Paris Louvre has received one million euros from the American charity Annenberg Foundation to develop new educational projects

Paris Louvre has received 1 million euros from the American charity Annenberg Foundation (Annenberg Foundation) to develop new projects in education, aimed at attracting the attention of children and young people to art. These funds will help prepare a new program in which younger visitors will be able to become acquainted with the masterpieces from the museum collection. This project was made possible through the support of a non-profit organization called the «American Friends of the Louvre», the main aim is to strengthen ties between the French and American museum audience.

recently in France was carried out reforms in education, which resulted in the schedule of classes in junior and middle classes have been introduced classes on the history of art. New projects are the Louvre, of course, support this initiative and will enhance the interest of young people to art. In addition, they will be useful not only for students but for teachers, which can make use of new materials for lessons and tours.

Grant received from the Annenberg Foundation, will allow for the following programs:

«Art briefcase». The Louvre will produce and distribute several hundred Sc. «Art briefcase» - interactive learning kits, which include various practical materials: games, videos and printed material, illustrations. Teachers can use them in class, as well as during visits to the museum along with the students. Additional training for this is not necessary, moreover, these kits will be adapted for different levels of learning. Pupils will be asked to take five different subjects (eg, «My first visit to the Louvre»), through which they can learn not only about the collection of the Louvre, but also about art in general. The purpose of this program - to prepare visitors for self-study museum.

«Baskets with discoveries». Employees of the Louvre is also planning to develop a so-called. «Baskets with discoveries» - mobile learning which is housed directly in the halls of the museum. There will be a variety of items: reproductions of works of art, handouts, and even interactive computer systems designed for groups of up to 15 people. They will be able to take visitors from different countries. «Baskets», no doubt, will be very interesting for parents visiting the museum with their children.

Multimedia program. To supplement the above-mentioned educational projects, in the Louvre will be a special multimedia program available on DVD or on the Internet. They will help young visitors to playfully explore works from the collections of the Louvre, as well as the historic environment of the time in which they were created.

Louvre - the first French museum, which will be carried out projects of this kind. They have a good foundation, since the museum's experts have long been working to to get children from 5 to 14 years with the basic concepts of art - not only during his visit to the exposition, but also before and after. The main objective of the new program - to enhance the role of arts in education.

material produced Catherine Onuchin

Sources: artdaily.com , artinvestment.ru