EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITY AT THE VERSAILLES MUSEUM AND SELECTED FRENCH MUSEUMS. WORKING METHODS
Journal Title: Muzealnictwo - Year 2015, Vol 56, Issue
Abstract
The article is devoted to educational activity at the Palace of Versailles. The author has completed an internship as part of the EU programme Leonardo da Vinci. Mobility in the Centre of Educational Activities of the museum in question. During her internship she also visited other residential museums, such as Fontainebleau, Chantilly, Vaux-Le-Vicomte and Malmaison, as well as Paris museums like the Musée Bourdelle, the Musée d’Orsay, the Musée de l’Orangerie, Les Arts Decoratifs and the Musée de Monuments Français. The author starts by presenting the visual information system and the museum’s first contact with their public via website, newsletter, printed materials; she also describes the Ticket Office, the Entrance and the Waiting Hall. The museum in Versailles is visited by a huge number of tourists every day, 7.28 million in 2012. One important factor differentiating France from Poland is the close cooperation between the French Ministries of Culture and Education, as a result of which several teachers spend one day a week at the Centre of Educational Activities and work at schools on other days. The Centre is responsible for training teachers to guide their students around the Palace of Versailles independently; entrance to the Palace is free of charge for them, whereas lessons and workshops prepared by museum employees or their associates are payable. The article describes the basic educational offer for adults, students, families with young children, and also mentions the offer for disabled visitors. It also presents the guides’ work as well as the topics they present. Moreover, examples of free children’s booklets and main working methods, such as the use of models, props, drama and the latest technology applied in museums are presented. The author’s experience of educational work at the Royal Castle in Warsaw and other Polish, Central- and Eastern-European museums forms a backdrop to these considerations. There are also some proposals for changes which should take place at the Royal Castle in Warsaw.
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Maria Brodzka-Bestry
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