Key Stage 2

Come to the London Museum of Water & Steam allows your pupils to see the power of the Industrial Revolution in a genuine Victorian pumping station.

Our Key Stage 2 visits explore topics including local history, changes and developments in scientific ideas and the causes, significances and consequences of historical events. Pupils have the opportunity to engage in hands-on experiments, investigating sources and role play.

Visits run from 10:00 to 14:00 and cost £250 per class (group of up to 30 children). Bring two classes on the day for a cost of £225 per class (£450 total).

Your visit will include a guided exploration of the Museum, time in our Waterworks Gallery and Splash Zone (weather dependent) and one of the following workshops or focused days.

Water Filtration

Pupils will consider the importance of clean drinking water and its impact on health. Using scientific equipment, pupils will then conduct their own experiment in order to clean dirty Thames water.

Learning outcomes
- To conduct an experiment to test filtration, observe results and draw conclusions.
- To understand the importance of a clean water supply.

Sustainable Steam

Explore the role Kew Bridge Waterworks has played
in climate change.
With a focused exploration and workshop, pupils will explore how changes in technology impacted the Waterworks and the climate legacy these left behind. Pupils will then think forward to a more sustainable future.

We are incredibly grateful to Worley for their support in the development of this program.

Victorian Washday

Pupils will explore, using real museum objects, how the Victorians did their clothes washing. They will consider the effort involved and how machinery, through time, has changed and automated the process.

Learning outcomes
- To understand that objects can give us information about how
people lived and worked.
- To understand how inventions have changed our lives.