Secondary School Workshops and Visits 
Self-led visits by secondary classes are welcome in our museums and archive. Booking is simple, call 01236 638352.
At Summerlee Museum and North Lanarkshire Heritage Centre pupils studying the First World War can enjoy the following workshop:
Lanarkshire’s Great War
Secondary school workshop
S1-S4 / £36 / 90 mins
The First World War had a significant impact on everyone in Lanarkshire, whether they fought abroad or stayed at home. In this new workshop pupils will use museum objects and archive materials to understand about how the First World War impacted on life at home in Lanarkshire. Pupils will research primary sources to discover how people in Lanarkshire were affected by the war, in their home and work life and to develop an understanding of the lasting social changes brought by the war.
For more information and to book, please call 01236 638352
Secondary school visits to Summerlee Museum of Scottish Industrial Life
If you are studying history, then book and come to Summerlee Museum of Scottish Industrial Life, Coatbridge.
We have all the key elements for a fully immersive learning visit.
- Scottish industrialisation: mining, ironworking, steelworking and engineering
- Labour migration and urbanisation
- Significant Scots and their contribution to the Empire
- Scotland and the industrial revolution
- Housing, transport and public health
- Unions, suffrage and the Reform Acts
There are many other displays and areas of the 22 acre site for you to enjoy, including a working tramway, The Vulcan: Scotland’s first iron boat, out-door displays of engineering and woodworking, part of the Monkland canal, numerous locomotives, and nature walks. Café, toilets and a shop.
To book a free visit plus mine tours and visit to the museum, please call 01236 638352.
Talks in School
For senior pupils we offer a number of free talks on the heritage of North Lanarkshire in Summerlee Museum or North Lanarkshire Heritage Centre. Contact 01236 638352 for details.