Schools

At the Fishermen’s Museum, we really enjoy school visits!

But each school has different reasons for visiting and also different needs. We can cater for pretty much everything! Just ask!

We are also developing an education delivery package with an exciting addition to our resources which will hopefully be ready for the school trip season of 2025. Watch this space!

Before your visit we do ask that you please contact us and book your school in as during June and July we can get extremely busy  and we can easily get  overcrowded.

Our museum stays free because of people’s donations and profits from our shop which are our only source of income  so to stay open and free it would be great to help us do this by making a donation for your visit. If you would like to just bring your students to walk around we would suggest a minimum donation of 50p/£1 per student.

For a full experience of the museum and the surrounding area we can give your students a talk, up on the boat, Enterprise, for primary school children. We also have a pair of authentic sea boots and a child’s size sou’wester and jacket to try on which always proves popular!

We encourage students to have questions prepared as we’ve found this helps make the talk more engaging for them. 

We usually cover how the museum used to be a church and how fishing has changed from the age of sail to the modern day boats, the characters we’ve had in Hastings over the years such as Biddy the Tubman.

Usually talks last between 15 to 30 minutes. Please have a chat with us for what your requirements are. 

We open at 11am but we could possibly open 10:30 for talks with a minimum donation of £40 per talk.

For a talk we suggest a minimum donation of between £30-£40. These are not fixed prices so please contact us to discuss your visit needs.

We look forward to welcoming you to our wonderful museum.

Contact: Tel: 01424461446