Basic Tour A guided tour of the permanent Bowler displays with full explanation of working machinery etc. This encourages investigation and discussion.
Pupils can try their hand at copper-plate writing and designing a bottle label.
Relating to life and style in those days. Every Autumn, for 4 weeks, we run a Victorian drama event which looks at certain social issues comparing them with life today. A short script is learnt in advance of the visit. The play is performed with a professional actor after a tour of the museum. The guided tour, lating around 50 - 60 minutes, takes the children through the cluttered and dusty shop, offices and work rooks of JB Bowler, Victorian engineer, brass founder and mineral water manufacturer.