Primary School Programs at the National Museum of Mongolia 2014

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_____________________________________________________________________________________ For bookings or questions please contact the Museum’s Educators on 7011 0913 or [email protected] Learning programs for primary school students Millennia of knowledge and wisdom are contained within the unique history and cultural heritage of Mongolia. The National Museum of Mongolia cares for the largest and most important collection of artefacts relating to Mongolian history and culture in the world and works to make it accessible to all Mongolians and interested visitors. For primary school students our Museum’s Educators give guided tours of the Museum’s ten exhibition halls and offer several stimulating history and cultural heritage programs in our colourful and friendly Children’s Education Room. Tours and Mongolian history and culture programs are free after admission, however please book at least two weeks in advance so pre-visit information can be sent to you, to share with your students, preparing them for their visit. Tours and programs are available in either Mongolian or English. Advice to teachers + Before their visit, organise students into groups of 10 to 15 children and brief them on what they will do at the Museum + Ask them to wear traditional clothes on the visit day + Attach a name tag to each student so the Museum’s educators can address each child by name Entry to the Museum is 1000 tugrug per student & 5000 tugrug per adult

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_____________________________________________________________________________________ For bookings or questions please contact the Museum’s Educators on 7011 0913 or [email protected]

Learning programs for primary school students Millennia of knowledge and wisdom are contained within the unique history and cultural heritage of Mongolia. The National Museum of Mongolia cares for the largest and most important collection of artefacts relating to Mongolian history and culture in the world and works to make it accessible to all Mongolians and interested visitors.

For primary school students our Museum’s Educators give guided tours of the Museum’s ten exhibition halls and offer several stimulating history and cultural heritage programs in our colourful and friendly Children’s Education Room.

Tours and Mongolian history and culture programs are free after admission, however please book at least two weeks in advance so pre-visit information can be sent to you, to share with your students, preparing them for their visit.

Tours and programs are available in either Mongolian or English.

Advice to teachers

+ Before their visit, organise students into groups of 10 to 15 children and brief them on what they will do at the Museum + Ask them to wear traditional clothes on the visit day + Attach a name tag to each student so the Museum’s educators can address each child by name

Entry to

the Museum

is 1000 tugrug

per student &

5000 tugrug per

adult

_____________________________________________________________________________________ For bookings or questions please contact the Museum’s Educators on 7011 0913 or [email protected]

The National Museum of Mongolia’s 2014 learning programs for primary school students are:

HEROES! Learn about 13th Century Mongolian heroes

Try on clothing styles from the period ~ dress up like a warrior, king or queen!

Listen to legends of Mongolian warriors while colouring in pictures

Sing the well-known ‘Dream of Chinggis Khaan’ song

GER Get hands-on to learn about the components

and history of the Mongolian ger

Learn the names, functions and decorations of the various parts of the Mongolian ger

Discuss how these have changed, or not, over history

Work together to assemble our child-sized ger

TRADITIONAL GAMES

Together we’ll play Shagai, Uichuur or Horol

Learn about traditional customs and values

Play using replicas based on traditional games kept in the Museum's collection

Shagai - for kindergarten students & above Horol - for grade two aged students & above Uichuur - for older primary school students

KOREAN CULTURE*

Learn about the culture of Korea through craft

Paint a traditional Korean folk mask or fan

Draw a traditional Korean design on a cloth bag (suitable for sports clothes or books)

Assemble a traditional hexagonal Korean box (suitable for storing pencils)

*note - there is a material fee for this program