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
Explore: Engineering South West
Explore the feats of engineering behind Plymouth's most famous structures. Bridges, breakwaters, and lighthouses - there are some amazing examples of engineering in Plymouth.
Explore: Plymouth Evacuees
Discover what life was like for children evacuated from Plymouth during the war. Hundreds of children were evacuated from Plymouth during World War II. Encounter these individuals and imagine their lives with this collection of photos and documents.
Play: Mummification
Bring the spectacle of mummification to your classroom with this mummy, canopic jars and set of ‘body parts’.
Explore: Joshua Reynolds Paint Box
Explore the pigments and paints that Sir Joshua Reynolds would have used to create his masterpieces.
Explore: Watercolours of Plymouth
Explore how Plymouth has been captured in watercolours over the years.
Create: 120mm Camera
Have a go at using a 120mm camera with your class, and see what you can capture.
Create: 35mm Cameras
Have a go at using 35mm cameras with your class, and see what you can capture.
Explore: Captain Robert Scott
Discover the adventures of Plymouth's most famous polar explorer - Captain Robert Scott - through the photos and documents about his experiences.
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.
Create: Victorian Writing Resource
Experience writing in the Victorian period with the loan box of resources.
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.
Explore: Building Materials of Plymouth
Discover the materials used to build Plymouth’s most iconic buildings with your class, with this hands-on experience of a range of stones, granites and metals.
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