World Collections Resources

From Mok the gorilla to Viking rings - fascinating objects from around the world

Explore
Skip to main content
Accessibility Options | About us | Site Map

Website Map

Home | About | News & Events

Subjects:

Art and Design (134) Literacy (38)
Maths (6) Science (40)
Geography (66) History (218)
Music (4) Drama (8)
ICT (9) PSHE (25)
Citizenship (97) Leisure and Tourism (6)
Enterprise Learning (14) Local Studies (37)
Archaeology (4) Design and Technology (54)
Family History (12) Religious Education (32)
Film and Media (3) ESOL (3)
English Language (11) Oral history (5)
Creative and Media (5) Business Studies (10)
Numeracy (1) Cross Curricular (31)
Careers Guidance (1) Manufacturing (1)
Gender Studies (8) _Ornament (35)
_Power (17) _Storytelling (22)
_Exploration (9) _Natural World (10)
_Materials (31) _Conflict (19)
_Daily Life (22) _Textiles (14)
_Rituals (32) SEN (5)
_Learn With Museums (24) Food Technology (5)
Learn to Learn (3) Economics (3)
Product Design (2) Human Geography (2)

Learning Levels:

EYFS/KS1 (31) KS2 (235)
KS3 (228) 14-19 Learners (29)
Lifelong Learners (41) KS4 (102)
Community Groups (22) Skills for Life (4)
Reminiscence Groups (5) Post 16 Learners (13)
KS5 (15) ESOL (1)
Family Learning (1) GCSE (1)
KS1 (3)

Resources:

