The School Loans Service
loan catalogue

With over 200 loans boxes/packs available for you to borrow FREE OF CHARGE there is sure to be a loans resource to suit your chosen topic. Although the loans are subject to availability the list below describes the range of items we have. The list is organised into the following categories (click a category to jump straight to that section):

General Historical Loans
Thematic Loans
Postcards
Prints
Religious Artefacts
Mammals
Birds
Skeletons/Skulls
Insect Life
Earth Sciences

If you are interested in borrowing any of these items please complete our ' Loan Request Form ' . If you require a hardcopy of the Loans Catalogue please download the Acrobat (466 KB) Loans Catalogue here or alternatively call 0121 303 3890 to request a Loans Catalogue to be sent to you.

Please note that due to our redevelopment program we will be required to withdraw some of the artefacts for a period of time in order for us to develop the loan. We apologise for any inconvenience that this may cause but it is necessary in order to improve the Loans Service.

For more information and photographs of the loan box click on the links below (link opens in a new window). There are also teacher's notes (in Acrobat PDF format) which are available to download by right clicking the link and selecting 'save target as'.

General Historical Loans top
Anglo Saxon 1 - Replica brooches
Anglo Saxon 2 - Costumes, runes, stamps and pots  
African Market
Benin Plaque - Replica Bronze
Benin Teachers' Pack - Book, 24 A4 pictures, wallcharts map
Bronze Age Sword 1 - Replica, plain
Bronze Age Sword 2 - Replica, leaf shaped
Bronze Age 1 - Replica flat axes, palstaves and razor
Bronze Age 2 - Replica flat axes, palstaves
Bronze Age 3 - Pots, beakers, chisel
Canal Artefacts 1 - Picture, water carrier, frying pan
Canal Artefacts 2 - Picture dipper, stool
Canal Artefacts 3 - Mug, candlestick, red can with filter
Canals English - Tapes, books
Canals Black Country - Tapes, books
Egypt Funerary Artefacts 1 - 5
Egypt Everyday Life Artefacts 1 - 5
Egyptian Costume 1 - 5
First World War 1 - 2
First World War Oral History - Tapes and slides
First World War Newspapers - Bound in a large book
Greek Everyday Life 1 - 3
Greek Costume
Greek - Maenad Sculpture
Greek - Ancient (replica)
Medieval 1 - 2 - Fragments of pots, tiles
Medieval 3 - 12th century Chess pieces - Isle of Lewis - replicas
North American Indians - Wooden carvings, books
Old Brum Newpapers
Palestinian 1 - 2 - Costume, information
Pre-historic Box 1 - 2
Pre-historic Box 3 - Slides - cave paintings in France and Spain
Roman Kitchen 1 - 3 - Replica artefacts
Roman Settlers 1 - 8

Roman Costume 1 - 5 - Replicas
with instructions
Roman Soldier Costume 1
Roman Replica Everyday Life 1 - 5
Roman - Mancetter
Roman - Wall
Royal Seals - Elizabeth I, Edward III, Henry III, etc.
Seaside Holidays
Seaside Puppets
Sources of Design 1 - Skull, eggs, shells
Sources of Design 2 - Shells, amethyst etc
Sources of Design 3 - Shells

Second World War 1 - 6
Second World War - Air Raid Warden 1 (22kg delivery only)
Second World War - Posters 1 - 2
Second World War - Soldiers Kit - Uniform, goggles etc
Second World War - Tin Hat 1 - 4
Second World War - Gas Mask
Second World War - Baby Gas Mask 1 - 3
Second World War - Newspapers 1 - 2
Second World War - Oral History

