One of the big changes we are considering is moving our museum space from the area in currently resides in to our Cultural Arts Center (on the other side of the school). 8th Grade students have measured the space in our current Holocaust Museum and the space in the location we are considering to move to.
The current museum is 609 square feet and the space in the Cultural Arts Center is 674 square feet.
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An important part of our museum renovation is updating it to be a “tech-forward” space. In order to familiarize students with ways they could incorporate tech into their exhibits, we have incorporated various tech projects in different classes. Our inspiration for this project came from Beit Hatfutsot and a set of Rosh Hashanah cards they have on display. Each student in middle school was assigned a Rosh Hashanah card and were tasked with delving deeper either into the meaning of their particular card or the history behind the image/text. A QR code was then created in which visitors to the Rosh Hashanah card display could learn from the students research. Students got creative in terms of the way they taught people about their particular card. Various mediums were used including ThingLink, PicCollage, YouTube, and CoSpaces. The intent is to include some of the Rosh Hashanah cards in the museum in our “Pre-war” section of the space. To garner inspiration for our museum exhibits, we took advantage of an amazing resource we have in Indianapolis, The Indianapolis Children’s Museum. The museum is the world largest children’s museum and was the perfect platform to engage our students. Within the museum there is an exhibit entitled, “The Power of Children”. This particular exhibit highlights the lives of three amazing children, Anne Frank, Ruby Bridges, and Ryan White. We thought this exhibit would be the perfect place for our students to see How a more somber/educational topic could be presented in an interactive and engaging way. Students were truly inspired and left the field trip with lots of ideas for our own museum.
Following the Children’s Museum, we went to the Indiana State Museum where students took an archaeology class that reviewed the importance of understanding one’s past, an important theme for our own school’s museum. The above video was used to introduce students to the project. Foundational concepts were addressed including why it's important to continue Holocaust education and what exactly an interactive museum exhibit consists of. Students were inspired by the short video and already began thinking of ideas to incorporate into the space. It was an invigorating and inspiring kick-off to the project!
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