From our museum suitcase up to the hieroglyphics workshop – we have a diverse range of educational activities available for our youngest visitors. We offer individually customised guided tours and additional offers for all ages.
OFFERS FOR SCHOOL CLASSES, AFTER-SCHOOL CARE GROUPS, KINDERGARTENS
Guided tours
- Dates outside of our regular opening hours can be booked upon consultation.
- Duration: approx. 45 minutes
- Group size: 25 children max.
- Parallel tours for bigger groups are possible.
- The tours are age-appropriate and designed interactively. The children can describe objects themselves, answer questions and there are also various items they can touch. The topics talked about during these tours include everyday life, funerary practices, writing, pyramids and deities.
- Costs: 20.00 EUR flat rate + 1.00 EUR per pupil
- Chaperones have free admission.
Additional offers
“WALKIN' LIKE AN EGYPTIAN”
Trying out items of clothing, making a simple paper diadem, getting Egyptian make-up done or colouring in an Egyptian mask.
- Costs: (on top of tour costs/admission): 1.50 EUR per child
“PROTECTION FOR ETERNITY”
Crafting amulets from clay with Egyptian protective symbols and symbols of luck.
- Costs: (on top of tour costs/admission): 1.50 EUR per child
Our offers are aimed at all grade levels and types of school, including special educational needs schools and children with disabilities. The exhibition is not completely barrier free.
GUIDED TOURS
- Dates outside of our regular opening hours can be booked upon consultation.
- Duration: approx. 45 to 60 minutes
- Group size: Class size (up to 30 pupils)
- Parallel tours for bigger groups are possible.
- Guided tours accompanying lessons are tailored to the content of the curriculum.
- We are open to respond to further thematic wishes.
- Costs: 20.00 EUR flat rate + 1.00 EUR per pupil
- Chaperones have free admission.
ADDITIONAL OFFERS
1. Search game
The children will have to search objects and solve tasks for this. The difficulty is adjustable according to the age of the children.
- Costs: (on top of tour costs/admission):
- 1.00 EUR per child (worksheets should be brought along in printed form)
- 1.50 EUR per pupil (worksheets are provided by the museum)
2. Activity offers
Hieroglyphics workshop
- Writing names in hieroglyphics on papyrus using stamps.
“Walkin’ like an Egyptian”
Trying out items of clothing and wigs, making a simple paper diadem, painting a collar or decorate bracelets.
“Protection for eternity”
Crafting amulets from clay with Egyptian protective symbols and symbols of luck.
- Duration of the activities: approx. 30 minutes each
- The search game and activity offers are combinable. Activity offers are not combinable (we can only offer one activity, either in combination with the search game or on its own).
- Costs: (on top of tours costs/admission): 1.50 EUR per child
Guided Tours
- Dates outside of our regular opening hours can be booked upon consultation.
- Duration: approx. 60 minutes (possibly also shorter or longer, upon consultation)
- Group size: Class size (up to 30 pupils)
- Parallel tours for bigger groups are possible.
- General tours cover all main topics about Ancient Egypt. We are open to respond to further thematic wishes.
- Costs: 20.00 EUR flat rate + 1.00 EUR per pupil
- Chaperones have free admission.
Additional offers
We do not have any fixed additional offers for pupils of grades 7 to 12. It is, however, possible to request the preparation of general or themed worksheets, that can be filled in during or after the tour.
Costs (on top of tour costs/admission): 1.00 EUR per pupil (worksheets should be brought along in printed form) / 1.50 EUR per pupil (worksheets are provided by the museum)
Offers during holidays
All offers for school classes and after-school care groups are also available during the holidays.
During the winter and summer holidays we participate in the Holiday pass of Leipzig city. Holders of the Holiday pass get free admission into the museum upon presenting the appropriate coupon. Within this framework we also offer a museum rally as well as crafting afternoons. The children can pick up the rally at the cash desk to solve during their visit. The offer is free of charge.
A few weeks before the start of the holidays you can find specific information on our offers here.
Winter holidays 2024
During the winter holidays we offer our search game again, which all children can solve during their visit. The offer is free of charge.
There are also crafting afternoons on different topics:
Wed, 14 February & Wed, 21 February, 1.30 pm to 3.30 pm:
“Walkin’ like an Egyptian”: quick tour, crafting jewellery from paper (diadems, collars, bracelets, masks)
Thu, 15 February & Thu, 22 February, 1.30 pm to 3.30 pm:
“Writing workshop”: quick tour, writing hieroglyphics and other Egyptian writings on papyrus or clay
Please register in advance for the crafting afternoons contacting 0341-9737008 or aegmus(at)uni-leipzig.de
Offers for after-school care groups and other holiday groups
Our regular educational offers are also available during the holidays. Please check our overview for information on offers for school classes.
The following conditions apply to group visits (outside of our opening hours as well):
Admission with guided tour: 2.00 EUR per child (1.00 EUR with Holiday pass)
Admission with guided tour and additional offer: 3.50 EUR per child (2.50 EUR with Holiday pass)
Please feel free to contact us for a date arrangement.
Museum suitcase
IDEAL ASSISTANT FOR PREPARING A MUSEUM VISIT WITH A SCHOOL CLASS
Teachers often have problems finding appropriate materials that they can use to introduce a topic to pupils in a varied way.
Our museum suitcase was created to solve this problem. It is packed with materials on Ancient Egypt that teach different aspects using diverse methodical approaches such as staged play, crafting ideas, riddles or descriptions.
How does the suitcase work?
The museum suitcase is available to all teachers upon request. They can pick it up from the museum and take it to school with them. There it can be used as support while teaching about Ancient Egypt but also as preparation for a visit to the museum.
The contents of the suitcase can be used individually, meaning that either one method, a selection of methods or all of them can be used. The contents are not interdependent.
For which age group is it?
The contents were developed for primary school age children, especially grades 3 and 4, but most of it can also be carried out with younger children or with pupils of grade 5. The suitcase is less suited for older children.
What do you need to use the suitcase?
If you are interested in using the suitcase, please contact us via phone: 0341-9737008 or via e-mail.
The suitcase will be freely available for you after an individual agreement. There is no further preparation necessary. If you intend to use the worksheets that are in the suitcase you will simply have to copy them yourself.
Using the suitcase is completely free of charge. However, we would be happy to welcome you for a visit afterwards.
Further offers
Children's birthday party at the Egyptian Museum
Our offers for children’s birthday parties are mainly aimed at children ages 6 to 8 as well as 8 to 11.
Every offer includes a guided tour through the exhibition as well as individually selectable additional offers.
If you are interested, please contact us using the listed contact opportunities.
TEACHING MATERIALS ON DIFFERENT TOPICS
Our worksheets can be used by teachers as teaching material. They can also be used as free time activity.
Please note that as of right now we only have worksheets in German.
PROJECT “PRAKTISCHER GESCHICHTSUNTERRICHT”
Practical history lessons: Children get to experience history in a vivid, tangible and comprehensible way
Partner:
Cooperation between the Egyptian Museum – Georg Steindorff – of the University of Leipzig and the Anhaltischer Förderverein für Naturkunde und Geschichte e.V. Pfaffendorf (Saxony-Anhalt)
- Project lead
Prof. Dr. Holger Kockelmann
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PD Dr. Dietrich Raue
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- Contact person at Leipzig University
Dr. des. Jana Raffel-Schwarz
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