Schools and education
Entertaining and educational
In the Railway Museum, learning and fun go hand in hand. Visit the museum with your entire class for a fun and adventurous school outing. Make your visit complete with one of our educational programmes which include a preparatory lesson, worksheets and instruction from a real museum lecturer!
When you get to the museum, you’ll receive a free Word Train activity that will send you on a scavenger hunt to explore all the hidden corners of the museum.
You’ll descend into the depths of an English coal mine and see the Netherlands’ first train: ‘De Arend’. There’s a theatre show about the luxurious Orient Express that travels to the Far East, and in Steel Monsters, you’ll careen above, under and past enormous locomotives.
One thing you won’t want to miss is the spectacular Trial by Fire that immerses you in a virtual world where you can try your hand at driving a locomotive.
Educational programmes
You can expand your school outing by adding one of our programmes in which a museum lecturer will lead your class on a 90-minute voyage of discovery through the museum.
Each of our programmes includes an introduction featuring actual objects from the collection, plus assignments and questions to be completed. Pupils are free to explore the museum on their own. An educational programme consists of a lesson module, preparatory lesson, workbook, museum lecturer and reflection lesson.
Working on the railway
Pupils will be invited to roll up their sleeves and get to know the various jobs on the railway. How strong does a porter need to be to lift all those suitcases? What uniform did a fireman wear to shovel coal and what exactly does a shunter do? The children will learn all about who did what on the railway and have a chance to find out which job would be best for them – so better hop to it, there’s work to be done on the railway!
Click here for the lesson module, preparatory lesson and reflection lesson.
How do trains work?
How heavy, long and tall is a train, anyway? How smooth are the rails and what is the specific shape of the train wheels? Pupils will be able to find the answers to these questions themselves during this museum lesson. As they say, numbers tell the tale: so let’s get to work measuring some real-life trains!
In the Techlab, we go a step further by conducting all kinds of small experiments that conclude with a chance to build your very own digital train!
Visit techlabindeklas.nl to see the lesson module and ideas for a preparatory lesson and reflection lesson after your visit.
How do trains work?
How heavy, long and tall is a train, anyway? How smooth are the rails and what is the specific shape of the train wheels? Pupils will be able to find the answers to these questions themselves during this museum lesson. As they say, numbers tell the tale: so let’s get to work measuring some real-life trains!
In the Techlab, we go a step further by conducting all kinds of small experiments that conclude with a chance to build your very own digital train!
Visit techlabindeklas.nl to see the lesson module and ideas for a preparatory lesson and reflection lesson after your visit.
How trains work
Have you always wondered how steam can propel a locomotive that weighs 100,000 kilos? Or asked yourself why pigeons can sit on overhead wires without getting electrocuted? In this programme, you’ll learn these and many other odd and exciting technical facts. By conducting small experiments on your own, you’ll discover how a train works and why it works the way it does. The programme concludes with a chance to try your hand at building the fastest, most sustainable – and awesome-looking – digital train you can. And there’s even a final exam for the real whiz-kids.
Price per child: €7,50 p.p.*
Supervisors: free admission (minimum of one supervisor per five pupils)
There is no additional charge for the educational programmes.
Visitors are permitted to eat food brought from outside the museum. It is also possible to reserve kid’s box meals for €5.75 p.p. in combination with a school outing.
* Price is not valid in combination with other special offers.
If you have questions about making a reservation for a school outing, please contact us on +31 (0)30-230 62 83 (weekdays from 9:00–17:00) or by email via reserveringen@spoorwegmuseum.nl.
For questions regarding the content of our educational programmes, you may email Yolanda Garcia at y.garcia@spoorwegmuseum.nl.
Book a visit!
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