Toys 1 - 5
Tudors - Boy and Girl Costume
Tudor 2 - Everyday items (replica)
Tudor Life - Goblet, coins, patterns, lady's hat
Tudor Costume 2 - Henry VII, Tudor Lady
Victorian Everyday Life 1 - 6
Victorian Costume 1 - 6 - Underwear, nightdress, camisole
Victorian Embroidery and Needlework loan
Victorian Berlin Woolwork
– Picture of a child
Vikings 1 - 2 - Everyday Items (replica)
Writing and Printing - Cylinder Seals from Persia/Sumeria c2000BC
Thematic Loans top
1920's Home Life
1930's Home Life 1 - 4
1940's Home Life 1 - 5
1950's Home Life 1 - 2
Women's Clothes - 1950s
Men's Clothes - 1950s - 1970s
Children's Clothes -
1930s - 1970s
A Night Out - 1950s Women's evening wear
Be A Sport! -
Sports clothes 1920s - 1950s
Heating and Lighting - 1920s/1940s
Between the Wars - Oral History - slides and audio tape
Corner Shop - Victorian to 1950s
Footwear - Victorian to 1950s
Handbags, Hats and Haberdashery - 1930s - 1970s
In Sickness and in Health - Late 19th and early 20th century
Kitchen Life - 1920 - 1950
Lady's Boudoir - Late 19th and early 20th century
Nursery Days 1 - 2 - Late 19th and early 20th century
School Days 1 - 2 - Late 19th and early 20th century
Story Box 1- The Elves & The Shoemaker
Upstairs/Downstairs - Late 19th and early 20th century
Washday Past 1 - 2- Washboard, dolly peg, flat iron, etc
What's This? - Late 19th, early 20th century artefacts
Postcards - Sets of 25 different postcards, laminated. Two sets per ring binder. top
Work / City Streets
Landscape / Perspective
Movement / Pattern
Artificial Light / Portraits
Colour / Texture
Entertainment / Washing
Portraits A4 Art Pack - with Teachers' notes
Pre Raphaelites (20)
The Birmingham Collection (30)
The Last of England - Ford Madox Brown (35 postcards)
Travel - folder of 25 postcards, 2 A3 posters and notes)
Prints - Laminated and in large document holders top
Japanese Prints 1 - 2
English 19th Century Landscapes
William Morris
Edward Burne-Jones
Newlyn
Impressionism
Birmingham School
Images of Women 1 - 2
Different Styles 1 - 2
Religious Artefacts top
Islam Project Pack - Qu'ran, prayer mat, prayer beads, wall hanging, clothes, medallions
Hinduism (Divali) Project Pack - Shrine figures of rama, Sita, Lakshmana, Hanuman,
Judaism
Sikhism
Buddhism
Mammals - Foxes and badgers free-standing in carrying boxes. Small animals in perspex covers in wooden boxes. top
Food Chain - Illustrates food chains on land and in water, with Frog, Heron, Cat and Vole Skulls
Badger
Ferret
Fox
Hedgehog
House Mouse
Field Mouse
Mole
Rabbit
Rat
Shrew
Squirrel
Stoat
Water Vole
Weasel
Birds - With perspex covers in wooden carrying boxes. top
Blackbird - Male / Female
Black Headed Gull
Blue Tit
Bullfinch
Chaffinch - Male
Corncrake
Crow
Cuckoo
Dove
Jay
Kestrel - Male / Female
Lapwing
Little Grebe
Magpie
Mallard
Meadow Pipit
Moorhen
Nightjar
Barn Owl
Tawny Owl
Short Eared Owl
Pied wagtail
Red Backed Shrike
Robin
Snipe
Sparrow
Starling
Swallow
Swift
Teal - Male / Female
Thrush
Water Rail
Wood Pigeon
Skeletons/Skulls top
Miniature Human Skeleton
Cat Skeleton
Crow Skeleton
Mouse Skeleton
Skulls - Monkey, Haddock, Cat, Rabbit, Hedgehog (in individual plastic boxes within a suitcase)
Cormorant Skull
Duck Skull
Fox Skull
Stoat Skull
Insect Life top
Insect Life Histories - (Different species from egg to adult in glass topped box)
Garden Insects - (Moths, butterflies, bees, wasps, beetles in glass topped box)
Earth Sciences top
Earth Sciences 1 - 2 - 50 labelled (worldwide) mineral and ore samples
Fossils 1 - 2 - Fossils/replicas of plants and animals
Coal Fossils - Fossils within coal samples
Gemstones 1 - 30 labelled loose samples
Gemstones 2 - small glass topped box small samples
Minerals 1 - 2 - Samples in a wooden box
Minerals 3 - 4 - Samples in a suitcase