Visiting the Museum

About 5s and under

The Australian Museum aims to provide an environment for 5s and under that stimulates and promotes:

• rich and complex social interactions between adults and children; children and their peers; children, materials and resources; children, adults and ideas
• connections between elements of children's own lives and the resources encountered in the Museum
• mental and physical engagement with people, objects and materials
• a philosophy of inquiry and investigation and the incentive to engage in these processes

Articles

• An early childhood program for the Australian Museum
• Making a difference: What we have learned about visitor learning (PDF 156k)

Links

• Links to Early Childhood Associations, educational bodies providing teaching guidelines and information on current early childhood research, and children's museums around the world.

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