The Museum’s loan boxes stimulate curiosity and provide a hands-on approach to learning.
Our range of loans boxes cover different themes but they all typically include objects from our handling/ education collection, photographs and some have ideas for creating bespoke activities.
We have loan boxes that can be hired by schools and care homes for £10 per box for a two week period.
For loan box information or booking, please contact: museum@surreyheath.gov.uk
Select from:
1940's Everyday Life
1940's Loan Box - Step back in time with our 1940's Everyday Life - This box represents the average
artefacts to a time when smoking was advised by doctors, household in Britian between the 1940's / 1960's.
the best china was brought out for Sunday dinner and When looking at these artefacts, its good to think
it was still Wartime. about the advances we have made - especially in
toilet paper!
Shopping School
Shopping Loan Box - This box looks at how we used School Days Loan Box - Discover what children
to shop. Adverts, invoice and coins of the past! used to help their learning journey. Playtime was
Memories of Green Shield Stamps, Half Crowns and fun time with marbles, Jacks and skipping -
ration coupons will come flooding back! No Tech in this box!
Vintage Chemist Looking Good!!
Vintage Chemist Loans Box - Step back to an era Looking Good!! Loans Box - See yourself how
when a person could purchase poison in a chemist, the ladies of the 50's and 60's made themselves
when one had leave of soap to wash your hands and ready for the dance halls, curled their hair with red
smelling salts magically woke you up! hot tongs and used plastic bags to cover their curls!