Museums and Schools Resources

Developed through the Museums and Schools Programme, these activities and resources are available to anyone to use before or after a visit to one of the museum sites included in the programme.

They include video tours, creative hands-on activities and fun fact sheets exploring the some of the Island's top museum treasures.

Brading Roman Villa

Videos:

• Introductory Tour of Brading Roman Villa
• Top Treasure - Door lock
• Top Treasure - Wine goblet
• Top Treasure - Plough
• Mosaic Making with Hannah George with accompanying instructions.

Activity Sheets: 

• Door Lock Top Treasure Activity
• Plough Top Treasure Activity
• Wine Goblet Top Treasure Activity
• Tell me a story... Door lock - Storytelling Activity

Arts Award Activities: 

• Brading Roman Villa - Arts Award Explore 
• Brading Roman Villa - Arts Award Explore (for students)

Developed to support Arts Award Explore, including lots of creative activity ideas anyone can use.

Carisbrooke Castle Museum

Videos: 

• Introductory Tour of Carisbrooke Castle Museum
• Cut and Paste Shadow Profiles with Ian Whitmore (1) and Cut and Paste Shadow Profiles with Ian Whitmore (2) with accompanying instructions.

Activity Sheets: 

• Museum Key Top Treasure Activity
• Charles I Letter Top Treasure Activity
• Tableman Top Treasure Activity
• Tell me a Story... Coded Letter - Storytelling Activity
• A Cartoon History of the Isle of Wight

Arts Award Activities:

• Carisbrooke Castle Museum - Arts Award Explore

Developed to support Arts Award Explore, including lots of creative activity ideas anyone can use.

Classic Boat Museum

Videos:

• Hammerhead crane painting with Ian Whitmore with accompanying instructions and template.
• Origami boats with Ian Whitmore with accompanying instructions and diagram.
• Dazzle camouflage with Ian Whitmore with accompanying instructions and template.

Activity Sheets:

• Lifeboat Top Treasure Activity 
• Trophy Top Treasure Activity
• Thornycroft Top Treasure Activity
• Tell me a story... Estelle IV - Storytelling Activity

Arts Award Activities:

• Classic Boat Museum - Arts Award Explore

Developed to support Arts Award Explore, including lots of creative activity ideas anyone can use.

Dimbola Museum and Galleries

Top Treasure Activities: 

• Camera Top Treasure Activity
• Jimi Statue Top Treasure Activity

Museum of Island History

Videos:

• Introductory Tour of Museum of Island History 
• Saxon Jewellery
• Birds, beasts, and brooches

Activity Sheets: 

• Skillet Top Treasure Activity
• Garibaldi Portrait Top Treasure Activity
• Tribrach Top Treasure Activity
• Tell me a story... Tribrach - Storytelling Activity
• Terrific Timeline - Museum of Island History Trail (for students) and Terrific Timeline (answers)
• A Cartoon History of the Isle of Wight

Newport Roman Villa

Videos: 

• Introductory Tour of Newport Roman Villa
• Mosaic Making with Hannah George and accompanying instructions: Making mosaics activity

Activity Sheets: 

• Hare Brooch Top Treasure Activity
• Samian Ware Top Treasure Activity
• Stone Head Top Treasure Activity
• Tell me a story... Stone Head - Storytelling Activity

Arts Award Activities:

• Newport Roman Villa - Arts Award Explore
• Newport Roman Villa - Arts Award Explore (for students)

Developed to support Arts Award Explore, including lots of creative activity ideas anyone can use.

Shipwreck Centre and Maritime Museum

Videos: 

• Introductory Tour of the Shipwreck Centre

Activity Sheets: 

• Musket Top Treasure Activity
• Merman Top Treasure Activity
• Diving Helmet Top Treasure Activity 
• Tell me a story... Merman - Storytelling Activity
• Scavenger Hunt - Museum Trail (for students) and Scavenger Hunt - Museum Trail (with answers)

Arts Award Activities:

• Shipwreck Centre - Arts Award Explore

Developed to support Arts Award Explore, including lots of creative activity ideas anyone can use.