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The first in our series of brand new Discovery Boxes is now ready to be used in the classroom.

Our Discovery Boxes will each focus on a local historical figure of importance with a range of artefacts, information and plenty of activities ready for you to use in the classroom. The aim of these boxes is to raise awareness of the historical significance of our local area through the people that shaped the past.

The first box in our series is based on the Westfield archaeological dig which took place in 2006. The discoveries made in these mounds have a link to St Etheldreda as well as telling us more about how Ely and the monastery connected with the world at that time.

Additional Discovery Boxes will be added to our collection throughout the year. Please keep checking this page to find out more or email our Learning Officer at learning@elymuseum.org.uk.

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Westfield Archaeology Discovery Box

The first in our brand new series of Discovery Boxes, the Westfield Archaeology Box invites pupils to find out what it is like to work as an archaeologist. Imagine one cold winter day, after weeks of digging in the mud, you discover the corner of an object, in a site you thought was empty. What did you find? Why is it so important? What does it tell us about Ely in the past?

When you borrow this box, children will have the opportunity to answer all of these questions through the objects and activities included. With the importance being hands on learning through discovery, reinactment and exploration.

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