Schools FAQs

Contact us on:

t: 01926 895295
e: bookings@britishmotormuseum.co.uk

Yes. Pre-booking a visit is essential. This will help us ensure that you have the best possible experience and will help us to prevent the Museum from becoming over crowded.

To book a visit or virtual session, our Bookings Team will need to know your preferred date, number and age group/Key Stage of students and the session you are interested in.

The British Motor Museum is proud to be able to offer a travel support fund aimed at helping with the cost of coach transport to the Museum. This has been made possible through the support of Arts Council England. (Terms and conditions apply, please ask our Bookings Team for more information).

Each session can run with a minimum of 8 children and a maximum of 90. We operate a 1:6 ratio of staff to students at EYFS to KS2 and a 1:8 ration for KS3 and KS4.

We can be flexible on this, especially if you are coming from a SEND school - contact our team for details. There is no minimum for Self-Led Visits. 

The Museum has won a Sandford Award but that's not all, in every category we've received the top mark. This award is nationally recognised and demonstrates the quality of our learning programmes and education.

The British Motor Museum has been awarded the ‘We’re Good to Go’ industry charter mark by VisitEngland. This means we have all the required processes in place to ensure a safe and enjoyable visit for all and we have adopted new approaches in order to adhere to current government guidelines. Lunch spaces and costumes will be fully sanitised between uses and Museum staff will wear face coverings and maintain a 2m social distance at all times. Surfaces in the Museum such as door handles are regularly sanitised and hand sanitiser is available for your students.

If it is a current Government requirement to wear a face covering inside the Museum buildings, then unless you are exempt, you must do so. If it is no longer a government requirement then it is a personal choice and our staff will be happy to be led by your preference. 

Visits to the Museum usually last from 10am to 2pm, however you are welcome to stay until we close at 5pm, although your students will be under your supervision once any activities with the Learning Team have ended.

When you arrive, members of the Learning Team will come out to meet your coach in the Coach Parking Area at the front of the Museum.

Yes, you will be given a fully sanitised space to eat your lunch.

Yes, you may leave these in your lunch space. Please note that any coats and bags are left at their owners’ risk.

We ask that students and staff bring their own lunches and staff remain with their students during their activities in the Museum including the lunch break. Groups of staff and students over the age of 18 are welcome to use the Café during lunch time.

You are welcome to go to the Gift Shop but please take note that if government regulations dictate, we may have to close or limit the  numbers of persons in the shop at a time.

Yes. All parts of the Museum are fully wheelchair accessible.

Yes. Let the Bookings Team know if you are interested in a self-led visit. All self-led visits include a welcome from a member of the Learning Team, a coach parking space and a sanitised lunch space. If you would like a guided tour of the museum, please let the Bookings Team know.

Yes, we welcome bookings from home educators. Our Virtual Sessions are perfect for home education groups but please note that there may be additional postage charges for multiple households.

You will need a way to project an image of the live session, such as a smart board or TV screen, a microphone, speakers and access to the Internet.

If you have booked a Virtual Session with us, we will post the relevant workshop materials and instructions out to you a week prior to the session. Any additional materials will be emailed to you. You will be sent a unique access code to our video conferencing platform via email. Click on this link at the specified time to meet the Learning Team for your live session. Live sessions last between 30 and 60 minutes. If you need a test session, please let us know.

All of our Learning sessions have been designed by teacher trained professionals and are linked to our exhibitions and collection. Each session has been planned against National Curriculum learning aims and cater to a range of learning styles and abilities.

We would like to provide everyone with an enjoyable and inclusive visit. Please let us know how we can support students with SEND at the time of booking.

For more information on Accessibility at the British Motor Museum, watch our Access Video below:

The Museum is unable to travel out to schools at present, however we do have our Virtual Sessions which will allow your students to engage with our Learning Team and the collection.

Yes. Please click to see our Museum Visit Risk Assessment and Virtual Session Risk Assessment.

Of course we'd like to help, please contact us on:

t: 01926 895295
e: bookings@britishmotormuseum.co.uk