Museums as history
Secondary KLA:
Human Society and its Environment
Educational levels:
Year 11, Year 12
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This resource is a module that examines the issues involved in creating a museum exhibition and how production decisions affect the 'history' that is presented to the public. Factors including an exhibition’s purpose, audience, choice of items and challenges are considered. Part of the Home front: Wartime Sydney 1939-1945 resource. Designed to be used by Extension History students choosing 'museums as history' as their History Project topic.
© State of New South Wales, Department of Education and Communities, 2013.
More information
- Resource type:
- Interactive Resource
- ScOT topics:
- World War II, Museums, Historiography
- File type:
- text/html
- Language/s:
- en-AU
- Author:
- State of NSW, Department of Education
- Publisher:
- State of NSW, Department of Education
- Date created:
- Monday, 23 July 2012
Resource ID: ecd76510-88d2-4f7e-8ff1-4d1e227b3876