Welcome to Boxes of Delight
Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums loans box service
Loans boxes
Booking a box:
2023-24 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.
Autumn 1 courier booking deadline:
Friday 1st September
Autumn 2 courier booking deadline:
Friday November 3rd
Spring 1 courier booking deadline:
Friday 5th Jan
Spring 2 courier booking deadline:
Friday 16th Feb
Summer 1 courier booking deadline:
Friday 12th April
Summer 2 courier booking deadline:
Friday 24th May
Prehistory
Stone Age, Bronze Age, Iron Age & Prehistoric Britain
Ancient World
Romans, Greeks & Egyptians
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Victorians
Toys, Washday, Schoolroom, Home Life & 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 and Robert Stephenson, Ship Building, Great Fire of Newcastle and Gateshead.
Additional Topics
Archaeology, Civil War, Compare Old & New, Seaside Holidays, Mystery Objects
Book of Delights
Activity ideas and games for use with your loans box
Adult Health and Wellbeing Boxes
Are you from a group of adult learners?
