Have you already had time to relax and get back to your usual working mode? To-do lists are getting longer, schedules of all sorts of classes are getting tighter. And yet, Lil School recommends finding time to visit museums and art galleries with children, because this is very important for the development of taste and artistic perception. We want to help you decide where to go in the near future, and for this we will tell you about children's programs operating in museums and galleries in large Russian and foreign cities. Let's start with Moscow and St. Petersburg.
Moscow
Tretyakov Gallery
Excursions in the Tretyakov Gallery are designed for children from seven years old, and there are creative classes for children from five. Excursions are conducted for organized groups, and in addition to the sightseeing route through the museum, you can visit thematic ones: "The World of Fairy Tales and Dreams." “The Art of the 20th Century”, “In the Sculptor's Studio”, “In the Artist's Studio”, etc. You can sign up for creative classes individually by buying a one-time visit or a subscription. In the classroom, children draw, sculpt, listen to music and poetry, watch excerpts from ballet and opera productions.
Tours
Programs for children 5-6 years old
For children 7-9 years old
For children 10-12 years old
State Museum of A.S. Pushkin
The children's center of the museum has been operating for more than 12 years. The center is engaged in the creation of interactive children's programs that involve different types of art - literature, music, theater, fine arts and arts and crafts. Programs are designed for children from 5 to 15 years old. Museum teachers and researchers, directors, artists, philologists, historians, psychologists, theater experts, poets and writers work with children.
The topics of children's programs are very diverse: in the Pushkin Museum you can study writing, applied art, theatrical art, the art of speech, and even go to the artistic fencing studio.
You can choose a suitable program on the museum's website.
Moscow Museum of Modern Art MMOMA
The program of the MMOMA children's art studio includes two courses: "Two-Dimensional Visualization" and "Fundamentals of Artistic Perception". Children from 4 to 10 years old can visit the children's studio, reception is carried out throughout the year. The MMOMA Educational Center offers courses in animation, book graphics, sculpture, theater arts and performance.
On the museum's website, you can play the educational online game "PLAYMMOMA". The game is conceived as an exciting interactive guide - an introduction to the world of contemporary art. Designed for children from 6 years old, as well as their parents.
Museum of Russian Impressionism
For schoolchildren, MRI has developed excursion programs that will help you learn a lot about foreign and Russian art of the 19th and 20th centuries, learn to understand the language of painting. As promised on the museum's website, the tours take place without tediousness and boredom, but with the use of a unique multimedia zone. For the youngest visitors (from 4 years old) there is an interactive tour of the main exposition.
For children 4-6 years old, the museum has an educational and entertaining club "Karapuzy and the Beautiful". In the classroom, children perform various tasks, play, make creative experiments, listen to music and even dance. The museum also hosts educational and entertaining master classes "Imaginary Avant-Gardists".
Saint Petersburg
State Hermitage
The circles of the Hermitage School Center are designed for children of different ages and are designed for several years of study. Classes are taught by art historians, historians, orientalists, archaeologists and restorers. Admission is carried out in September based on the results of the interview. Children get acquainted with painting, learn the secrets of crafts, the culture of different eras, the basics of archeology and much more.
The oldest museum art studio in Russia operates in the Hermitage. The training program includes the performance of creative tasks, as well as acquaintance with the masterpieces of fine art from the museum's collection. Classes are held in the premises of the Art Studio and in the halls of the museum.
Museum of Contemporary Art Erarta
For children and schoolchildren, the museum has special programs in the form of interactive classes and game excursions to the exposition. Programs are designed for children from 6 years old and will be of interest to even the most restless children. For example, on the tour “The Amazing Life of Things”, children will see how ordinary objects, falling into the field of contemporary art, acquire unusual properties, change their mood and character depending on how they are depicted or made by the artist.
In addition to excursions, there are classes in the form of quests: a game for children aged 6-10 "Save the Fantasy, or the Magical Power of Art" and the art route "Adventures with Nemalevich". Older schoolchildren (11-17 years old) can participate in interactive activities "In Search of the Meaning of Life, or Playing with Art" and "Secrets of Contemporary Art".
Museum of the Academy of Arts
For children in the museum there are classes in graphics, modeling, mosaic art; course "Four types of art", a cycle of classes "Non-boring art". You can purchase one-time visits or a subscription for 1 month. All classes are very interesting and suitable for children from 6 to 15 years old.
In the "Graphics" class, the class participants will create an engraving and take with them a real print. On the Mosaic course, children will work with natural marble and granite, sea pebbles, smalt, stained glass, try themselves in an unusual mixed technique: painting with colored cements with mosaic elements.
You can view detailed information and sign up for classes on the museum's website.
