Beckford’s Tower’s My Collectors Box

Download this free teaching resource from Beckford’s Tower to design your own collector’s box.

Suitable for: KS2, KS3

Subjects: Art & Design, History

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Design your own collector’s box!

Learn about William Beckford and his collections. Students can then gather together their own special objects and produce a drawing of their own collector’s box.

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Suitable for: KS2, KS3

Subjects: Art & Design, History

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About Beckford’s Tower.

Built between 1826 and 1827, Beckford’s Tower is an extraordinary building that was once home to one of the greatest collections of books, furniture and art in Georgian England and now stands as the only surviving example of William Beckford’s great architectural achievements.

William Beckford’s ability to build, and to collect, was made possible by the wealth he inherited and continued to accumulate as an owner of Jamaican sugar plantations and enslaved people, and through the compensation he received from the government following the abolition of slavery. An aspect of his life that is explored within the museum displays.

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