MNAC

Education Services

The work of the Educational Service could overall be defined as that of facilitating contact between the object/exhibition and the lay observer. Provoking a reaction towards the contents of a work of art is as important as the contents of the work themselves. Stimulating enjoyment and a liking for art ought to be part of this experience, thereby helping to establish closer links between the public and the museum.

Activities

The orientation of guided tours within a pedagogic framework for groups: students from all levels of education, teachers, adults, senior citizens, the disabled, and professional and cultural associations.

Teacher training, during which themes and methodologies are discussed so that in school teachers can prepare their students for a visit to the museum and afterwards make better use of what they have learnt.

Pedagogic workshops for children and adolescents, in which participants examine and experiment creatively with an art technique or theme arising from the exhibition visited. Aimed at primary school groups. Weekend pedagogic workshops, intended for non-school groups of children and adolescents. Their aim is to explore the temporary exhibitions from a fun yet pedagogic perspective.

Themed workshops, developed and held, at the Educational Service’s invitation, by researchers from fields such as literature, art and sociology, based on the temporary exhibitions and approached from the perspective of diversifying ways of looking and perceiving. Aimed at secondary school children.

All the activities mentioned above are scheduled to coincide with the temporary exhibitions and are subject to advance booking by telephone or e-mail: hildafrias@mnac.dgpc.pt