Schools' Museum Service

Bolton Library and Museum Services offer an inspiring and empowering learning experience that helps teachers ignite a life time of curiosity, wonder and imagination in their pupils

How to book

Museum, Art Gallery and Aquarium discovery sessions

There are changes to our Museum sessions while we redevelop the galleries beginning December 2016. Please call 01204 332236 for more information.

Find out more about the redevelopment here

Historic Halls Local History Study and Discovery Sessions’

Inspiring sessions held on site at two of Bolton's most famous historic houses

View our sessions

Museum Outreach

Outreach session

A visit to your classroom with one of our educators who will bring a range of objects for your class to handle: Toys, Dinosaur Discovery, Romans, Vikings, Ancient Greeks or Victorian Schoolroom.

There is a choice of 6 workshops.

Museum loan boxes

A selection of themed museum object boxes that you can borrow and use to support in the classroom learning

View our schools' loans boxes