About National Museum of Flight self-led visit

A visit to the museum can be a unique, exciting experience for your pupils and can be used to explore a wide range of topics.

Bookings for the 2024-2025 academic year will open on 19 August 2024. 

Booking a self-guided visit provides you with:

  • Free entry to the museum 
  • Access to a range of resources you can use beforehand, or print and bring with to use during the day
  • Cloakroom and lunchroom space

Before you visit

Plan your visit in class using our museum map.

Supervision 

Please be aware that pupils need to be supervised at all times when visiting the museum. We recommend splitting your class into small groups.

Our pupil to staff ratio recommendations are :

  • Nursery: 1 adult to 5 pupils
  • Primary: 1 adult to 10 pupils
  • Secondary: 1 adult to 15 pupils

Resources

A range of different resources are available to use with your pupils to give  focus to your day.

Workshops

Our workshops are aligned to the Curriculum for Excellence.

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