Answer to Question #262943 in History for kingkuta

Question

Without resources, the teaching of History cannot be successful. Explain why a school museum is one of the few resources that is of particular significance for History teaching.

Answer 1

Museums assist educators by personalizing their programs in math, science, art, literacy, language arts, history, civics and government, economics and financial literacy, geography, and social studies to fulfill state, municipal, and national requirements. Historically, museums' primary duty has been to collect, preserve, investigate, and exhibit things. Consumption of history in museums is more akin to what may be called 'public history' than it is to the history that circulates inside the university. Consumption of history in museums is more akin to what may be called 'public history' than it is to the history that circulates inside the university. Despite the enormous growth of museum collections over the past century, historians have chosen to conduct research in the familiar surroundings of the archive and library than the museum object storage. Recently, historians have been increasingly involved with things as a consequence of the internet's availability of digital collections.