Book a school visit to the National Museum of Rural Life

This form is to request a schools visit to the National Museum of Rural Life (East Kilbride). All visits must be booked in advance.

How to complete this form

Information on visiting the museum, including details of activities, costs and other practical information, can be found here.

Questions or problems? Contact schoolsnmorl@nms.ac.uk. You should receive a copy of your completed request form to your inbox upon submission. Please get in touch with us if you have not received this, or if we do not reply within 5 working days.

Please ensure all mandatory fields (marked with an *) are completed.

Request a visit to the National Museum of Rural Life

About your visit

Name of school *

Contact name *

Address of school *

Postcode *

Other local authority area

Contact telephone number *

Email *

Year and age of group (eg P1, P2, P3 etc) *

Number of pupils in group *

Number of accompanying adults (required ratio 1 adult: 10 children (age 5-16), 1 adult: 5 children (age 3-5)) *

Type of visit *

Workshop
Self-guided visit

Preferred date of visit *

Alternative dates (if preferred date is unavailable)

Approximate arrival time (please note the Museum opens at 10am) *

Approximate departure time (please note the Museum closes at 5pm) *

Is lunch space required? *

Yes
No

Details of any special requirements (eg wheelchair, additional support) - write 'none' if none required *

Workshops

If you would like to book a workshop, please select from the choices below. Please note that the Field to Fork: Coos, Crowdie and Cream and Bertie’s Babyccino workshops are unsuitable for pupils with a milk allergy. Lactose-intolerant pupils will be able to participate, but unable to consume the resulting produce. The Field to Fork: Beyond the White Sliced Loaf workshop is unsuitable for pupils with a gluten allergy. Pupils with a gluten intolerance will be able to participate, but unable to consume the resulting produce.

Level of class knowledge of the workshop topic

Please share any information about your class that would help us prepare for your visit (eg autism stressors/triggers, pupils with English as a second language)

Self-guided visits

If you would like to book a self-guided visit, please tell us which areas you plan to visit.

Area(s)

Museum
Garden Detectives
Working Farm

Further information

Any other requests

Would you like to receive details of our schools programme by email?

Yes
No

Please note that submitting a request is not confirmation of booking. We will advise on availability within five working days of submission.

If the form has submitted successfully you will receive an automatic email showing details of your request. If you do not receive this the form has not submitted successfully, usually because some of the mandatory fields have not been completed.

The personal information we collect from you is used solely for the above booking(s). The data will not be shared with any third party, and will be held securely in accordance with current data protection legislation. For more information please read our Privacy Notice.

Tel: 0131 247 4377
schools@nms.ac.uk