1776 African Youth of the Dales 1984 Miners' Strike Symbol of support
A Chinese Handling box for Temple Newsam House, Leeds A Day in the Life of a Young Sheffield Steel Worker
A History of Animation A Passion for Fashion - Madame Clapham Revisited
A Step by Step guide to Egyptian Mummification A Victorian Farm in Action
Aborigines, Maoris and Hull's whaling industry African Palm Wine Carrier
Ajrakh, block printed fabric from Rajasthan Alien Species in Britain, Friend or Foe?
Alorese Bronze Drum Altered Books - Workshops and techniques
Altered Books In Focus Amy Johnson's Logbook
Ancient Egypt: Death and the Afterlife Ancient Egyptian Funerary Boat
Ancient Egyptians: Objects from Daily Life Ancient Greeks: Everyday Life, Beliefs and Myths
Anglo Saxon Sword Pommel Animation Toolkit
Apprentices Aquamanile Ram Jug
Armand Point and Islamic Architecture Art Across the Curriculum
Art4Maths Asante Chest
Attitudes to slavery Australian Aboriginal Glass Spearheads
Australian Aboriginal Spear Thrower Bedale 19th and 20th Century Painters and Decorators
Bitter Sweet History - aspects of the British Slave Trade Blue Socks - The School Uniform Debate
Bradford and the V&A Museum Bradford's Industrial Revolution
Breaking Chains - Sheffield Civil Rights Bronze Age Grantham
Campaign! Slavery Campaigners Make an Impact in Yorkshire and Lincolnshire
Captain Cook's Travels Carved Coconut Head
Carved Ivory Tusks Carved Pacific Bird
Carving of the Hindu God Garuda Cave Hunter
Celtic Weapons Store Censorship and Propaganda in WWII
Ceremonial Adze Changes in Society - Managing an Exhibition
Charlie and Lola and the worlds of Lauren Child Children at Work
Children's Experiences during WWII China at Harewood
China in Yorkshire Chinese Banknote
Chinese Pilgrim Bottle Chinese Shoes of Pain
Chinese Snuff Bottle Chinese Tabard from the Qing Dynasty
Chinese Tiger Shoes Chinese Warrior
Chinese Women´s Group create textiles Civil Defence in WWII
Coal Mining and the Victorians Commission Impossible
Connect>Create 2008 Connect>Create 2009
Contemporary Metalwork in Sheffield - Living Metal Craft Made From Graft
Crazy Catapults inspired by the Romans in Yorkshire Creative Writing at Sandal Castle
Cree Native American Saddle Crime and Punishment - Sophia Constable
Crocodile Skull and Ornaments Culture Quake: Interpreting a gallery creatively
Customer Complaints Customer Needs
Customer Service Records Customer Service Situations
Customer Services Designing in China today; from primary school to professional
Digital Storytelling - Combining Images/Audio in PhotoStory3 Digital Storytelling - Recording, Equipment and Editing in Audacity
Discovering Print at Bradford Industrial Museum Documenting our Past
Drawing on History Egyptian Mummy
Egyptian Mummy Eye Egyptian Sekhmet Pendant
Embroider the World Emotions in Motion: Michael Sandle's Sculpture
Engaging Young People with Artworks Enterprise, Industry and Benjamin Gott
Entertainment and Hobbies in the 1950s Every Object Tells a Story
Everyday Life in the Industrial Revolution Exploring Homes in the Past
Exploring Nature and Pattern Through Art Factory Reform
Family Life in the 1950s Fashion in the 1950s
Feminist Activism - Education & Job Opportunities Film Lovers Badge
First World War stories from the Wakefield District Folk Art and The Whalers
Food and Diet in WWII Food in the 1950s
Food Photographs of Post War Britain Fossils Game
From Suffering to Suffrage From Wool to Cloth
Funeral Cake Markers Galapagos Tortoise
German Refugee's Doll Global Citizens - Make an Impact!
Goathland as a Contrasting Locality Hackfall, Landscape Inspiration for Artists
Hallaton Treasure and the Romans Hamara Muslim Women´s Group create textiles
Healthy Eating and the Workhouse Healthy Schools
