History in their hands
Now you can offer your students a chance to see and to touch authentic historical materials from the ancient world as well the medieval and modern periods, as part of their learning experience.
Whether you are working with formal classes in a school or a Christian education class in a local church, mosque, synagogue or temple, CCCRH materials can be borrowed to provide your participants with a tangible experience of the past. They can hold history in their hands.
The CCCRH collection includes coins, icons, manuscripts, medallions, printed books and other objects that contribute to our understanding of religious history. The collection has a focus on biblical times and the history of Christianity, but also has items from other religions and other regions.
Available resources
Many of the resources linked below are available as exhibition sets suitable for display in the school library, while others are items related to a particular theme but not part of an existing exhibition set.
Ancient History / Classics
History of Coins | Coins of Alexander the Great | Coins of the Roman Republic | The Roman Empire to 100 CE | Coins of Roman Emperors 100 CE to 500 CE | Coins of Athens | Coins of Ephesus | Coins of Tarsus | Ancient Egypt
Ancient Judaism & Early Christianity
From the Maccabees to Herod | Herodian Coins | Coins from the time of Jesus | Jewish Coins and Artefacts | Coins of Cities visited by Saint Paul
Medieval Europe
Coins of the Byzantine Empire | Europe in the Middle Ages | Books of Hours | Books of Liturgy | Venice | Popes
Modern Europe
The Reformation | History of the English Bible | French Revolution | Military Items I
Australian Studies
Trade Tokens | ANZACs & World War 1
Other Categories
Ethiopian Christianity | Icons | Islamic Manuscripts and Coins | Albert Schweitzer
Click on the links to preview the online gallery for each set.
For brief descriptions, see the exhibitions page.
To request any of these resources, email us.
Curriculum Leaders and Classroom Teachers
We are eager to work with schools across Australia to make our materials accessible to students in your classes.
You can request a complete existing curated collection or request a small number of specific items relevant to your students.
Let us know what materials you would find of value to your class, and we shall work with you to get them to you.
What does it cost?
We offer these resources for no charge as it is our core mission to see these materials in the hands of students.
If the items cannot be collected from and returned to the reception desk at St Francis College in Milton we ask that you cover the costs of shipping them to your school and returning them to the Foundation.
We welcome additional donations to assist us in caring for these valuable items and acquiring new items for the collection.
Schools ambassador
Stephen Brown, RAVE coordinator at St Paul’s School, Brisbane has joined our team with a focus on making CCCRH materials available in schools. Stephen will be posting regular updates on ways to integrate CCCRH materials into your classroom.