The Russian Museum
The museum holds classes for children from 4 to 16 years old and a family audience during the school year. The program consists of excursions to the exposition of the Russian Museum and creative classes in the studios of the Mikhailovsky Castle. On excursions, children get acquainted with the collections of the museum, the history of masterpieces; learn to understand the language of artists. In the studios, the children learn the techniques of visual activity, doing drawing, modeling and artistic modeling. You can study the avant-garde, Russian painting, the history of the palaces and gardens of St. Petersburg, contemporary and folk art, and much more.
In addition, the museum has a distance learning program for schoolchildren and students. There is access to the courses "Language of Fine Art" and "Contemporary Art", which include educational materials and test tasks on history, the basic concepts of fine art.
Workshop Anikushin
This is not only a memorial museum of the famous St. Petersburg sculptor of the twentieth century Mikhail Konstantinovich Anikushin, but also a modern center of learning and creativity. The most inquisitive will definitely appreciate the opportunity to touch the exhibits, which is not allowed in every museum. Here you can also learn about how monuments are created: from the appearance of a sketch on paper to sending the finished model for casting in bronze.
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New museum programs for schoolchildren developed
Integrating into the modern system of education of the younger generation, many museums create new ones that are aimed at expanding the audience of museum regular visitors and turning museum expositions into an area of exciting family leisure and additional education. In the Moscow Kremlin Museums, the department of scientific popularization has developed and used in practice several new educational activities intended for visitors of different ages:
- cultural and educational educational organizations (hereinafter referred to as OO) and students;
- programs with elements of theatricalization;
- creative classes in the Children's Center on various topics, addressed to primary school students and family audiences;
- acquaintance with the exposition of temporary exhibitions in the form of lecture programs and interactive classes. When developing the content and methodology of the programs, the main goals are: an in-depth acquaintance with the museum exposition (compared to a sightseeing tour) and an interactive manner of presenting the material, involving active intellectual and emotional participation of visitors.
For more effective contact with teachers of public educational organizations from any region of the Russian Federation, colleagues from other museums and parents of students, the Moscow Kremlin Museums regularly organize and hold a a number of social events:
- festival-conference "Kremlin for children";
- scientific and practical seminar "School-Museum";
- essay contests for students on various topics;
- competitions of children's drawings and carnival costumes dedicated to memorable dates and calendar holidays.
In this area of activity, there are traditional projects that have existed for many years, but do not lose their relevance, for example, the School-Museum seminar. It is organized for teachers and directors of public organizations in Moscow and is held once every two years in October with the aim of exchanging views between museum staff and teachers on the integration of museum programs into the educational process - the interaction between the museum and the school. The methodologists of the Moscow Kremlin Museums present new cultural and educational projects and educational auxiliary literature, the participants of the seminar discuss ways of interaction and prospects for cooperation between the NGO and the museum.
for students
Of the new forms of educational work, the most popular can be recognized as cultural and educational programs for students of different ages on various topics. This form involves several components within the framework of one program: a lecture, a lesson at the exposition, an interactive lesson with the participation of visitors, during which they complete tasks and answer questions. Classes can be held with the use of props - historical reconstruction of original monuments of antiquity and masterpieces from the museum's collection. The main goal of cultural and educational programs is integration into the educational process, for example, in the context of teaching academic subjects, the implementation of extracurricular activities or the development of a system of additional education, as well as expanding the horizons of young visitors.
Therefore, thematic author's programs have been created, corresponding to the program of the subject "History of Russia" for the OO. Architectural monuments and masterpieces from the collections of the Moscow Kremlin Museums help students to study historical material more deeply and seriously and are excellent illustrations of a historical era and important events. The most popular programs for students in grades 5-7 are: "Ivan the Terrible - the first Russian Tsar" and "Time of Troubles". Both projects combine a short lecture part and classes at the museum exposition.
Cultural and educational program of the museum "Ivan the Terrible - the first Russian Tsar"
Cultural and educational program for students in grades 5-7 "Ivan the Terrible - the first Russian Tsar" allows you to learn about the political events of the 16th century, ceremonial ceremonies and the private life of Tsar Ivan Vasilyevich and his family. One of the topics of the program is devoted to the fine arts of the Grozny era, with the masterpieces of which students get acquainted with the example of the paintings and icons of the Annunciation Cathedral - the home temple of Moscow sovereigns. The knowledge gained helps to consolidate the notebook of creative tasks - the teacher can use it in the classroom during the lesson. The notebook is given to each student and contains questions and assignments, maps of the Kremlin and extensive visual material. Similar workbooks have been created for several educational programs and are a good auxiliary material in the educational process.
