Ragged School Museum

"In its time, the Ragged School Museum was the largest school in London and a place where impoverished children could get free education and a good meal." Full review

"A Victorian school for poverty stricken waifs has been preserved as a museum to their donated education. " Full review

"Both adults and children are inevitably charmed by this combination of mock Victorian schoolroom, re-created East End kitchen, and social history museum." Full review

"Ragged schools were an early experiment in public education: they provided tuition, food and clothes for destitute children. This one was the largest in London, and Dr Barnardo himself..." Full review

"Every Wednesday and Thursday throughout the summer holidays, the Ragged School Museum welcome families to drop-in activities, with a focus on Victorian fun and games. Learn how to make..." Full review

"These free drop-in Easter family activities will focus on 1877, the year the Ragged School opened" Full review

"This year the museum is focusing on nineteenth-century art and design, from the Gothic Revival to William Morris. Little visitors can get creative and have their faces painted for free..." Full review