Secondary school students have been demonstrating their local historical knowledge during guided tours of Epping Forest District Museum.
The pupils from King Harold Academy in Waltham Abbey acted as guides after taking part in the national Takeover Day event.
This is when heritage and cultural sites invite children and young people to take over jobs normally done by adults.
Year 7 King Harold Academy students Grace Cooper and Tilly Giddy showed Epping Forest MP Dame Eleanor Laing and Epping Forest District Council chairman councillor Helen Kane around the museum.
Various exhibits were also explained to Upshire Primary School children who also took part in activities at the museum.
Dame Eleanor said: "It was a pleasure to visit the Epping Forest District Museum and be shown round by Grace and Tilly. Their knowledge of the displays was amazing and they would certainly make good museum guides or curators in the future.
"The museum is a fantastic place with so much of our local history recorded there, including many artefacts that have been recovered from around the Epping Forest area."
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