Why Wallingford Museum?

Wallingford, together with Winchester, was the biggest of the fortified Saxon towns created at the time of Alfred the Great. 

Therefore our core Saxo-Norman session for schools links the importance of the town as a royal stronghold, before during and after the Norman conquest. 

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Essential to this was William coming to Wallingford in 1066 with his army to cross the Thames and negotiate with Archbishop Stigand to hand over the kingdom.  

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Schools Welcome!​

Wallingford Museum welcomes enquiries from schools. In the first instance please use our contact form briefly telling us: your ideas for your visit, your theme, your year group, potential numbers, school and when you ideally would like to visit. We will respond to your enquiry within two days. 

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 Contact Form  

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 We can support visits linked to the Key Stage One and Two history curriculum:

• Alfred the Great, Anglo-Saxon settlements and  everyday life  

• The Normans, everyday life and castle building

• A depth study: Anglo-Saxons, Vikings and Normans

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In addition we can offer a session on "Rich and Poor" in Victorian England.   We divide the class into three groups, one to study a Victorian painting by an established local artist, another group uses census returns to trace the lives of children in the Victorian workhouse and the third are challenged to a Victorian objects based quiz.     

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​Though the museum is small, we can split a single class into three groups to offer a rotation of activities. We usually plan for a one hour visit. Please note you will need to provide at least one supervising adult for each group.

  

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We look forward to welcoming you to Wallingford Museum.

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