
Getting Inspired Through a Museum Visit
Date: 15 Aug 2009
Venue: Asian Civilisation Museum, Empress Place
Many of us may have been to a museum many times. From these museum visits, how many of us ended up with just a ‘look and see’ experience and no more beyond that?
Through our YKI Museum Visit, we hope to teach students how to appreciate museum exhibits and be inspired by them. The museum is a place for reflection and learning. The things that you can do in a museum include observing the exhibits, reading the information provided and listening to audio narrations and sounds. Through these, we get to know the exhibits well and are able to relate them to our own existence. In fact, the exhibits tell us the story of people and civilizations of the past. This should remind us of our own mortality.
The main exhibits that students are required to visit are the South Asia, Southeast Asia and West Asia/Islamic galleries. They are then required to complete some questions in the handout under the section ‘Knowing the Asian Region’. Students share their thoughts by answering questions about how the museum can serve Islam as well as writing down their feelings and impressions after the visit.
After this museum visit, students may not immediately acquire the art of appreciating museum and get inspired by them. However, it is hoped that they have learnt how to acquire the skills which can benefit them in their future visits to the museum.
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