This scheme has been designed primarily for community organisations, libraries, Play and Youth Groups, those working with local children and young people, families and the local community to use. Schools will be able to borrow the loan boxes too. There are five loan boxes, each exploring a different theme related to Camden's history:

• Medieval
• Tudor
• Georgian
• Victorian
• World War 2

The boxes can be borrowed for three weeks, and will contain a range of sensory inspiring materials, activities and experiences.

Find out about life in Camden over 500 years ago with the Medieval Loan Box.
Take a journey through time, discovering the people, places and historic lifestyles of your borough.

Queen Victoria’s reign nearly ended after a few months when horses drawing her carriage bolted on Highgate West Hill. The publican of the Fox and Crown saved her life.

Queen Victoria sat on the rustic chair in front of the door to recover from her ordeal.

A new sign with the Royal coat of arms was Victoria’s reward to the publican. It is preserved in the Highgate Society’s Headquarters. Soon after traffic moved to the new Archway and the pub closed down.

Discover what life was like in the world’s greatest metropolis with the Victorian loan box.

• How did Victorian philanthropists help the poor?
• What games did children play before Playstation?
• Why is St Pancras Station still an engineering marvel?
• Where can you see a man who got stuffed as an experiment?
• Who hoped his house would stay exactly the same ‘forever’?

Explore life in Victorian Camden on foot, through books, photographs or the internet or in some of its many museums and libraries. This loan box will be your guide.

Or stay indoors and turn back the clock to a time before cars, electricity and the National Health Service as you enjoy some Victorian activities and games.

Did you know that The British Museum was bombed in World War Two and that many of its objects spent the entire war down in the tube?

Work being carried out on the Prints and Drawings Students Room at the British Museum in 1913.

30 years after this photograph was taken a bomb came through the roof of this room and ended up in the basements of the museum! Luckily it did not destroy any objects on the way.

Find out more about Camden during this period with the World War Two loan box.

• How badly was Camden effected by the Blitz?
• Where can you still see evidence of bomb damage in Camden?
• What was it like to live in Camden during wartime?
• What were the sights, sounds and smells of 1940s Camden?
• How did wartime food shortages effect what people ate?

This loan box contains a wide range of information, activities and talking points which will appeal to children and adults alike.

Also included is a list of places to visit, in Camden and beyond, which will reveal more about this fascinating period in London 's history.