MusLi (Museums Literacy) - Fondazione Fitzcarraldo

134 MusLi - No qualifications needed: museums and new audiences
case 08
mothers must have been the lack of the crèche facilities, which was due to the lack of human
resources and necessary spaces in the museum.
In the four museums where sessions took place eventually, there were sessions offered that
combined a classical guided tour and as a new, inventive element: some hands-on activities. The
Museum of Applied Arts has also provided some tea and biscuit for the participants.
Description
The Foundation for Museums and Visitors, Hungary organized a conference on the 31th October, 2008
titled Adult Learning in Museums - Equal Rights to All! and some pilot museum activities for specific
adult audiences on the day following the conference. These museum sessions were open to conference
participants to visit and comment. The partners involved in these sessions were: Aquincum
Museum, Budapest, Museum of Applied Arts, Museum of Fine Arts, Mobileum and Open Store of the
Museum of Hungarian Science and Transport. These museums as well as the Foundation’s office are
situated in Budapest, capital of Hungary. As the conference and the sessions were parts of a greater
initiative (Adult Learners’ Week) by the Hungarian Folk High School Society, all the events were advertised
through their channels as well as through our own museum contacts. The above-mentioned
museums offered sessions that combined a short interactive guided tour with some hands-on activities.
Participants were recruited by the Foundation and the museums as well, and it was free for them
but they were required to register in advance. See list of the sessions offered below (the ones in italics
were eventually cancelled due to the lack of participants):