Tour Programs:
Museum Tour
Students are introduced to aspects of Chinese culture through this guided tour of the Museum's three permanent displays, first experiencing Finding Gold, then viewing the exhibition of Chinese Australian History and the Dragon gallery featuring Dai Loong and the Millennium Dragon - the world's largest dragon!
Price: $6.5 per student (minimum 15 students, every 10 students will have 1 free staff entry).
Duration: 1 1/4 hours
Time: Monday to Friday commencing anytime from 10.00am to 3.00pm
Museum & Chinatown Discovery Tour
This tour incorporates a Museum Tour with a cultural performance added to the program (either a demonstration of Tai Chi, or Kung-Fu).
Then the group will be taken on a guided walking tour of historic Chinatown which will reveal its 150 year old history.
Price: $13 per student (minimum 15 students, every 10 students will have 1 free staff entry).
Duration: 2 1/4 hours
Time: Monday to Friday commencing anytime from 10.00am to 3.00pm
ESL Tour
The ESL Tour offers an interactive learning tour designed specifically for ESL students of varied language levels.
On the guided tour students will develop their functional language skills in reading, writing, speaking and vocabulary with the aid of specially designed worksheets. The Chinese Museum is a wonderful opportunity for ESL students to continue their language development outside the classroom while experiencing Australian culture in a colourful environment.
Fee: $6.5 per Student (minimum 15 students, every 10 students will have 1 free staff entry).
Minimum: 15 Students
Time Required: 1hr 15min
Chinese Cultural Resource Box
Bring Chinese culture into your classroom!
The Chinese Cultural Resource Box has been specifically designed by a History teacher and contains a range of objects related to cultural, social and historical aspects of China.
The topics covered include:
1) Overview of China
2) Art and Calligraphy
3) Cultural Heritage
4) Food and Medicine
5) Inventions
Each topic has:
1) Fact/activity sheets
2) Objects to use during class activities
3) Consumable items that the school keeps
4) A binder for teachers to keep, that includes all the fact/activity sheets and VELS references
The Cultural Box is suitable for primary and lower secondary students and can be rented for a minimum of two weeks.
Cost:
Price on application
School will need to pay for return postage back to the Chinese Museum.
*This cost includes one consumables box.
Contact the Chinese Museum to find out more about this exciting opportunity!
Phone: 03 9662 2888
Email:
info@chinesemuseum.com.au
CONTENTS of Cultural and Consumable Box
Congradulations to the following schools who won a FREE visit from the Chinese Cultural Resource Box to school after completing the school visit feedback:
1.Waverley Meadow Primary School
2. Laverton P-12 College
Bridge of Memories
Bridge of Memories is an exhibition that explores the complexities of "identity" through the personal experiences of Chinese Australians who have migrated from many parts of the Asia Pacific region.
The exhibition provides an understanding of the diverse cultural make up of the Chinese Community from China, Cambodia, Malaysia, Thailand, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Singapore, Indonesia and Vietnam
.
The exhibition highlights the various changing world economic, social and political circumstances over the past 50 years, during which time over 500,000 Chinese have migrated to Australia, impacting on the make-up of today's multicultural society.
The exhibition is being jointly researched and supported by the Australian National University - Faculty of Asian Studies.
Each student will be given an education kit for exercise.
The Museum has recently designed an interactive education kit for schools, come and visit the Museum and take our NEW eduation kit into classroom!!
Download the Bridge of Memories:
Education kit for primary school here.
Education kit for secondary school here.
Education Kit
An Education Kit is available for post-visit activities.
Download the kit here.
Notes on Exhibitions
Recomended Educational Websites
Making Multicultural Australia for the 21st Century (ON LINE), 1 February 2010,
http://www.multiculturalaustralia.edu.au/
An extremely rich resource aimed at educating people about multicultural Australia in the past and present. It has a huge range of resources to explore including lessons, quizzes, documents, video, images, glossary, and search facility. It is very professional and deserves your attention.
Gold! (ON LINE), 2 February 2010,
http://www.sbs.com.au/gold/
A great website by SBS. Beautifully presented, it covers all things gold rush and makes use of primary documents and the latest technology including a great interactive map. Well worth exploring!
egold - A Nation's Heritage (ON LINE), 2 February 2010
http://www.egold.net.au/
Another authoritative website with great resources for a study of the gold rushes and their impact on Australia.
Chinese Heritage of Australian Federation (ON LINE),
3rd of October 2008, www.chaf.lib.latrobe.edu.au
This is a fantastic website which celebrates and documents the role of Chinese people in Australia's history. It has lots of great primary and secondary documents, and a special education section. In the education section you will find a brief history of the Chinese in Australia, lots of lesson plans, useful teaching resources (great web links), and even a webquest which explores the White Australia Policy.
Collection Interactives: Harvest of Endurance Scroll (ON LINE),
3rd October 2008, http://www.nma.gov.au/collections/collection_interactives/
This is a 50 metre long scroll which depicts two centuries of Chinese Australian History. The scroll features individual pictures with accompanying text. It's a bit like a modern version of the Bayeux tapestry or a historical comic book. You can click to see individual scenes located under subject headings and it can be viewed in HTML or Flash. A great resource!
