RESEOURCES AVAILABLE FROM THE MUSEUM SCHOOLS SERVICE, CARISBROOKE CASTLE MUSEUM 

Year 5/6 unit 11: What was it like for children living in Victorian Britain? 

8-66 Victorian jig-saw puzzle (display only)
8-72 Victorian dolls: one china and one wooden doll
8-126 toy circus (3 cases containing 14 jointed woden animals and circus equipment)
8-173 alphabet blocks
8-184 Victorian educational games (includes alphabet game, history game and books)
8-186 Victorian toys and games (includes jumping Jack, gyrograph and tops)
8-275 zoetrope (small reproduction)
8-225 stereoscopic viewer (with 3 Isle of Wight views)
8-321 hoop (reproduction)
8-322 hoop (reproduction)
10-319 traditional toys and games (reproduction toys including whip and top and cup and ball)
10-214 traditional toys and games (reproduction toys including whip and top and cup and ball)

8-71 sampler (1856)
8-220 set of slates (30 slates for class use and slate pencils)
8-288 set of slates (30 slates for class use and slate pencils)
8-270 abacus (with stand)
8-271 abacus (with stand)
8-272 abacus (stand missing)

89-176 children's clothes (includes dresses, pinafore, shirt and drawers)
8-106 Victorian babies' clothes (includes bonnet, gowns and bodice)

kitchen equipment (includes saucepans and a variety of gadgets)
laundry equipment (includes wash dollies, wash boards and irons)
other household equipment (includes items used by a maid, and lighting equipment)
farming and dairy items (includes a replica bird-scarer)
costume (includes a reproduction crinoline gown which can be tried on)
costume models (showing fashions and also including a swimmer, cricketer, tennis player,
cyclist and a maid)
costume accessories and personal objects (includes purses, spectacles, fans and button hooks)
writing equipment
8-11 law and order (includes a policeman's lamp)
-8-286 mystery objects (includes an egg topper, bath thermometer and hand-cooler)
Please phone 523112 for further details.

Between mid-November and January we usually offer sessions at Carisbrooke Castle Museum focusing on Victorian toys and leisure. The sessions include a demonstration of working toys as well as activities using the museum displays. Look out for publicity materials or phone 523112 for more details and to book.