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National Museum of Flight self-led visit
About National Museum of Flight self-led visit
A visit to the museum can be a unique, exciting experience for your pupils and can be used to explore a wide range of topics.
Booking a self-guided visit provides you with:
- Free entry to the museum
- Access to a range of resources you can use beforehand, or print and bring with to use during the day
- Cloakroom and lunchroom space
Before you visit
Plan your visit in class using our museum map.
Supervision
Please be aware that pupils need to be supervised at all times when visiting the museum. We recommend splitting your class into small groups.
Our pupil to staff ratio recommendations are :
- Nursery: 1 adult to 5 pupils
- Primary: 1 adult to 10 pupils
- Secondary: 1 adult to 15 pupils
Resources
A range of different resources are available to use with your pupils to give focus to your day.
Workshops
Why not enhance your visit with a workshop? Our workshops are aligned to the Curriculum for Excellence.
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