Prepare for your group’s visit to the Mercer Museum or Fonthill Castle with a variety of educational materials, activities and resources.

Here you will find downloadable resources for your classroom to help enrich your students’ visit, including suggestions for in-class warm-ups and follow-up activities, vocabulary terms, and activity sheets, which may be photocopied for use during your museum visit.

Mercer Museum Education Resources

• Mercer Museum Vocabulary

Pre- and Post-Visit Activities:

Mercer Museum

• Mercer Museum Visit Pre- and Post-Visit Activities

Special Programs

• Log House Life Pre- and Post-Visit Activities
• Meet the Makers Pre- and Post-Visit Activities
• Simple Machines Pre- and Post-Activities

Mercer Museum Scavenger Hunts:

Grade-Level Scavenger Hunts

• Scavenger Hunt and Key: Pre-K -2nd Grade
• Scavenger Hunt and Key: 3rd – 5th Grade
• Scavenger Hunt and Key: 6th – 8th Grade
• Scavenger Hunt and Key: 9th – 12th Grade

Specialty Scavenger Hunts 

• World of Wizarding at the Mercer Museum Scavenger Hunt and Key
• Lord of the Rings at the Mercer Museum Scavenger Hunt and Key
• Discovering Dated Artifacts at the Mercer Museum Scavenger Hunt and Key
• Benjamin Franklin at the Mercer Museum Scavenger Hunt and Key

Fonthill Castle Education Resources

• Castle of Ideas Grades 3-6
• A Concrete House Grades 6-8

For further information, please contact Katy Pownall at kpownall@mercermuseum.org.