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The Contents Page - the latest pages are added at the top of the lists for each of our sites
Art Galleries
	Work by Ford Madox Brown - find out about life at all levels in Victorian London
	What's in the galleries- take a tour of our art collection
Archaeology
	Petros the Greek Athlete find out more about the events...
	A Roman Soldier- click on his armour and become an expert!
	Our handling collection from Ancient Egypt - see the objects that we use with classes that visit the museum
Aston Hall
	Candles and Spits- find out how Aston Hall was lit and how food was cooked nearly 400 years ago
	A Millennium of Monarchs- to celebrate the millennium, pupils from Birmingham schools became kings and queens of England for a day
	Monarchs Meet the Mayor- see what happened when the Lord Mayor of Birmingham came to visit the Museum
	Tudor Kings and Queens - What did they look like? How did they die? How many children did they have?
	Sir Thomas Holte did he really chop his cook's head off?
	Life at Aston Hall in Sir Thomas' Time- What did they eat? Where did they sleep? What did they do in the Civil War?
	Aston Park in Winter- take a walk around the park and see the trees, plants and animals
	.A Close Encounter with Aston Hall- use evidence to reconstruct Aston Hall's past
	Archaeological Antics: From Horses to Hospitality- see real archaeologists at work on Aston Hall's stable block
Blakesley Hall
	Blakesley Hall is undergoing a major improvement project and will re-open in 2002
Nature Centre
	See a wide selection of European animals at The Nature Centre and find out about the service offered to schools by the Schools Liaison teacher.
Sarehole Mill
	Take a virtual tour of the Mill How does the water wheel turn the stones?
	Use co-ordinates to explore the River Cole see examples of a meander, erosion, a ford, a weir and a river island and more...
	See how to make a model of the mill- as demonstrated by Hallmoor School, Birmingham (some of these even have lights!)
	The Tolkien connection- see where the great writer lived when he was a boy
	Sladefield Infants and the Little Red Hen and the mill- how an old story got a new twist!
Woodgate Valley Country Park
	Woodgate Valley is on the south side of Birmingham. We run a teaching service here for Birmingham schools find out more...
Soho House
	Explore Soho House, the home of Matthew Boulton
General
	Materials - see how different materials are used throughout the museum and the historic buildings
Loans service to schools
	The Schools Liaison loans service is free to schools find out more!
	See the work that Woodgate School, Birmingham produced when they borrowed our Egyptian loan.