By Susannah on 11 May, 2011
How do museums represent history through their displays? How do museum educators help large groups of students who want to explore this question? Susannah reports on a recent visit by 170 year 7 students. Read more >
Posted in Exhibition, Objects, Program | Tagged critical thinking, engagement, meta, museology, teaching
By Susannah on 17 March, 2011
Sometimes an exhibition-in-progress is more interesting to students (and educators!) than a fully finished one. Read more >
Posted in Exhibition, Inspiration, Objects, Program | Tagged children, conservation, engagement, museology, teaching, wonder
By Ange on 28 February, 2011
How do you make history dynamic and engaging when the students are 400 kilometres away from you? Last week we had a video conference with 16 extremely switched on Yr 12 Extension History students from NSW who wanted to link up and explore with us ‘the role of national museums in constructing and representing history’. [...] Read more >
Posted in Program | Tagged critical thinking, history, inclusion, museology, technology, video conference
By Cath on 9 December, 2010
A display by Juliet Morelli, which won the Museum’s prize in the 2010 National History Challenge, will be exhibited in the Hall of the National Museum of Australia this summer. Read more >
Posted in Exhibition | Tagged children, Indigenous, museology, sport
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