Curating the Story Museum: A Resource for EducatorsMain MenuIntroduction to Curating the Story MuseumBy Naomi Hamer and Ann Marie MurnaghanProject DescriptionProject DescriptionCurating the Story MuseumSummary Video of the ProjectUndergraduate and Graduate Research Assistants Research OutputsResearch Assistant CollaborationsUrban Children's BooksBy Quentin StuckeyMuseums during COVID-19: Opportunities for engagementResearched and written by Dana MitchellChildren's Museum and Story Sites in the Greater Toronto Area, Past and PresentBy Sabrina Pavelic, with Helena Wright and Elizabeth TherouxReviewing Dr. SeussBy Sabrina PavelicThe Royal Canadian Mounted Police Heritage CentreBy C. GunnExhibit reviews from our undergraduate collaboratorsReviews from Dr. Hamer's English 910: English Capstone SeminarResearch OutputsBook Chapter and Journal Articles produced over the course of the project.The hybrid exhibits of the story museum: The child as creative artist and the limits to hands-on participationBy Naomi Hamer (2019) Museum and Society, 17(3), 390-403.Exploring the Museum at Night: Young people’s Agency and Citizenship in Museum-Related Children’s Literature and ProgrammingBy Naomi Hamer and Ann Marie Murnaghan. In The Role of the Child as Citizen: Agency and Activism in Children’s Literature and Culture, edited by Giuliana Fenech. University of Mississippi Press.Global Children's MuseumsArt, Story and PlayAcknowledgementsSpecial thanks to all our CollaboratorsResources for ResearchCollection of Documents in this EbookAnn Marie Murnaghan and Naomi Hamer081b9a890206e558011a8c3bc15a99df3910cbdf
Black Creek Pioneer Village
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Black Creek Pioneer Village is a unique experience for children and adults. Its immersive nature, however, appeals to children as they feel they have stepped into 1860s Ontario. The village has 40 heritage buildings to explore, farm animals, as well as gardens and greenspaces. The employees are all dressed in 1860s attire and have different roles to teach visitors about the history of the area and how people lived in 1867. Black Creek also offers virtual experiences where visitors can explore via Google Maps or the Black Creek app, sign up for virtual tours and field trips, and get hands-on at-home activities from their website.
Black Creek app to explore and visit the village from home (https://blackcreek.ca/things-to-do/virtual-visit/#app) Completely immersive experience where the employees dress up to keep the environment as close to an 1860s setting as possible. Teaching through observation and activity = different from conventional museums even though a lot of children’s museums are using interactivity they also don’t take it to the same extent that it’s completely immersive. Everything is outside, only going inside to explore the buildings = not a typical museum building and establishment.
12024-02-24T11:19:22-05:00Ann Marie Murnaghan and Naomi Hamer081b9a890206e558011a8c3bc15a99df3910cbdfChildren's Museum and Story Sites in the Greater Toronto Area, Past and PresentAnn Marie Murnaghan and Naomi Hamer5By Sabrina Pavelic, with Helena Wright and Elizabeth Therouxgoogle_maps2024-03-07T10:31:15-05:00Ann Marie Murnaghan and Naomi Hamer081b9a890206e558011a8c3bc15a99df3910cbdf