Sensory Session: A Sensory Journey to Egypt
Visit a pyramid in Giza, and discover how people living in Egypt thousands of years ago, ensured their loved ones could travel safely to the Afterlife.
This session will be tailored for your pupils; we’d be grateful if you could share some information about your pupils’ needs when you book the session.
Please visit our SEN/D Groups page for more information about the facilities available at the Museum (including changing tables and onsite parking for minibuses), a link to our visual story, and our sensory backpacks.
Learning Objectives:
- Pupils will explore some of the animals that live in the river Nile
- Pupils will explore how mummification was a careful and caring process
- Pupils will experience and explore some of the objects used to ensure people could travel to the Afterlife
Maximum group size: 12 pupils
In this session, your pupils’ experience will include:
-Sitting on the carpet, if appropriate (cushions available)
-Listening to and engaging with a sensory story
-Experiencing a range of sounds and objects they may not have encountered before
-Touching and playing real museum objects
-Taking turns and sharing instruments with classmates
-Making independent and supported choices
This session will be tailored for your pupils; we’d be grateful if you could share some information about your pupils’ needs when you book the session. Please visit our SEN/D Groups page for more information about the facilities availble at the Museum (including changing tables and onsite parking for minibuses), a link to our visual story, and our sensory backpacks.
Please note that our Natural History Gallery is now closed for redevelopment and will reopen in late 2026. The rest of our Galleries, displays, Aquarium and Gardens will be open as usual, with plenty across the site to support your topic (from our free Animal Walk, to our World Gallery). Our schools workshops are unaffected.
Our new, free Natural History Pop Up exhibition is open until May 2026.
Resources
Workshop information
How to book
Booking a taught session includes a welcome briefing on arrival, timed access to a lunch space, cloakroom facilities and access to toilets for the exclusive use of school groups.
Contact us to make a booking:
schools@horniman.ac.uk
020 8291 8686
When you contact us please have ready:
– the name of the taught session you would like to book or topic you are studying,
– 1st/2nd/3rd choice of date and preferred session time,
– the number of pupils and adults attending.
Costs
Entrance to the Horniman Museum and Gardens is free of charge. Taught sessions and access to some exhibitions are charged for. We invoice before your visit.
The following charges apply:
£50 including VAT, £41.67 excluding VAT
We offer a bursary scheme for schools that meet a set criteria.
Planning your visit
See Plan Your Day for other essential information including our Risk Assessment.
We are open from 10am-5.30pm, 6 days a week; the Museum will be closed on Wednesdays. Entrance to the Museum and Gardens is free of charge but must be booked in advance by emailing schools@horniman.ac.uk.
We are open from 10am–5.30pm. Entrance to the Museum and Gardens is free of charge.
Entrance to our temporary exhibition, Monkey Business, can be booked for a reduced educational rate of £3 per person. Our Butterfly House and Aquarium will remain closed to school groups at this time to allow for social distancing. Charges apply to all children aged 3 years and over, and all accompanying teachers and adults, unless they are specific 1:1 carers.