Hawkshead Grammar School Museum

The museum in the Old Grammar School building in the village of Hawkshead, Cumbria, houses a unique collection of historic artifacts relating to the ancient School, some of which date back to the sixteenth century.

The museum operates a guided tour which brings the School to life. You can feel the atmosphere and almost believe you are in a working schoolroom of 200 years ago:

• Discover how a grammar school worked in the 1600’s
• See the original desks in the school room
• See the Charter signed by Queen Elizabeth I and the silver
seal
• Find out why the boys drank beer and smoked at school
• Understand why the masters allowed them to carve their names
on the desks
• See William Wordsworth’s own carvings amongst those of
other pupils
• Learn about Wordsworth’s time at the school
people.