Christmas Past

Free for Hull Curriculum and Magical Museums member schools (Hull School only)

Hull Curriculum and Magical Museums Schools are able to bring a maximum of 2 groups for this free Special Project. If you wish to book more groups to attend, you will be charged at our standard session rates as detailed below.

Magical Museums Member Schools - £4.36 per child (or use school’s allocation of free hours, if available)
Hull Curriculum Member School price - £7.75 per child

Non-member rates

For groups of 15 or more children
2-hour experience – £7.75 per child

For groups of fewer than 15 children
2-hour experience – £116.25 per group

Please note: SEND groups are charged at our Standard per-child rate plus a £10 administration cost.

What to expect from your Experience Day

It's Christmas Eve and all the family are out at a Christmas party. Can you help Mrs Miggins, our Victorian housekeeper, as she prepares the house for Christmas Day? In this immersive experience, children will learn about how Christmas was celebrated in the past - from decorating the tree, laying the table to decking the halls - before creating a pomander to take home.

The led session includes:

• Introduction to the site and setting the scene to the session and historical period
• This session is delivered in character by Mrs Miggins, a Victorian housekeeper
• Interactive on-gallery activities which include laying the table, decorating the Christmas tree and decorating the hallway
• Making traditional decorations and crafts, including a pomander, to take back to school
• Plenary and evaluation

Group size

We can accommodate up to two groups from your school per available date – with a maximum of 35 pupils per group. If you’d like to bring more than two groups (70 pupils), please book additional days.

Timings

We deliver sessions from 10am to 12pm for the first group, and 12.30pm to 2.30pm for the second group. If you’re bringing two groups to/from the museum at the same time, we strongly recommend you book self-directed time (you can find out more about this below).

Make a full day of your visit

When making your booking through Eventbrite, you’ll be asked if you want to book a space for lunch and self-directed time.

Self-directed time is essentially a booking to explore the museum in a large group. You need to book it in so we know we can accommodate your class alongside other visitors. It does not include any activities led by museum staff – so please plan your time accordingly.

Please be aware that for this session, self-directed time is booked into the Streetlife Museum which is accessed via the rear garden of Wilberforce House Museum.

Pre-visit info

To make the most of your visit, make sure you download and read the following documents. These include detailed information on what to expect from the day. For example: timings, locations, T&Cs and risk assessment.

Schools Visit Pack (PDF, 350kb)
Christmas Past Experience Information (PDF, 225kb)

A link for these will also be included on your confirmation email and ticket.

We also have the following resources and documents available to help with your visit planning:

Drop off point - Visiting Museums Quarter (PDF, 200kb)
Streetlife Museum - Activity Booklet (PDF, 9.22MB)
Self-directed visit - Activity suggestions (PDF, 96kb)

Book the Christmas Past Experience Day for your school

We are currently using Eventbrite for bookings while we move over to a new system. Any reference to FREE on the Eventbrite system relates only to not being charged at the point of booking. These sessions are NOT free – all schools will be invoiced following your visit based on the booking details you provide. 

Bookings have now sold out. Bookings for our 2025 experiences will will open up to Magical Museums and Hull Curriculum member schools in later Summer 2025, and to non-member schools during the Autumn 1 Term. 

Cancellation policy

If you need to cancel or change your booking, you can do this by logging into the Eventbrite account you used to make your booking.

Our cancellation policy states: If you accept this visit but are unable to attend, please cancel your visit via Eventbrite by logging into your account and cancelling your booked ticket. We ask that where possible, you do this within 7 working days of the visit to free up the slot for another school.

Please note: if you cancel your visit with less than 24 hours’ notice of the booked slot, you will be charged £50.