Ragged School Museum
#131
⭐ Highligts
Victorian Classroom
Sit at sloped desks and experience the discipline and simplicity of 19th-century lessons.Learning with almost nothing.
📍 First floor
Life in One Room
Cramped beds, scant possessions—poverty made visible beyond statistics.Home as hardship.
📍 Domestic reconstruction
Movement & Mission
Panels and objects explain how charitable schools paved the way toward universal education.From charity to right.
📍 Intro galleries
Opening Hours
Sunday:
10:00 – 17:00
Wednesday:
10:00 – 17:00
Thursday:
10:00 – 17:00
Friday:
10:00 – 17:00
Saturday:
10:00 – 17:00
🤓 Fun Facts
School groups still ‘attend’ lessons here—role-play brings pedagogy and discipline into focus.
The canalside location links to pupils’ real lives—dock and factory labour was steps away.
Expect reading-heavy displays; pairing with a short guided talk balances text with story.
