Coach parking is available at Croft Road coach park for a small fee.
Café facilities are available but students are advised to bring packed lunches. Contact us for details.
OPEN 10am-4pm Monday- Friday
Provisional booking form
Please do not send any money with this form. Regardless of your chosen venue, please send your completed
form via post to:- School Bookings, The Infirmary, University of Worcester, City Campus, Castle Street, Worcester,
WR1 3AS or via e-mail to Carol Bowsher at c.bowsher@worc.ac.uk entitled ‘School Bookings’ or telephone 01905
542540. To discuss loaning a handling box or booking an outreach session with the George Marshall Medical
Museum contact Louise Price at:- louise.price@worcsacute.nhs.uk or 01905 760738.
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