Sir John Moore Foundation Museum Open Day


Sir John Moore Foundation School, Appleby Magna, DE12 7AH

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7th Apr 2024 - 7th Apr 2024

UNTIL Sunday 7th April

Sir John Moore Foundation Museum Open Day at the Sir John Moore Foundation School, Appleby Magna, near Coalville

Museum and garden free Open Day on Sunday 7th April 12noon-4pm, then on the first Sunday of every month.

Why on earth did Sir Christopher Wren leave London to design a school in the tiny village of Appleby Magna? And what was life like for the boys who became pupils?

The Sir John Moore School first opened its doors in 1697. It has always been a free school, even before free education became compulsary. And it attracted some big names - Christopher Wren designed it, and pupils such as Richard Arkwright's family attended it. Some pupils went on to play football for England, or become lawyers, engineers, or even servants in Queen Victoria's household.

This intriguing building is still a home to the village primary school, as well as being a museum. You can see how pupils from the Victorian era would have lived and learned. Find out how formal education developed, how the school was instrumental in the Industrial Revolution, and how the little village of Appleby Magna once shaped the ideas of a nation.

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