Hello,and thank you for asking me to your teachers'meeting to talk about the Dinosaur Museum and totell you a bit about what you can do with yourstudents there.
Well,let me give you some of the basic informationfirst.In regard to opening hours, we're open everyday of the week from 9.00 am to 8.00 pm except onMondays when we close at 1.30 pm.And,in fact theonly day in the year when we're closed is on the 25thof December.You can book a guided tour for yourschool group any time that we're open.
If you bring a school group to the museum,when you arrive we ask you to remain with yourgroup in the car park.One or more of the tour guides will welcome you there and brief youabout what the tour will be about.We do this there because our entrance is quite small and wereally haven't got much room for briefing groups in the exhibition area.
As far as the amount of time you'll need goes,if you bring a school group you should plan onallowing a minimum of 90 minutes for the visit.This allows 15 minutes to get on and off thecoach,45 minutes for the guided tour and 30 minutes for after-tour activities.
If you're going to have lunch at the museum you will,of course,have to allow more time.Thereare two cafes in the museum,with seating for 80 people.If you want to eat there you'll need toreserve some seating,as they can get quite crowded at lunch time.Then outside the museum atthe back there are tables,and students can bring their own lunch and eat it there in the openair.