Educational Services at Blenheim Palace
Blenheim Palace is a huge resource for a wide variety of education uses, available to any education group, national and international. This includes Pre-school, School and Youth Groups, Colleges and Universities, Language Schools and School Language Exchanges.
The wide range of resources, not only in the Palace but also in the Gardens, Park and Estate provides equally for the National Curriculum and for general interest and leisure visits or for any combination of these.
A well targeted and demanding National Curriculum visit can be attractively complemented by use of our leisure facilities. Teachers are encouraged to take a wide view in exploring the possibilities at Blenheim, across many subjects and levels, for the full range 3-18 years and beyond. The Blenheim Education Service is now in its twenty-fifth year and is led by the Head of Education, Karen Wiseman, and her team who are available to lead or support any type of educational visit. The areas of Blenheim available to schools include:-
- The Palace State Rooms
- Blenheim Palace - The Untold Story
- The Winston Churchill Exhibition
- The Secret Garden
- The Water Terraces
- The Park
- The Pleasure Gardens with the Marlborough Maze
- The 'Blenheim Bygones' Exhibition
- The Butterfly House
- Adventure Play Area, Putting Green & Maze Games
- Activity Puzzles and a Picnic Site
- 'Churchills' Destiny' Exhibition
- Education Room
- Forest Trail and Combe Mill.
For further information regarding a School Trip or to book a visit please call the Education Department on:-
01993 810535
or
email: education@blenheimpalace.com
'Blenheim Bygones'
This indoor exhibition of a century of garden and rural tools and equipment is laid out in the old garden workshops with every exhibit easily identifiable.
The Secret Garden
This is an excellent area for schools studying science in tree and plant life. For creative work, especially in English and Art the whole nature of the garden is stimulating.