Offerings for Lower Secondary School Pupils

Depending on the age group, our offer for primary school children starts with a rather simple or more complex structured children’s guided tour with Kuno the Cat, the castle mascot. The newly acquired knowledge is applied and consolidated in a castle rally, where the pupils explore the castle independently in small groups and solve a riddle together to receive a small reward.

Using the ruins of Münzenberg Castle as an example, based on the curriculum for grades 5 to 10, we offer “explorer backpacks” with which the pupils explore and get to know the castle on their own in teams using replicas. Their findings are then presented to the whole group in short presentations. They will be guided by the museum educators in their explanations. The finale will be a medieval selfie.

During a tour of the castle, the children will learn about the importance of books in the Middle Ages and where they were produced, described and illustrated. In the accompanying workshop, the children can try out for themselves how books were drawn and written in those days. Depending on their age, they will either create cards with coloured initials or write a document with a goose quill and ink they have made themselves.

What was working life like in the Middle Ages? What guilds and guilds existed back then?
After a guided tour of the castle grounds, children will take part in a workshop to design and decorate small colourful leather bags to store their very own treasures. A family coat of arms must not be missing on the little bag.