Activities & Learning Resources
Inspired by the engineers behind the ship, dry dock and dockyard? Explore how ideas become innovation.
Creativity is nurtured through research, curiosity, and a supportive environment where ideas are tried, tested, and imagined.
As home to one of the UK’s largest maritime history collections, we offer a rich range of creative activities, videos and factsheets. These resources support learning at home, or in the classroom.
All our activities
Get creative with our bespoke drawing and design activities from designing a showstopper desert to crafting decorations.
Become a fountain of knowledge. Uncover the best-known facts about Bristol Dockyards.
Get to know our history through our collections. From archived images to an interactive SS Great Britain Timeline, dive deeper into history with us.
Uncover the lives and journeys of the SS Great Britain’s passengers, with stories told in their own words from diaries written at sea.
Experience 19th‑century ocean crossings on the SS Great Britain through personal diaries and letters.
Secondary Schools student or teacher? Explore our resources catered for you.
From colouring sheets, word searches to our ‘Explore Everywhere' challenges, discover your surroundings in a playful way!
Videos
Find out everything from life on board the SS Great Britain to watching our Virtual Archive in Five.
