Loans boxes
Welcome to Boxes of Delight: hands-on-history boxes delivered directly to North East schools.
Borrow our topic boxes:
Over 100 boxes available to loan, each one packed with inspiring objects linked to our region, our collections and the national curriculum.
2024-25 MEMBER COURIER DEADLINES
We have 6 fixed points in the year when boxes are delivered. Please book your boxes before the courier deadlines below. If you miss the courier deadline your school will need to make your own arrangements to collect and drop back loans boxes to the museum.
Spring 1 courier booking deadline: 03/01/25
Spring 2 courier booking deadline: 28/02/25
Summer 1 courier booking deadline: 18/04/25
Summer 2 courier booking deadline: 30/05/25
Email: boxesofdelight@northeastmuseums.org.uk
Ancient World
Romans, Greeks & Egyptians
Victorians
Toys, Washday, Schoolroom, Child & Florence Nightingale
World War I
Home Front, Front Line
World War II
WWII, Evacuees & Battle of Britain
20th Century
Homes & Toys
Local History
Coal Mining, George & Robert Stephenson, Ship Building, Great Fire of Newcastle & Gateshead.
Additional Topics
Archaeology, Civil War, Old & New, Seaside Holidays, Mystery Objects
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