Our themed handling boxes help to bring history to life in your school. Containing real and replica items, each box helps embed the local story into the national narrative, supporting many topics in the National Curriculum.

It is currently free to loan one of our boxes.

Boxes can be booked for two weeks, to book please submit a booking request for a museum in a box.

They must be collected and dropped off at Tolson Museum. It is essential you do this on time to ensure other groups can collect their box. Failure to do so may result in being denied further boxes.

Story in a box


Submit a booking request for a museum in a box

Clock Completing this form takes around 10 minutes

Please complete this form to enquire about a loan of a museum in a box for your school group. Once we have received the form we will try to respond within 5-working days to confirm a date for collection.

Submit a booking request