A visit to the National Wool Museum | Meet the Craftspeople

Museum Workshop

A visit to the National Wool Museum | Meet the Craftspeople

🔍 Discover and Explore

The National Wool Museum offers a unique sensory experience that showcases an industry which dominated Wales in the past. Learning groups can make the experience even more unique by booking a facilitator led craft session. We can provide a variety of craft workshops, including weaving and wet felting.

✏️ Take Part

Learners will get the chance to meet talented craftspeople who will demonstrate the wool-making process from fleece to fabric. Your pupils can get creative and discover for themselves the fascinating world of textile production and design.

ℹ️ About This Session

The museum staff are flexible and will do their best to accommodate to learners ages and needs. Length of sessions can vary. Craft element is normally 1 hour. School visits are available Tuesday – Friday, during opening hours. (Closed on Mondays)

Duration: 2 hours

Cost: Led by Museum staff – free of charge.

Curriculum

Humanities

Enquiry, exploration and investigation inspire curiosity about learners’ local community, Wales and the world, its past, present and future.

Learning objectives:

Gain a deeper understanding of the concepts underpinning humanities, and their application in local, national and global contexts.
Cynefin: Encourage opportunities for learners to discover the woollen industry and be inspired to investigate more about their own community and beyond.
Encourage enquiry and discovery.
Opportunities to be curious, question, think critically and reflect upon evidence.
Stimulate new and creative thinking.