Home-educated children visits to Ancient House

We are pleased to welcome home-educated children and their families to the museum. Currently all visits must be pre-booked on our website. On arrival at the museum you may be asked for proof of home-education status.

If you have any questions or queries, please contact ancienthouse@norfolk.gov.uk or call 01842 752599.

Term-time: home-educated children receive free admission for pre-booked visits. One adult per home-educated child goes free.

Weekends, holidays and bank holidays: home-educated children and accompanying adults pay normal museum admission.

Additional adults and non-home-educated children pay normal museum admission.

Bookable workshops

Ancient House is delighted to offer regular bookable workshops for home educating families. View our events on the Museums event search.

Group workshops

We plan and lead workshops for groups of home educated children. You need to book in advance.

• Half day for up to 35 children - £140
• Full day for up to 35 children - £210

Subjects could include:

• Victorian Life
• Homes Long Ago
• Tudor Times
• Romans and Iceni
• Maharajah Duleep Singh
• Vikings

If you have a topic you're interested contact us and we will do our best to help. For more information, or to book a session, email ancienthouse@norfolk.gov.uk or call 01842 752599.

Colours of Thetford Project for Home Educating Families

Wednesday 23 and Wednesday 30 April 2025 - 10.30am-12.30pm. You must be able to attend both workshops.

We are inviting Home Educating Families to join in with a Thetford-wide art project inspired by Angélica Dass's Humanae project.

Dass's work features photographs celebrating the diverse beauty of human skin. Participants will learn about Dass's work and explore mixing their own skin colour from paint and describing it.

Participants will create either a painted square or a self-portrait at artist led sessions at the museum. Their work will culminate in an installation of painted portraits and squares which will be displayed in the town.

Spaces are limited so please book by emailing ancienthouse@norfolk.gov.uk with the subject line 'Colour of Thetford'.