{"id":1705,"date":"2019-11-15T12:42:31","date_gmt":"2019-11-15T12:42:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/martinemussies.nl\/web\/?p=1705"},"modified":"2020-08-29T22:17:39","modified_gmt":"2020-08-29T22:17:39","slug":"museummuis-onderwijsmuseum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/martinemussies.nl\/web\/museummuis-onderwijsmuseum\/","title":{"rendered":"Museummuis & Onderwijsmuseum"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Aaaand… yet another new category for this blog, after my nickname which literally translates to “museum mouse” and incorporates my initials as well (I never understood why it is not “museummus” which would be “museum sparrow”, but anyway). For this first blog in the new category, I’ll write about some of my experiences with the Dutch museum of education, aka het “Nationaal Onderwijsmuseum”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

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The National Museum of Education in Dordrecht, picture from architectenweb.nl <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The National Museum of Education is located in Dordrecht, in the beautiful building called \u2018De Holland\u2019. This municipal monument was built in 1939 in Dordrecht to a design by the Dutch architect Sybold van Ravesteijn (1889-1983). From 2015, the renewed museum has opened its doors festively. The entire collection in care of the museum consist of over 350.000 objects that are in some way related to education; from textbooks, wall-charts, ink jars, atlases, photo\u2019s and educational films to diaries and schoolbags. Besides the permanent collection – on display on the first floor – there is a continuously changing exhibition in the basement. In this blogpost, I’ll describe one of the three temporary expo’s that I have visited, about hypes and trends.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That time, I was together with a friend and we were lucky enough to be guided around by Channa Benders, an excellent museum educator, who showed us the most extraordinary, rare and most beautiful items of the museums grand collection. We were amazed by the classic 18th century \u2018Hornbook\u2019, recognised the nostalgic \u2018Aap Noot Mies\u2019 reading method, and admired the fine wall charts by Cornelis Jetses and the unique tellurium by Van Laun. Channa told us fascinating, sometimes personal, often funny and in a few cases emotional stories that shaped Dutch education throughout the past few centuries. And then it was time to go downstairs, to immerse ourselves in the hypes and trends.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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