Learning History and Archeology at the Museum: An Example of Two Interactive Exhibitions on Our History with a Focus on Children
Abstract
Interactive education has recently become increasingly popular. we point out this trend, while we will present it on the example of the two exhibitions based on our own experience as an author, respectively co-author. Both of the exhibitions were created in different conditions, but in essence with a common goal.
The first of them is the interactive exhibition Great Moravian Adventure realized in 2013 in the SNM - Children's Museum. The exhibition was created on the concept of "hands on" directly for children's visitors in a "commercial" sector.
The central idea of the exhibition was to travel around the extinct country, while the children were quided by the traveler Ibn Rust, whose notes on the Slavs have been preserved to these days. The second example is the current exhibition Celts from Bratislava, where the interactive children's line is a complementary "product" of an otherwise professional exhibition in the SNM - Historical Museum.
Children are encouraged to engage in the activity with an interactive line, at the same time they are confronted directly with the original findings, as well as ancient architecture is situ discovered under the courtyard of Bratislava Castle. The formal space of the museum has recently been given a new form of modern educational facilities.