Cultural and educational program of the Museum "Time of Troubles"
Author's cultural and educational program "Time of Troubles" also intended for students in grades 5-7 and is dedicated to Russian history of the early 17th century. The events of the Time of Troubles: the death of Tsar Boris Godunov, the accession of False Dmitry, the Polish intervention are considered in detail not only in the lecture part, but also on the example of the monuments of two cathedrals of the Moscow Kremlin - the Assumption and the Archangel. Students get acquainted with the issues of continuity and legitimacy of the power of the sovereign, recall the royal dynasties (Rurikovich and Romanovs) that ruled in Russia, discuss the reasons for the election of Mikhail Romanov to the kingdom in 1613.
Due to the fact that modern high school students have a rational worldview and strive to acquire knowledge useful for their future profession, an unusual form of educational program was developed several years ago. for students in grades 10-11 humanitarian profile and college students - business game"I am a tour guide." The content of the program involves acquaintance with the cathedrals, the territory of the Kremlin and the Armory. The goal of the project "I will introduce you to the Kremlin" is the creation by each young participant of an author's excursion and its subsequent presentation as an examination paper. The program has been tested and implemented in the educational process of the college at the Russian State University for the Humanities (included in the curriculum of the 3rd year). The form of a business game contributes to the active perception of the museum exposition, introduces the peculiarities of working with visitors, and helps high school students to decide on their future profession.
Cultural and educational program of the museum "Departed Kremlin"
Educational program for students in grades 9-11 "Gone Kremlin" designed for future art critics, architects, specialists in regional studies. The project has an exploratory character and includes elements of a quest game, which is so popular these days among visitors of all ages. In the lecture part, students will learn about what the Kremlin was like in the 16th-19th centuries, how the appearance of the Kremlin streets and squares changed, and what structures were erected by decrees of Russian sovereigns. At the practical lesson, students should, guided by the map, find exactly where in the Kremlin the unpreserved palaces, temples and monuments were located, tell about the history of their creation and the reasons for their loss. The program requires participants to have an analytical approach to information and research skills. At the end, each student submits a report with a presentation dedicated to one of the lost monuments of the Moscow Kremlin. In addition to the educational task, this project aims to foster a careful attitude to the historical heritage and an understanding of the importance of its preservation.
Museum programs for schoolchildren with theatrical elements
Cultural and educational programs with theatrical elements have been implemented in the Kremlin museums for several years. The development of such a program requires the preparation of a script, the inclusion of a historical character in the plot outline, the use of a role-playing game as a method of immersing participants in the atmosphere of a given era. Of great importance for the positive emotional perception of the project are the acting skills of a museum employee, who plays the role of a certain character, and props, which are historical reconstructions of ancient monuments. Currently, the Moscow Kremlin Museums offer middle-aged and older students two theatrical programs dedicated to Russian court culture of the 17th century. - "In the Kremlin in the chambers" and "At the tsarina's feast." They are held in the exposition of the Patriarchal Chambers and introduce the daily life of Russian sovereigns. The theatrical technique requires a sense of proportion and delicacy from museum staff; it should not replace interest in genuine museum exhibits and serve exclusively entertainment purposes. The main task is to awaken interest in national traditions and create a vivid image of the era.
The educational function of the program “In the Kremlin Chambers” is also performed by the game moments included in the script of the program: visitors are not only told about the details of the female and male costume of a noble person that have been forgotten in our time, but they are also offered to try them on and see how the elements of the costume were worn in distant time. Two participants in the program are dressed up as a hawthorn and a boyar, and the names and meanings of the components of their attire and accessories are explained. As a result, young visitors get an idea about the peculiarities of the Russian medieval costume and the etiquette adopted at the royal court.
The program "At the Queen's Feast" also combines narrative (excursion) and play, theatrical. Thanks to the colorful reconstruction of the solemn feast and various props, the atmosphere of the royal feast in the palace is recreated. Students take part in a role-playing game - they portray various characters - participants in the feast. The interactive action helps them learn about the rules of etiquette, ceremonial ceremonies of the 17th century, and the law of locality. An important goal of the program is to get acquainted with the traditions of Russian national culture and transform ancient customs into a modern context. Both programs include work with a notebook of creative tasks.
Museum programs for schoolchildren with creative tasks
Work with the students in grades 1-4 suggests widespread use creative tasks, game moments, props, the use of a form of active conversation and encouragement of the most active participants. A relatively new method of understanding the museum exposition and fixing the material is a creative activity included in the structure of the educational program. Such an event combines acquaintance with the authentic monuments of the museum, repetition of the material in the form of a lecture-conversation and the creation of an object of artistic creativity in the technique proposed by the artist-teacher. This type of work helps to creatively comprehend information about the historical past and display it in artistic images. It enjoys particular success not only with students, but also with family audiences and has recently become a popular form of family entertainment.
