The museum school loans service is made up of an impressive range of objects and archives. Subjects covered in the collection including the Victorians, Egyptians, natural history, The Second World War, Romans, geology and toys.
Loans are currently part of the subscription service. If schools wish to borrow without subscribing, the cost per item is £10 per item per term. Minimum order cost is £50.
Both subscribers and non-subscribers can have a maximum of 10 objects.
Schools choose loan items from the loans catalogue and can email their order to the Museum Learning Officer. Phone orders cannot be accepted under any circumstances.
Loans are currently delivered and collected from schools in Hertfordshire and Bedfordshire each term. Schools outside this area are welcome to use the service but will need to make arrangements to collect their loans from Hitchin. We will be reviewing the loans service over the coming months, and this will include a review of delivery of loan boxes.
Loans Catalogue
The Loans Catalogue offers objects, datapacks and photographs which are available for use across the curriculum.
Please order by Subject + Box Number
Subscribing schools may choose up to 10 loans for each term from the loans catalogue. Orders are picked up and returned by arrangement on a Monday or Wednesday between 3pm – 5pm at our Museum Store, Burymead.
Find out more about our subscription service here.
Ordering and collection dates can be supplied by emailing museumeducation@north-herts.gov.uk
Please Note: There are times when several schools request the same items. In these circumstances we endeavour to be as fair as possible to our subscribers, apportioning loans evenly to each
school. This may mean, for example, a school ordering four items on the Victorians will receive two specified items and two substitutions on the same topic. When a subject area is heavily over-subscribed we reserve the right to supply only part of each school’s order so that each may receive something.
It is a condition of use of the service that all schools take special care of their loans, especially handleable items, and ensure that everything is carefully repacked in entirety for return at the end of the loan period. It is the school’s responsibility to return all items supplied to them and in the condition they were received.
Loss or damage must be reported immediately to the Museum Learning Officer and the school may be charged for replacement or repair.
All loans are collected or returned to our Museum Store (not the museum on Brand Street):
Museums Resource Centre, Burymead Road, Hitchin, Herts SG5 1RT
Tel: 01462 474554 or 01462 474585