Henry's Hull Hidden Stories, Slavery and Barnsley
Hindu Casket History Around Hull
History of Leeds - Poverty and Riches Home Front - the civilian war effort
Hull Museum Education Hull Through the Eyes of a Sculptor
Hull Traders: Revolutionary Fabrics Hull-istic Medicine: Public Health through Time
Hybrid Quagga Foal Ideas and Evidence in Science: The Kirkdale Cave
In Your Shoes Indian Gazelle Head Axe
Ink or Swim Inventions in Transport from Bradford
Investigate Archaeology Investigate Science
Investigating the History of a House Iron Age Gold Coin of the Celtic Parisi
Iroquois Beaded Purse Japanese Ivory Carving
Japanese Ivory Tusk Vases Japanese Samurai Armour
Japanese Shrine or Butsudan Japanese Stencil Design
Japanese Woodblock Print Javanese Marriage Figures
Javanese Shadow Puppet John Ruskin - Art, Society and Ideology
Julia Domna Head Pot Killer Whale Souvenir Plate
Kirklees Library Service Skills for Life pack Kutch Silver
Lead Mining in the Yorkshire Dales Leeds in World War II
Life on the canal: The rise and fall of Victorian canals Local Heroes: Hull's Trawlermen
Local History Pack - A how to guide Louis Le Prince
Louisa Pesel's Travels M&S - 70 Years of In-store Cafés
M&S - Homegrown Expansion in Leeds M&S - The Most Sustainable Suit in the World!
M&S 1930s Food Displays M&S and the War Effort - Staff Stories
M&S Birth of a Brand - Advertising M&S Birth of a Brand - Buildings and Signage
M&S Birth of a Brand - Campaign Case Study - 125 Anniversary M&S Birth of a Brand - Carrier Bags
M&S Birth of a Brand - Films and Fashion Shows M&S Birth of a Brand - Logos and Brand Names
M&S Biscuit Tins M&S Cheshire Oaks Eco Store
M&S Convenience Food M&S Creates Sell-By Dates
M&S Fashion Brands and Synthetic Fabrics M&S First Department Stores
M&S First Self-Service Shopping System M&S Food Technology
M&S Making a Mark - Flora Solomon M&S Making a Mark - Michael Marks
M&S Making a Mark - Plan A M&S Making a Mark - Simon Marks
M&S Melt in the Middle Pudding M&S Penny Bazaars
M&S Schoolwear and Teenage Fashion M&S Underwear
M&S Wartime Utility Clothing Made for Us: Hull's Craft & Design
Mandarin Square Maori Feather Cloak
Maori War Canoe Marc Quinn and Figurative Sculpture
Mary Seacole Massim War Shield
Medieval Grantham Medieval Realms
Meet the Designer - Video interviews Merino Ram
Metalwork Gallery Animations: Cigarette Box Metalwork Gallery Animations: Ear Trumpet
Metalwork Gallery Animations: Moustache Tablespoon Metalwork Gallery Animations: Pea Knife
Metalwork Gallery Animations: Turtle Soup Tureen Metalwork in Sheffield
Metalwork Objects in Focus, Millennium Gallery, Sheffield Migration from India and Pakistan
Military Patchwork Quilt Mill Workers and Owners
Minangkabau Bridal Headdress Minibeasts
Mok the Gorilla Moving Stories - Workshops and Performance
Multicultural York: the Anglo-Saxons (AD400-866) Museums in a Box - Create Your Own Mini Museum
Music at the Mill My Culture Quest
My Family: My Story My Favourite Chinese Things!
Native American Moccasins Neolithic Axe
Nigerian Ibibio Puppets Object Dialogue Box at Harewood House
Objects and Stories Originating in Leeds
Out on the tiles - Victorian Style Pacific Islands figure with hat
Pacific Islands Mask Paisley Silk Shawl
Palaeolithic Handaxe Persian Writing Boxes
Polish People in Britain after WWII Portraits
Preston: Past and Present Prison and Penal Reform in the 1800s
Queen Coal? Why Remember Women in Post-War Mining Communities Queen Coal? Why Remember Women of the 1984/85 Miners' Strike
Queen Coal? Why should we remember Victorian mining women? Quilt made from ties
Quilts and Quilt Making from 1718 to Today Reconstructing Victorian Chinese-Silk Fabric
Responses to Islamic Art Richard Oastler
Rise of the Midland Railway Rocks at Cliffe Castle Museum
