An interactive iBook about washing clothes before washing machines. Designed to be used by your learners; includes games, archive material and suggested activities.

Created for the Foundation Phase and lower Key Stage 2 although archive material is suitable for older age groups and can be found separately on the People's Collection Wales website. There is also a PDF version (not interactive) if you don't have access to iOS (Apple).

Can be used as a stand alone resource, but best used to complement washday sessions at St Fagans National Museum of History , Big Pit National Coal Museum and the National Slate Museum - where there is a chance to have a go at some of the steps of the process with a facilitator.

Follow this link to download Time for Washing.

Listen to Mother Christmas’s fireside tales about naughty Rudolph and Santa’s magical journey.

 Throughout December. Contact us for further details

Find out what home life was like before the advent of washing machines, vacuum cleaners and electricity. How did women cope with the coal dust brought home on the clothes of the men from the mine? A hands-on session using objects to illustrate domestic tasks in the past, with a particular focus on washday. With songs, movement and an art activity.

Develop basic numeracy and literacy skills using mini miner’s activity bags available at the Museum. Opportunities for investigating, listening and predicting, with songs, rhymes and imaginative play activities.

There are two activity bags available each supporting a 1 hour teacher-led activity. Both bags can be booked for a full day’s visit.