ESOL Previsit
Stoke-on-Trent Museums Service
ESOL resources
Entry level 2
Resources for a lesson before a visit to the Potteries Museum & Art Gallery
Before you come
1. For class discussion:
What is a museum?
Who can go into a museum?
What are museums for?
What do you think you might see there?
2. Which of these things should you or shouldn’t you do in a museum?
Cross out the things you shouldn’t do.
talk learn shout meet friends picnic imagine play football smoke explore sleep ask questions fight think draw
3. Getting there
Find The Potteries Museum & Art Gallery on our website (www.stokemuseums.org.uk ). If you click on the ‘i’ button you can find out where we are and how to get there.
What is the best way to get to The Potteries Museum & Art Gallery from your college(or your house)?
4. Useful words
These words and their meanings are mixed up. Draw a line connecting the word to its meaning.
archaeology an arrangement of things for people
to look at
label a large arrangement of things,
usually there just for a few weeks or months
object a small piece of card with writing which
tells you what something is
case a thing
collection a piece of art which isn’t flat
exhibition a glass box which protects what’s inside
it without hiding it
sculpture a space or room in a museum where
you can see things
gallery a group of objects all of the same kind
display plants, animals and rocks
natural history finding out about past cultures by
digging objects out of the ground
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Find these hidden words:
exhibition, display, collection, gallery, object, case, label, museum
6. Read this and answer the questions:
In the museum you can find out what life was like in Stoke a long time ago. In the Art Gallery you can see pictures and sculptures. There is also a real plane, the Spitfire.
The Potteries Museum & Art Gallery is open every day. On Sunday it opens at 1 pm and closes at 5 pm. On other days it opens at 10 am and closes at 5 pm. Entry is free. Buses 25, 101, 21 and 23 stop near the museum, but you can walk there from Hanley shopping centre or Stoke station.
Where can you find out about life in Stoke a long time ago?
In the m_____
What can you see in the Art Gallery?
P_______ and s_________
What is the plane called?
The S_______
What time does the museum close?
Is it open on Sunday?
Do you have to pay to go in?
How do you get to it?
