Loan Boxes
Bring The Box to your classroom with our object-rich Loan Boxes to support your teaching and inspire your students.
Discover one of our boxes
Play: Mummification
Bring the spectacle of mummification to your classroom with this mummy, canopic jars and set of ‘body parts’.
Explore: Seashore
Discover large fossils and shells, found on Plymouth’s seashore.
Explore: Ancient Rome
How did people eat, write and light their way in Roman times? Use this loan box of objects with your class to find out.
Explore: Tudors & Elizabethans
Encounter objects from Tudor and Elizabethan daily life, included those used to eat write, and wear.
Explore: Ancient Greece
Explore the myths of Ancient Greece, as well as sport and leisure objects.
Explore: Viking and Saxon Britain
Raiders, traders and settlers – Viking and Saxon Britain was an exciting place. Discover objects used to eat, trade and celebrate with this box of replica objects.
Play: African Rhythms
Play your own African Music with this loan box of instruments.
Explore: Prehistory - Stone Age
Explore tools and weapons made form flint, stone and wood, used by people during the Stone Age.
Explore: Prehistory - Bronze Age
Explore tools and weapons made from bronze, used by people during the Bronze Age.
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