Roman Grantham Roman Skeleton's Jewellery
Roman Tombstone Roos Carr Figures
Rotherham Family History Pack Rudston Venus Mosaic
Ruskin and Nature - explore the gallery with your class Russian Revolution Diary
Saltaire - Victorian Model Town, Then and Now Samuel Pepys and the Great Fire of London of 1666
Sande Society Rattle Science and Transport Car Constructor
Science Camera Action Science Clubs
Scold's Bridle - justice for women 400 years ago? Seagull Heart with Pins
Sehyr Saigol Fashion Self Image
Serapis Dedication Tablet Sharks Tooth Sword
She Stoops to Conquer - 18th Century Love and Marriage She Stoops to Conquer - 18th Century Manners and Modes
She Stoops to Conquer - 18th Century Rich and Poor She Stoops to Conquer - 18th Century Servants and Masters
She Stoops to Conquer - 18th Century Town and Country Ship of the Dead
Ship's Log of The Diana Shisha Jacket from Gujarat
Sioux Indian Knife Sioux Warrior Shirt
Slavery, Abolition and the East Riding of Yorkshire Snapshot 1900: The Changing Picture of Class
Somali Beadwork Star Carr Deer Antlers
Starfish from the Time of Dinosaurs Stepping Inside...a 1910 Painting with Tony Ross
Stories from the Steelworks: Corby Steelworks inspiring creativity Sudanese Sword
Surrealist Art: Objects and Meanings Tea for the Tea House - Then and Now
Terrible Times for Children during Bradford's Textile Revolution The Art of Cloisonné
The Censorship of Horror Comics The Grand Trunk Road - Behind the Scenes
The Grand Trunk Road - Decorated Trucks in India and Pakistan The Grand Trunk Road - Recording Oral History Interviews
The Grimston Sword The Holmfirth Tiger
The Hull Blitz The Message - Creative Campaigning
The Middleham Jewel The Mysterious ‘Lost Wax´ Process
The Painted Lady - Tudor Portraits at the Ferens The Quakers: Ordinary People Doing Extraordinary Things
The Raging Romans The Science Behind the Shoe
The Silent Traveller in the Yorkshire Dales The Tudors - Age of Discovery
The Victorian Servant The Wanderer
The Wonder of Water: Papplewick Pumping Station and the Victorians Thomas´s Metalwork Trail, Millennium Gallery, Sheffield
Thornbury Primary's Grand Trunk Road project Through a Victorian Child's Eye
Tibetan Skull Cup Today's Citizens, Past Lives at Beverley
Toys at The National Trust Museum of Childhood Toys from the Past
Toys Through Time Tradition and storytelling in Romany life
Transport Explorer Tristram Shandy, Original Writing and Non-Linear Texts
Tudor Clothing - Dress to Impress Tudor Drama - The Stranger´s Case
Twentieth Century Artists in the Graves Gallery Txt Manor: Mary Queen of Scots in Sheffield
Victorian Homes in Preston Victorian Museum at Nottingham Castle
Victorian School and Work in Preston Victorian School Teacher’s life: Log Books and the 1901 Census
Victorian Shoemakers in Northampton Victorian Transport in Preston
Victorian Values - Citizenship and Local Democracy Victorian Values - Crime and Punishment
Victorian Values - Diversity Victorian Values - Health and Environment
Victorian Voices Victorian Work and Leisure in Matlock Bath
Viking Ring Visit Leeds City Art Gallery
Voyage to the Arctic: A Whaler's Tale Wacky Races
West African Horse Headdress What was it like to be a World War II Evacuee?
What was Wimbledon like in the past? Who was George Africanus?
Wilberforce House - Audio Tours William Dolben and Slave Trade Abolition
William Wilberforce Wimbledon's windmill and its past
Women at War: The role of East Midlands women during WWII Women´s Rights - The Equal Pay Debate
Working in the 1950s World War Two Stories from the Wakefield District
WW2 at Lotherton Hall Yong's China Quest adventure game Level 1
Yong's China Quest adventure game Level 2 Yong's China Quest adventure game Level 3
Yorkshire Puddings Young people create designs for Hull

