Teaching Information & Resources

General Information

Model of a viking male in the new Viking Gallery Manx National Heritage welcomes school general visits to all of the Story of Mann sites. General visits are free to pre-booked Manx school groups organised by teachers who lead their own visit to any Manx National Heritage site.

We recommend that teachers make a free advance visit to sites when they prepare their own teaching materials. If you wish to do this, indicate the preferred date and time on the general visit permit application.

To request a Group Bookings form for schools, please click here.

For details on the opening times and admission charges to the Story of Mann sites, please click here.

Supervising Your Group

When visiting the Story of Mann sites Manx National Heritage strongly advises that the ratio of adult helpers to students be at least 1:10, or 1:5 where children are under seven years old. During a visit it is sometimes necessary to divide a large school group into smaller groups, each with an adult in charge.

For Your Safety

A visiting family outside the Mines Trail adit

Please be aware that historic sites can be hazardous. All visitors to the Story of Mann sites are required to take care during their visit.

Children must be kept under close control at all times.

Teachers should do their best to ensure that their group is wearing appropriate footwear as walkways may be worn, uneven or slippery at some historic sites.

All visitors to Manx National Heritage sites are required to behave in a sensible and courteous manner.

Manx National Heritage employees have the discretion to terminate a visit when the behaviour of a group impacts the safety and employment of other visitors to the site.

Transport and Parking

Charabancs of tourists arriving at Rushen Abbey c.1920 A limited number of parking places are available at the Manx Museum. Coaches can unload at Finch Road. Access by footbridge to the museum is from the top storey of the car park adjacent to Finch Road.

There is a coach and car park at the House of Manannan.

Public parking areas are normally available close to the seasonal heritage sites but you are advised to check availability in advance of your visit.

Lunch Times

School groups may bring packed lunches to the education rooms at the Manx Museum, House of Manannan and Castle Rushen by prior arrangement. There are cloakrooms and toilet facilities in or near the education rooms which students may use.

It is possible to eat packed lunches outside at many of the Seasonal Sites. We regret that we are unable to set aside space at site restaurants and cafés for group use.

Bookings

Please send an Application Form to the Group Bookings Officer, whoc can be contacted using the correspondence details below:

Group Bookings Officer

Telephone: 01624 648000

E-mail: enquiries@mnh.gov.im

Enquiries about General Visits can be made Monday to Friday between 10am and 5pm.

General visits are free to pre-booked Manx school groups organised by teachers who lead their own visits to the Story of Mann sites.

Admission Charges

Educational visits to any of Manx National Heritage's properties are free to all schools administered by the Isle of Man Department of Education, King William's College, and the Buchan School, and to full-time student groups aged 16-18 at Isle of Man Training College, Isle of Man International Business School and the Department of Industry Training Centre.

For other educational groups there are reduced admission charges to the heritage sites, with free admission to certain other properties. Admission charges where applicable, should be paid in advance.

All group visits to any sites should be booked in advance through the Manx Museum.

The Sites - information and teaching resources

Each of the Story of Mann sites has professional team of staff who will give you every assistance to make your visit memorable, and should there be anything you would like to emphasise during your visit, please click here to contact our Education Services Team, who will give the site staff the advance information they need to give you every assistance.

For further information about specific sites and areas click on the site or area of your choice below:

E-mail: education@mnh.gov.im

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