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We are proud to announce that Peter and Julie have agreed the sale of Starbeck.com to Wildgoose Education. The team at Wildgoose have a wealth of experience in the educational supplies industry and will continue to offer excellent service, customer support and value for money that both Wildgoose and Starbeck's customers have come to expect. Most importantly, we shall continue to offer - and add to - the widest range of interesting, exciting and fascinating artefacts and resources that Starbeck are famous for. This website will remain active for now, but we recommend you switch to our brand new site where you can view the entire Starbeck range, place online orders, search for products, reserve Approval Boxes, leave feedback and much more.............                                                                                                                                                      www.starbeck.education Our new contact details for any enquiries, questions or comments are:    01530 836111     info@starbeck.education (For any matters pre December 2020:   01765 607 815  or  starbeck@btinternet.com)

BOXES Home Boxes     Approval Boxes   Value Boxes Explorer Boxes   Gift Ideas   Starboxes	Starbeck.com is the specialist school supplier of inexpensive, exciting & unusual history, art, religious & cultural artefacts. Our unbeatable history collection starts at the Stone Age and goes right through to the 20th Century. We offer an unrivalled range of multicultural artefacts including masks, textiles, musical instruments, pottery, carvings, utensils, clothes, items made from recycled products etc. etc. On top of this we have the best selection of natural forms available to art depts in the country. We may be a small company tucked away in North Yorkshire, but we have built up a nationwide reputation for good service, great value & carry such a diverse range of stock which cannot be matched. Don't take our word for it, read your colleagues' comments here. You can purchase our products in a variety of ways: Approval Boxes   We operate a unique nationwide approval box service. We deliver to your school boxes of affordable artefacts for you to look at & to choose from. The service is free – there is no charge for delivery or collection. We invoice you only for any items that you choose to keep. You are under no obligation to buy & there is no minimum order. You can take as many or as few items as you wish from each box. This is a very popular & easy way to purchase our products.(Approval box comments.)   Starboxes, Value & Explorer Boxes   For those on a specific budget, we have produced Value Boxes (£110) containing a good selection of the more popular artefacts for each subject. In some categories we offer Explorer Boxes (£220) which have a larger selection. Both boxes offer great value for money & are ideal for teachers where time is at a premium. For unbeatable value, our new Starboxes are unique collections and well worth looking at.   Internet Sales - Individual Items   You don't have to order boxes and can order individual items from the website if you prefer. There is no minimum order, we charge carriage for orders less than £100 which will never be more than £5. Not only do we supply schools with our great products - we also sell to private individuals, retailers, museum shops, interior designers and film, tv & theatre companies. We welcome all enquiries, large or small, - we're happy to hear from you. . Sales Van    Our sales van travels throughout the country serving the whole of mainland UK - so no matter where you are based - we can visit you. We carry a wide range of stock in the van, so whatever your requirements are, you will not be disappointed when we call in. Let us know what topics you are interested in we will load the van to suit. We will invoice school for any purchases and can take card, cheque, cash payments for any personal purchases. The Starbeck van is a great way to see our products! See what your colleagues say about it here:  (Van feedback)   Warehouse    You are most welcome to visit our warehouse in Ripon, we are very easy to find. We're on the edge of town & just a few minutes from the motorway. We are sometimes open on a weekend, and post this on our website and Twitter etc. If you are planning to call in through the week, please contact us first to make an appointment as very occasionally we are all out at an exhibition, sale event or course etc.   Export Orders We are experienced exporters and have sent our products to many schools throughout the world. We welcome any enquiries and will get back to you with the best shipping price. Our FREE approval box service is available to schools in IRELAND, FRANCE, LUXEMBOURG, BELGIUM, NETHERLANDS, GERMANY & DENMARK! . (European Enquiries)   Hire Many of Starbeck's incredible items are available to hire. We have a wide range of topic boxes with rental periods totally flexible to suit you. There is no minimum or maximum hire period. If the hire period crosses holiday time, the holiday dates do not count in the hire period. We will deliver the artefacts before your hire period dates start and usually collect after or at a time that is convenient for you. All you have to do is send us details of the topic(s) that you're interested in and the dates and we'll send you details of the collection(s) we currently have available and a quote. There are no joining fees - each hire agreement is bespoke for you. New products recently added to our catalogue:                   Thanks for visiting our web site. Over the years, I know we are now, without doubt, the only company in the UK offering such a huge & diverse range of history, religious and art-based artefacts specifically for use in the classroom. We are particularly excited about our range of history artefacts which we are adding to week by week. We can provide you with genuine affordable artefacts which are often special, sometimes amazing, sometimes unique, but most importantly will stimulate your students & impact your classroom. So far, over 8,000 schools have used our service, so hopefully, we're doing something right! Welcome to Starbeck Educational Resources. Have fun!
HISTORY Ancient Egypt     Ancient Greece Aztecs      Bric a Brac     British History -Topics British History - Misc        Celts Crime & Punishment    NEW! Explorers Great Fire & Plague of London   Industrial Revolution       Iron & Bronze Age Knights & Castles        Literacy in History       Mayan      Mining   Romans        Saxons / Normans    Slavery        Space Stone Age Suffragettes    Sumerian / Indus Valley Titanic Toys Through the Ages    Travel / Transport Tudors       Victorians       Vikings    World War 1      World War 2
ART Aboriginal Art Animal Kits Art Depts Bric a Brac        Carved Birds Carvings Fossils / Dinosaurs Insects Masks         Misc Natural:   Flowers   Fruit      Large Individual Items   Packs of Seedpods     Natural Value Box   Pine Cones       Postcards Pottery   Recycled Ripon Tribal Art      Sea:   Barnacles   Crustacea      Large Specimens   Medium Specimens        Misc   Small Specimens   Starfish   Urchins Skulls & Skeletons     Taxidermy
RELIGION Buddhism     Christianity      Hinduism       Islam Judaism Sikhism
WORLD CULTURES Aboriginal Africa:   Containers     Benin     Figures      Masks   Misc   Music            Slavery   Recycled   Textiles      Asia:   Masks   Misc   Music   Recycled     Textiles      Caribbean China     India:   Misc   Textiles    Inuit Japan Maori  Mexico         Newspapers North America   Papua New Guinea & Oceanic   Puppets Rainforest Roma South America:   Music   Misc    World Cultures World Flags
TEXTILES African Textiles Display Drapes    Indian Textiles World Textiles
MUSIC African Music Asian Music CDs Indian Music South American Music
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