Museum Reminiscence Services
We have a variety of resources to enhance reminiscence work with older people in our community. The objects within them can also be used to stimulate young people to explore their culture and heritage and can offer inspiration for creative work to writers and artists.
Reminiscence Box Loan Service
We have several large boxes and a fast growing selection of mini kits and flight cases on a variety of topics to enhance reminiscence work with older people in our community. The objects within them can also be used to stimulate young people to explore their culture and heritage and can offer inspiration for creative work to writers and artists. Please email Museums (opens new window) with requests and to check availability.
The large boxes are:
- Children's Pastimes
- Household: General
- Household: Men
- Household: Women
- Mining
- Schooldays
- Washday
Mini kits:
- At Work
- Afternoon Tea
- Baby
- Burns and Scotland
- Children's Pastimes
- Children's Toys
- Christmas
- Cinema
- Cleaning and Mending
- DIY
- Dressing Table
- Famous Brands
- Going Out
- Going Out Men
- Going Out Women
- Handicrafts Women
- Hobbies Men
- Holidays Abroad
- Holidays UK
- Home Baking
- Home Cooking
- Home Remedies
- In the Pub
- Making Soup
- Schooldays
- Seaside
- Sport
- Weddings
Flight Cases:
- Food and Recipes
- Gala Days
- Games
- Moon Landing
- Travel
Contact the museums service for further information and to book a box. Each box comes with background notes on the objects and some tips on reminiscence work.
Please note we are currently unable to run reminiscence sessions on your behalf and only able to lend out boxes, however these come fully equipped including guidance on running your own session.
