Upper Egypt Learning Trust Museum learning · Qena
For schools

A class visit that actually teaches — and that you can afford.

The school-visit programme is the heart of the trust. It exists to remove every barrier that stops a teacher bringing a class to a museum: the cost, the organising, the worry of managing thirty students in an unfamiliar place, and the nagging sense that a trip is a day lost from the curriculum rather than a day's real learning. We have built the programme so a visit is cheap, easy to book, properly guided, and genuinely linked to what you are teaching. This page sets out exactly how it works for you.

Built for teachers

We do the heavy lifting so you can teach.

Taking a class out is daunting, and most of the reasons teachers give for not doing it are practical rather than a lack of will. So the programme is designed to lift that weight. We suggest the museum and the visit plan that fits your curriculum topic, so you are not left guessing which trip serves the lesson. We send free pre-visit materials so your class arrives prepared. On the day, a guide who is used to school groups leads the visit at the right level for the age, with activities that keep young people engaged — so you are supported, not left alone to manage a crowd in a gallery. And we send follow-up work so the learning continues back in class.

The cost is kept deliberately low — a small per-student rate, with accompanying teachers free — and where a school genuinely cannot afford even that, our bursary scheme waives the fee entirely. No class is turned away over money. The prices are on the prices page, the museums you can visit on the partner museums page, and the free materials on the teacher resources page.

A teacher leading a class through a museum gallery
What a visit includes

Everything a class visit gives you.

For the small per-student fee, here is what a school visit actually includes — all of it designed around real learning rather than a day out.

A curriculum match

We map your topic to the right museum and visit plan, so the trip teaches a specific curriculum point rather than being a generic outing. The learning is the purpose, not an afterthought.

Free preparation

Pre-visit lesson materials so your class knows what they are about to see and why. A prepared class learns far more, and arrives curious rather than blank.

A schools guide

A guide experienced with young people leads the visit at the right level, with in-gallery activities. You are supported throughout rather than left to manage thirty students alone.

Follow-up work

Materials to carry the learning back into the classroom, turning the visit into a complete lesson with a before and after rather than an isolated day that fades.

Free teacher places

Accompanying teachers and necessary adult helpers come free — you pay only the small per-student rate, and even that is waived under bursary where a school needs it.

A bursary if needed

If your school genuinely cannot afford the fee, our donation-funded bursary covers it entirely. Just say so when you enquire — quietly, in confidence, no mountain of paperwork.

Teacher questions

What teachers ask about visits.

How far ahead should I book?

A few weeks is ideal so we can match the museum and prepare resources, but ask anyway if your timeframe is shorter — we will do our best. The enquiry is free and commits you to nothing, so there is no harm in asking early.

What age groups can visit?

All school ages. We pitch the guide's delivery and the activities to the year group, so a visit works as well for younger children as for senior students — the difference is in how it is led, which we handle.

What about transport?

Transport to the museum is the school's own arrangement, but we will advise on the easiest options for a given museum, and the partner museums page notes which are simplest to reach. We keep the museum suggestions practical for your location.

Bring your class — it is easier than you think.

Enquire free, with no commitment, and we will plan the visit with you.

Enquire for a school See the resources