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What will the museum of the future look like?
Secondary
Australian
Curriculum General Capability:
Critical and creative thinking
Cooperative Learning Activity
1. In pairs, read through
the following article from
The Conversation 27 April 2018
2. Gather the types of technologies currently being used as stated in the article and those that are being investigated. What surprised you the most? What other "jobs" are now involved in the experience of museums?
3. Go to a local museum. Look around the exhibits. Discuss with each other or join up with another pair, the sorts of technologies that could improve the experience of students in your area. Don't forget the younger students and their experience of this museum!
4. List your ideas.
5. As a class, decide which ideas are practical [eg. if there is enough monies to convert an exhibit] and which ideas are currently fanciful. Will the changes you have thought of create more income for the museum? How? For how long?
6. What would be your social media campaign to encourage visitors to your local museum? [or large city museum - if that is your closest]
Acknowledgement of the Histories behind Aboriginal Artefacts Acquisition & more
Secondary
Australian Curriculum General Capability: Literacy
Australian Curriculum General Capability: Ethical Understanding
Australian Curriculum Cross Curriculum Priorities: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander histories and cultures
Cooperative Learning Activity
1. In groups of 3 - 4 students,
you are to use the Expert
Jigsaw strategy to read the following articles from
2. To quote "But if a company wants something and our [Aboriginal] heritage is standing in the way, those laws can always be bent. The value of destroying these places is much higher than the value of keeping them – at least in the eyes of our colonisers. With empathy, how could you justify the hurt Aboriginal people on this continent experience when we find out another culturally significant place has been destroyed?"
Analyse this quote. What does it mean? What does your group think about this quote in light of what you have read?
3. Debate:
Should Rio Tinto been allowed to destroy Juukan Gorge?
Provide reasons.
4. Individually, write to Jean-Sebastien [J-S] Jacques, the CEO of Rio Tinto expressing your thoughts about the destruction of Juukan Gorge. Your letter is to be measured [not rude] and provide reasons for your thoughts.
Pests - particularly insect pests can damage museums - under Conservator
Primary Middle
Australian Curriculum General Capability: Critical and creative thinking
Websites, Games & Apps
Ask a Curator Day
Primary
Middle
Secondary
Australian
Curriculum General Capability:
Critical and creative thinking
Australia and the Cold War: The Petrov Affair
Middle Secondary
Australian Curriculum General Capability: Critical and creative thinking
Cooperative Learning Activity
Want to get your students to study the
Petrov Affair and Cold War in detail from an Australian
perspective?
Go to the Museum of Australian Democracy website and discover a Rich Task
including a WebQuest that Frances Moore created some time ago for the MoAD -
The Petrov Affair.
Curating a Virtual
Exhibit
Secondary
Australian
Curriculum General Capability:
Critical and creative thinking
Did You Know? LONDON - JUNE 12: Buildings curator of the Tower of London, Jane Spooner holds a 17th century Bellamine Jar found in the grounds of the Tower of London on June 12, 2007 in London. The remains, of what appears to be a cellar, were discovered during an operation to replace the cobbled road above. The team currently believe that this may once have been used by the Tower's Yeoman Guards, also referred to as Beefeaters. (Source: Getty Images) |