Group visits
Bring your group or family to visit Shoemakers Museum. Hire venue space for your meeting. With organised tours of the galleries and archives to enhance your group visit.
Your group is welcome at Shoemakers Museum
Discounts are available for group bookings. We can do our best to accommodate your group if you prebook.
Coach parking is available in the Clarks Village coach parking available on a first come first served basis.
Our café rooms provide a comfortable social place to hold your special interest or social group meeting while you enjoy catering and refreshments. Our library and reading rooms offer more private spaces to meet and our board room includes the best of both with a private space and in-room refreshments.
Regular groups such as knit and natter, bookgroups, crafting, parent and friendship groups are very welcome. The museum is also a perfect venue for celebrations, ceremonies, meeting and special events.
Family Groups
Family groups of 4 or more can enjoy a 10% discount on entry to the museum when booking together.
Book a family ticket
School visits to the museum
Educational visits are welcome with a vibrant learning programme available for schools and colleges. Choose from engaging activities which can be guided or self-led including handling boxes, history trails, interactives, talks, tours of the museum and local area. A dedicated learning space is available for educational groups.
Enquire about School visits
What's on for groups - see the collections
Discover the shoemakers behind Clarks shoes. Step into the world of shoemaking from the early days of hand making to the hustle and bustle of factory life. Find out how shoes have changed over time and what shopping for shoes was like in the 1950s and 1980s. Then take a dive into pre-history – an undersea kingdom of sea dragons and marine fossils. Whatever your age there are opportunities to enjoy the interactives and most of all play.
Book a Museum Tour
Arrange for a guided tour of the collections on display for a personal introduction to the shoemakers of Street, and the stories behind our exhibition highlights.
Book a behind the scenes tour of the archive
Take an exclusive look behind the scenes in the archives at Shoemakers Museum. Suitable for groups of up to 8.
Enjoy the gardens
You are welcome to make use of the orchard and gardens as part of your group booking.
Garden and orchard