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  • Winter Explorer Workshop Age 9+

    Winter Explorer Workshop Age 9+

    Explore winter with hands-on STEM activities, creative writing and arts & crafts. Read more

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    Winter Explorer Workshop mixed age

    Explore winter with hands-on STEM activities, creative writing and arts & crafts. Read more

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Home Education Visits

We offer regular learning workshops for home educated families, delivered by our experienced Education Officer Gemma Martin. The workshops explore themes connected with our local heritage through cross-curricular activities, offering opportunities to engage with a range of creative arts, STEM challenges, history, geography and creative writing.

Places for the workshops are limited so that we can offer safe, fun and meaningful activities. Please book in advance below.

In order to best suit the needs of families, we offer two groups that are age specific - check to see which would best suit you and your family.

Wednesday Workshops: for upper Key Stage 2 and 3 children (age 9+)

Timing: 10.30am – 2.30pm with a break for lunch from approximately 12.15pm-1.00pm

Parents/carers will work with the Education Officer to facilitate the learning. Parents/carers may leave children only if they have arranged for another adult in the group to supervise and take responsibility of their child for the duration of the session.

Thursday Family Workshops: for mixed age family groups (from babes in arms up to teens)

Timings: 10.30am – 2.30pm with a break for lunch from approximately 12.15pm-1.00pm

Parents/carers will work with the Education Officer to facilitate the learning. Parents/carers must remain in the session and are responsible for the supervision of their own children.

Pre-booking for all children is essential below.

Price: £4.50 per child from age 4, under 4s are free. Please note that even children under 4 require booking. Adults should present a valid ticket or Annual Pass.

By booking to attend the Education Workshops you are agreeing to follow the Parent/Carer Code of Conduct.

For further information, contact our Education Officer on [email protected]

Ships and Oceans STEM Challenge Mixed Age

Ships and Oceans STEM Challenge Mixed Age

Ships and Oceans STEM Challenge will use the new exhibition to launch into a series of STEM and creative challenges Read more

Start: 21st September, 2023 at 10:30am

End: 21st September, 2023 at 2:30pm

Published: 27th July, 2023

Author: Gemma Martin

Location: Wheal Martyn Clay Works, Carthew, St. Austell, PL26 8XG

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Ships and Oceans STEM Challenge Age 9+

Ships and Oceans STEM Challenge Age 9+

Ships and Oceans STEM Challenge will use the new exhibition to launch into a series of STEM and creative challenges Read more

Start: 27th September, 2023 at 10:30am

End: 27th September, 2023 at 2:30pm

Published: 27th July, 2023

Author: Gemma Martin

Location: Wheal Martyn Clay Works, Carthew, St. Austell, PL26 8XG

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Wheal Martyn's Nature through Art AGe 9+

Wheal Martyn's Nature through Art AGe 9+

Wheal Martyn's Nature through Art will explore hidden nature with activities lead by the Arts Award group Read more

Start: 11th October, 2023 at 10:30am

End: 11th October, 2023 at 2:30pm

Published: 27th July, 2023

Author: Gemma Martin

Location: Wheal Martyn Clay Works, Carthew, St. Austell, PL26 8XG

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Wheal Martyn's Nature through Art mixed age

Wheal Martyn's Nature through Art mixed age

Wheal Martyn's Nature through Art Mixed Age will explore hidden nature with activities created by the Arts Award group Read more

Start: 2nd November, 2023 at 10:30am

End: 2nd November, 2023 at 2:30pm

Published: 27th July, 2023

Updated: 5th September, 2023

Author: Gemma Martin

Location: Wheal Martyn Clay Works, Carthew, St. Austell, PL26 8XG

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Museum Takeover Day Age 9+

Museum Takeover Day Age 9+

Museum Takeover Day - a series of challenges to explore what a museum is all about Read more

Start: 22nd November, 2023 at 10:30am

End: 22nd November, 2023 at 2:30pm

Published: 27th July, 2023

Updated: 5th September, 2023

Author: Gemma Martin

Location: Wheal Martyn Clay Works, Carthew, St. Austell, PL26 8XG

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Museum Takeover Day Mixed AGe

Museum Takeover Day Mixed AGe

Museum Takeover Day - a series of challenges to explore what a museum is all about Read more

Start: 23rd November, 2023 at 10:30am

End: 23rd November, 2023 at 2:30pm

Published: 27th July, 2023

Author: Gemma Martin

Location: Wheal Martyn Clay Works, Carthew, St. Austell, PL26 8XG

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Winter Explorer Workshop Age 9+

Winter Explorer Workshop Age 9+

Explore winter with hands-on STEM activities, creative writing and arts & crafts. Read more

Start: 6th December, 2023 at 10:30am

End: 6th December, 2023 at 2:30pm

Published: 12th September, 2023

Author: Gemma Martin

Location: Wheal Martyn Clay Works, Carthew, St. Austell, PL26 8XG

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Winter Explorer Workshop mixed age

Winter Explorer Workshop mixed age

Explore winter with hands-on STEM activities, creative writing and arts & crafts. Read more

Start: 7th December, 2023 at 10:30am

End: 7th December, 2023 at 2:30pm

Published: 12th September, 2023

Author: Gemma Martin

Location: Wheal Martyn Clay Works, Carthew, St. Austell, PL26 8XG

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    China clay mining has shaped the landscape, lives of people and economy of mid-Cornwall for over 250 years. It is Cornwall’s largest mining industry. A fully Accredited Museum, we are based within two Victorian china clay works, now a Scheduled Ancient Monument. We tell the story of this fascinating industry and the people who worked and lived in the shadows of Cornwall’s iconic ‘white pyramids’.

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    Dig deep and discover the special ingredient in your everyday life that still shapes Cornwall and the world today…china clay! It hides in your toothpaste, your paper, your car tyres and even your cosmetics. It’s a billion pound, global industry. We are telling the story of Cornwall’s secret, and the people who brought it to you, from the heart of Clay Country.

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