Year 4 and 5 children set off today on a school adventure back in time as they visited the Ragged School Museum in Mile End, London. Housed in what was once London’s biggest Ragged School, this popular, family-friendly museum welcomes people of all ages to discover the downside of Victorian life.
Located beside the Regent’s Canal, the Museum offers, through role-play, hands-on exhibits and talks, an authentic and memorable experience of the poor of the East End a century ago. The museum was founded to make the history of the Ragged Schools and the broader social history of the Victorian East End accessible to all. Within the original buildings, an authentic Victorian Classroom has been set up where each year some 16,000 children experience a school lesson as it would have been taught more than 100 years ago.
Take a look at some of the pictures taken during their time travelling visit below.