Multitouch wonder
As mentioned in an earlier post about Yiwarra Kuju, this is the amazing multitouch table.
View ArticleDrama + history = new museum audiences
A lot of people have been doing a lot of talking about the way we teach history, why students engage with this subject and, more importantly, why they disengage. One response to this is the developing...
View ArticleYiwarra Kuju video clips
Teaching or learning about Indigenous culture and history? See the following clips, produced during development of the exhibition Yiwarra Kuju: The Canning Stock Route.
View ArticleThree perspectives on Chinese art for education
At a recent event about our exhibition of modern Chinese art, we heard three unique perspectives from three different teachers of: history, visual art and Chinese language and culture. Marie-Ann,...
View ArticleReplicas of Oscar’s sketchbook
With support from Queensland's Department of Education & Training, the Museum has produced replicas of an amazing object – a late 19th-century book of drawings by an Indigenous boy called Oscar....
View ArticleOscar’s sketchbook, then and now
A guest post by Jonathan Nalder from the Division of Indigenous Education and Training Futures, Queensland Department of Education, Training and Employment, who worked with us to produce replicas of...
View ArticleIntroducing… The Museum Game
Introducing... The Museum Game – a video introduction, curriculum links, and a booking form :)
View ArticleGlorious Days: Australia 1913
Canberra is 100 today! To mark the centenary, we have a new exhibition, Glorious Days: Australia 1913, and a suite of special programs for school groups.
View ArticleMiles from home, and yet so close
Deb shares some of the joy of her job – presenting A Living Culture to a group of students from a north Queensland Indigenous community.
View ArticleCome Alive 2013 really came alive!
Exit stage left, pursued by a bicycle, some angels, a toy pig, a cochlear implant, a magic tractor, ‘Eternity’, Ned Kelly, racism, Lindy Chamberlain, the Second World War in the Pacific, a false claim,...
View ArticleFilms to love
A playlist of love-ly movies, as seen projected onto the Hall during our love-themed Night at the Museum.
View ArticleTwinkle, Twinkle, Little Star
Jilda recounts a radical dialogue she had with a group of preschoolers in the Old Masters exhibition this morning.
View ArticleSing it out!
The world’s one big classroom, yeah? Props to those teachers and others who go the extra step to provide experiences for young people that build on and go beyond the learning that happens in the...
View ArticleLife of an ancient lake
When you visit Lake Mungo, one of several lakes in the Willandra Lakes system, you might wonder why it’s called a lake at all, because there is very little water in it. But 45,000 years ago it was full...
View ArticleDeep connections
The Kimberley is an ancient land, and a place where Aboriginal people continue to have deep connections with their country ...
View ArticleChild’s play: bush toys II
It's probably true in all cultures: some of the ways in which Indigenous children play are practice for adulthood, and – spoiler! – sometimes they're just for fun.
View ArticleA saddle for a seat
How is the Arabian love of horses relevant to the modern office environment? Cath shares some things she learned in a recent quest for the perfect desk chair.
View ArticleShooting defining moments, with style and flair!
How do you shoot a defining moment in Australian history? Not with a rifle, but with a video camera, an object of historical significance and Mikey Robins. Mikey Robins is an Australian entertainment...
View ArticleField Notes: National Museum of Ireland
Take a journey with us through the world’s museums in our series ‘Field Notes’. On the last Thursday of each month there will be a new post highlighting the experience of our contributing authors in a...
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