Education Programs

Each of these 1½ hour Gallery Tours in the Millyard Museum may be combined with a Walking Tour.

‘100 Years Ago’ Gallery Tour Program

Discover what it was like to live and work in Manchester 100 years ago! This interactive program allows students to work together as they explore the museum. Students will work in small teams to answer a series of questions, as they become experts on one gallery. The teams will then present their findings to their classmates as the tour guide leads them through the museum, providing additional information. Topics covered in this program are waterpower and the building of the mills, textiles, child labor, housing, inventions, and immigration.

This program fulfills the following NH State Standards: EC: 1, 3; HI: 4, 5; WH: 5

A Child’s Life in Industrial New Hampshire

Learn about children growing up in 19th and early 20th century New Hampshire. Try typical activities a child might do related to work, chores, school, and leisure. Students work in small groups as they complete tasks at different stations using artifacts and primary resources. Concepts explored include child labor, labor struggles, cotton production, immigration, home life, and urban developement. This program can be adapted for grades K-8.

This program fulfills the following NH State Standards: HI: 4, 5; WH: 5

The Lego Millyard Project: Exploring the Millyard through Legos

A hands-on program that focuses on various aspects of the Amoskeag Manufacturing Company and the industrialization through the use of LEGO Bricks. Students assemble a “blind build” element from SEE Science Center’s Famous Lego Millyard Project, and then discuss and explore what they just created. This program can accomodate 30 students, any larger groups will be split up into 2 sessions.

This 1 to 1½ hour walking tour may be paired with a Gallery Tour. In poor weather an indoor program may be substituted for the walking tour.

Millyard Discovery: Exploring a New Hampshire Industrial City

Walk with a guide through the Amoskeag Manufacturing Company Millyard and along the Merrimack River to find out what made this planned industrial city tick. Survey the area’s unique architectural and structural heritage. The construction of mills, canals, dams, and railroads supported the growth of industry along the river, making the Amoskeag Millyard one of the largest textile mill complexes in the world. Also, see where mill employees lived and worked.

This program fulfills the following NH State Standards: EC: 3.1; HI: 4, 5

Travel back in time without leaving the classroom!

Rent one of four traveling trunks for two weeks of self-guided, hands-on study in the classroom. Each steamer trunk contains real objects for students to examine and includes a notebook full of suggested lessons and activities, which may be photocopied. Local teachers designed each trunk. Use them as pre-visit or post-visit activities for a trip to the Millyard Museum, or to enhance your curriculum.

Rental fee for time trunks:

$50 for two weeks ($35 for Manchester schools), plus $10 per day late fee.

Abenaki

Explore the lives of the first people living in the Merrimack River Valley region of New Hampshire.

Amoskeag Cotton

Examine cotton textile production and its history at the Amoskeag Manufacturing Company.

Manchester Electrified

Discover what life was like before electricity. See and touch real antique household objects. Learn about innovations and inventions that have come out of the city of Manchester. Explore the work of scienctists and inventors past and present.

School Days

Learn what school and daily life was like for students before the 21st century. Be challenged doing old-fashioned lessons. Play popular 19th century games.