Thursday, October 1, 2009






“Dress-ups” activities are very popular with people. Whatever, young children or adults like to play it. This time we are not only design different kinds of paper dress-ups activities for visitors, but also prepare to make real clothes for them. Actually, we got some clothes and hats already which local residents donated before. However, those clothes were pretty old and most of them were in tatter. Therefore, the museum curator and I decided to make new clothes for “dress-ups”. Our permanent exhibition presents the local history between the early 19th century and the early 20th century. Thus, I have to collect as many old photos as possible. And have a look what people wore during that period. After that, chose some interesting photos and sent them to dressmaker. The dress-ups clothes included women’s fashion, convict uniform, school uniform and sport uniform etc. It was really expensive for the special order. I contacted with the dressmaker and asked for a quote. There was 120 dollars for each.I also designed the other three worksheets for “touch-tables” audiences, such as home front theme, early settlers theme and local shops/businesses theme. These worksheets and educational resources were for young children from Kindergarten to 12 years old. Therefore, I must very carefully think about different questions for them. For example, I tried to introduce the local history and the exhibition object in simple languages. The educational kits were for local school’s teacher. Students can understand our exhibition and objects through these educational resources. Visitors also can learn the local plants, animals, famous residents and local businesses via these resources. I also have a formal meeting with museum curator on last Friday. We talked about all finished projects and the future plan of “touch-tables” programs. Next week, a new photography exhibition will be held in our museum. I also will join the installation job.

1 comment:

  1. Very interesting program. This is a very meaningful activity.

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