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Museum/Educational Visit Risk Assessment
Create a professional, comprehensive risk assessment for museum/educational visit in school & education settings. Tailor hazards and measures to your needs and download a professional PDF. Add your own branding.
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What this covers
This template focuses on typical risks and controls for museum/educational visit in school & education settings. You can add, remove or adapt items to match your context.
Potential benefits
Develops enquiry skills through guided and independent exploration.
Brings history, science, and arts to life with authentic artefacts.
Motivates further research and project based learning.
Strengthens note taking, sketching, and question framing.
Supports inclusive learning with multisensory exhibits.
Typical hazards & measures
Supervision lapses / lost pupils
— Maintain required ratios. Assign a lead and tail adult per group, use buddy systems, headcount on arrival, gallery changes, and departure. Share a missing child plan with museum staff and agree a secure meeting point.
Pushy crowds leading to jostling or anxiety
— Visit during quieter times. Use pre-agreed safe zones, assign adults to high-traffic areas, and stagger class movement. Teach children calm walking and "group pause" cues to prevent panic.
Handling dangerous replicas (weight/fragility)
— Limit replica use to small supervised groups. Place replicas on padded mats, train staff in safe handovers, and demonstrate lifting techniques. Remove damaged replicas promptly and record incidents.
Ingestion or contamination from touch-tables or interactives
— Provide hand sanitiser at entry/exit of galleries, disinfect touchscreens hourly, and brief pupils to clean hands before snacks. Museum staff to keep cleaning logs and ensure waste bins are accessible.
Choking hazards for younger children
— Restrict under-7 access to small-part exhibits. Only use replica kits with age-appropriate components. Supervise at a 1:4 ratio for early years. Clean display areas regularly to prevent small debris accumulation.
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