At the Moscow Kremlin Museums, the methodologists of the scientific popularization department have developed several thematic author's programs dedicated to the history of the architectural ensemble of the royal residence and the famous collections of the Armory. Programs are implemented within the framework of the children's studio "Svetlitsa". Programs combine visits to the exposition and artistic creation at the Children's Center. Students perform simple tasks using the artist's prepared blanks. At the same time, they rely on the knowledge and impressions gained during a visit to the museum. Thus, young visitors, mastering the basics of artistic creativity, consolidate their knowledge and remember the most significant historical events, facts, phenomena of cultural and everyday life. Creative tasks are performed in different techniques: drawing, appliqué, molding, layout, and props and reconstruction of authentic old costumes are used as samples. Students learn about the peculiarities of working with various materials and, creating their own "masterpiece", feel like real "artisans" - potters, builders, draftsmen. During group activities, there are elements of mutual assistance, and the active participation of parents and their emotional support contribute to an atmosphere of family and friendliness.
Cultural and educational program of the museum "We are building the Kremlin"
Has become extremely popular new cultural and educational program "We are building the Kremlin" dedicated to the history of the construction of a new grand-ducal residence in the era of Ivan III. It aims to form in students a conscious perception of the beauty of the architectural ensemble of the Moscow Kremlin and an understanding of its unique historical and national significance. During the lesson, students with a map of the Kremlin walk along the fortress walls and towers, memorize their names, design, purpose. Under the guidance of an experienced methodologist, they present a picture of the enemy invasion and defense of the Kremlin in the old days. In the Children's Center, young visitors are "building" one of the most beautiful and tallest Kremlin towers - Vodovzvodnaya.
Museum programs for schoolchildren and families
has a cognitive purpose a series of programs with creative activities for students and families - "Towards the Holidays". The list of holiday dates includes both old ones and those inherited from the Soviet period: New Year and Christmas, Maslenitsa, Easter, March 8, February 23. The main goal of the project is to tell about the history of everyone's favorite holidays and help students create a gift for their parents with their own hands. True, often not without the help of the parents themselves, since the visitors of the program are both classes of students and family groups. Despite the abundance of information and the undoubted interest in national traditions, today not all visitors know the history of the appearance of a decorated Christmas tree at Christmas, the symbolism of the Easter egg and the meaning of Shrovetide. The Towards the Holidays program introduces students to these important concepts and reveals the deep meaning of church and calendar holidays, using the form of a lecture-conversation with colorful slideshows. The story about the traditions of celebrating Easter includes a lesson in the Armory exposition, where visitors can see the famous masterpieces of Faberge's firm - Easter gifts. In the Children's Center, students, relying on the knowledge gained and inspired by the works of art they see, create their own "masterpiece".
Sets more challenging goals project, named "Club of lovers of antiquities". It is offered to a family audience, is designed for several years of study and involves a consistent study of the entire complex of the Kremlin Museums, as well as the history of art and various museum professions. Sections of the club are author's programs of methodologists, consisting of 16 lessons at the exposition and in the classroom: "Kremlin sights", "My discovery of the Kremlin", "I am a gemologist", "Young connoisseurs of art". In the course of classes, theoretical knowledge is reinforced by acquaintance with works of art, architecture and the methodologist's story about important milestones in Russian history at the museum's exposition. Education at the club ends at the end of the academic year with an essay and oral presentation competition with presentations about the most memorable masterpieces and architectural structures. Students studying in the studio "Svetlitsa" and visiting the "Club of lovers of antiquities" are happy to take part in various competitions, both intellectual and artistic. For example, the competition "Christmas tree - to be", timed to coincide with Christmas and New Year, is announced for the best thematic art object: a Christmas tree made of unusual materials or a Christmas tree decoration on the Kremlin theme. The whole family usually participates in the creation of the competition work, and the employees of the Kremlin Museums act as a jury, who vote for the most original “souvenir”.
Creation popular science and auxiliary literature for students associated with the preparation and publication of family reading books on various topics about the history of the Russian state and the Moscow Kremlin, and a number of auxiliary educational literature on the history course for students in grades 5-9. Since such publications are designed for a family audience, the illustrative material includes drawings on a given topic, which the artist creates on the basis of consultations with the author of the book - a museum employee.
Another form of interaction between educational institutions and the museum can be considered popular science publications of the “Museum for School” series, which were published for the first time in 2013. At present, the methodologists of the department of scientific popularization have published auxiliary materials for the history course of 5-8th grades in the following topics: "The Moscow Kremlin in 1812", "The Great Moscow Prince Ivan III", "The Accession of the Romanovs". The publications are methodical in nature and are designed for use in the learning process by teachers and students, because they contain not only the necessary information, but also numerous questions and assignments on the topic.