Museums:

Abbey House Museum, Leeds Museums and Galleries Abbey Pumping Station
Abbeydale Industrial Hamlet Abington Park Museum
Arctic Corsair Armley Mills Museum, Leeds Museums and Galleries
Ashby de la Zouch Museum Ayscoughfee Hall Museum
Bagshaw Museum Bakewell Museum
Bankfield Museum Barnsley Museum Service
Battle of Britain Memorial Flight Visitor Centre Bolling Hall Museum
Bolton Museum Bosworth Battlefield Heritage Centre and Country Park
Bracken Hall Bradford Industrial Museum, Home of Horses at Work
Buxton Museum and Art Gallery Campaign! Make an Impact
Cannon Hall Museum Captain Cook Memorial Museum
Cartwright Hall Art Gallery Castle Hill and Victoria Tower
Charnwood Museum Clarke Hall Educational Museum
Cliffe Castle Museum and Art Gallery Clifton Park Museum
Clitheroe Castle Museum Colour Experience and Colour Museum
CONNECT Cumbria Network Cooper Gallery
Corby Borough Council Craven Museum & Gallery
Creative Minds Creswell Crags Museum and Visitor Centre
Cumbria Coast Learning Network Dales Countryside Museum
Derby Museum and Art Gallery Derbyshire Record Office
Derwent Valley Mills World Heritage Site Dewsbury Museum
Doncaster Museum and Art Gallery Donington le Heath Manor House
East Midlands Regional Archive Council Epworth Old Rectory
Feminist Archive North Ferens Art Gallery, Hull
Find Your Talent Bolton Fishing Heritage Centre
Fosse Arts Centre Foxton Canal Museum
Gainsborough Old Hall Gawthorpe Hall
Goole Museum Gordon Boswell Romany Museum
Green's Mill and Science Centre Hackfall
Hallaton Museum Hands-on History Museum, Hull
Harborough Museum Harewood House
Harris Museum & Art Gallery Hedon Museum
Helmshore Mills Textile Museum Heritage Learning
Hornsea Museum Huddersfield Art Gallery
Huddersfield Local Studies Library Hull and East Riding Museum
Hull History Centre Hull Maritime Museum
Jewry Wall Museum Kelham Island Industrial Museum
Kendal Museum Kirklees Library Service
Kirkstall Abbey, Leeds Museums and Galleries Knaresborough Castle and Courthouse Museum
Kohima Museum Lakeland Museums' Education Network
Lancashire Museums Loans Service Langwith Whaley Thorns Heritage Centre
Leeds Art Gallery Leeds City Museum
Leeds Library and Information Service Leeds Museum Discovery Centre
Leeds University: Access & Community Engagement Leeds University: Stanley and Audrey Burton Gallery
Leicester Arts and Museums Learning Leicester City Football Club
Lincoln Castle Lincolnshire Archives
Lincolnshire Historic Environment Record Long Sutton & District Civic Society
Lotherton Hall, Leeds Museums and Galleries Magna Science Adventure Centre
MAGPIE Manchester Art Gallery
Manningham Library Manor House Art Gallery & Museum
Mansfield Museum Media Archive for Central England
Melton Carnegie Museum Merchant Adventurers' Hall
Monk Bretton Priory Mr Straw's House
Museum of Lancashire Museum of Lincolnshire Life
Museums Sheffield: Bishops' House Museums Sheffield: Graves Gallery
Museums Sheffield: Millennium Gallery Museums Sheffield: Weston Park
My Yorkshire: Hear My Story Naseby Battlefield
National Centre for Citizenship and the Law (NCCL) National Coal Mining Museum for England
National Media Museum National Railway Museum
National Stone Centre New Walk Museum and Art Gallery
Newark Air Museum Newark and Sherwood Museums Service - The Resource Centre
Newarke Houses Museum North Lincolnshire Museum
North Yorkshire County Record Office North Yorkshire Moors Railway
Northampton Museum and Art Gallery Northamptonshire Record Office
Nottingham Castle Museum and Art Gallery Nottingham Wollaton Hall and Park
Nottinghamshire Archives Oakwell Hall
Otley Courthouse Papplewick Pumping Station
Peak District Mining Museum Pontefract Castle
Pontefract Museum Preston Museums and Schools in Partnership
Queen Street Mill Textile Museum Quilt Museum and Gallery
Record Office for Leicester, Leicestershire & Rutland Red House Museum
Renaissance NW Early Years & Family Learning Network Rossendale Museum
Rotherham Archives and Local Studies Rotunda Museum
Royal Armouries Museum Royal Pump Room Museum
Rushden Museum Rutland County Museum
Ryedale Folk Museum Saltaire Village
Sandal Castle Scarborough Art Gallery
Scarborough Museums Trust Shandy Hall (Laurence Sterne Trust)
Sheffield Archives Sheffield Local Studies Library
Sheffield University School of Education Shibden Hall
Snibston South East Asia Museum
Spurn Lightship, Hull Stewart's Burnby Hall Gardens and Museum
Streetlife Museum, Hull Sudbury Hall and the National Trust Museum of Childhood
Temple Newsam House, Leeds Museums and Galleries Thackray Medical Museum
The Chippendale Society The Collection: Art and Archaeology in Lincolnshire
The Deep The Green Howards Museum
The Guildhall, Hull The Guildhall, Leicester
The M&S Company Archive The Manchester Museum
The Peace Museum The Princess Royal Class Locomotive Trust
The Silk Mill, Derby's Museum of Industry and History The Treasure House, Beverley
The Village - Church Farm, Skegness Thwaite Mills Watermill, Leeds Museums and Galleries
Time on my hands Tolson Museum
Toys of Yesteryear Tullie House Museum and Art Gallery
ULITA University of Nottingham Department of Manuscripts and Special Collections
Victoria Gallery and Museum Wakefield Libraries and Information Services
Wakefield Museum West Yorkshire Archive Service
West Yorkshire Joint Services Whitby Museum
Whitworth Art Gallery Wilberforce House, Hull
Wimbledon Windmill Museum Withernsea Lighthouse Museum
Wollaston Museum Woodhall Spa Cottage Museum
Woolsthorpe Manor World of James Herriot
York Archaeological Trust York Art Gallery
York Castle Museum Yorkshire Air Museum
Yorkshire and Humber Global Schools Association Yorkshire Museum and Gardens
Yorkshire Waterways Museum Yorkshire World Collections

Accessibility Statement | Terms and Conditions
RSS SubscribeXHTML CompliantCSS 2.0 Compliant
Accessibility Statement | Terms of Use | Site Map
Copyright © My Learning 2013. All Rights Reserved
Website by: The Digital Learning Agency