Museum Pedagogy at the Cotroceni National Museum

     Since one of the main functions of a museum is education, the National Cotroceni museum continues to organize an extensive program in museum pedagogy. It aims at familiarizing young generations of students with the national heritage and the importance of its preservation and usage over time.

     This being said, our institution has answered positively, from the beginning, to any proposals coming from different educational institutions. At the beginning addressed to universities, the museum pedagogy program was diversified in order to include both elementary and highschool students.

     In the case of university students, the program functions as an internship. Thus, through lectures and courses held by out specialists, the students get acquainted to museums, discover their importance in education today, understand the input of conservation and restoration, of using the national and world heritage, and get to know the structure of a museum.

     The Cotroceni National Museum participated as partner - by offering free access in the museum- in the first two editions of Studentiada, an event organized by the students of the Polytechnic School of Bucharest, which proved to be a very popular project.

     As for elementary and highschool level students, a new museum pedagogy program Notice, listen, learn was launched in 2007. It entails visits to the museum and lectures for the students. They can be taught with the help of documents, photographs, bibliographies that deepen the understanding of the subject. Different cultural activities that involve students are another direction of the museum pedagogy program, in the temporary exhibitions of the Cotroceni National Museum.

     The museum has organized theme contests for elementary and highschool students, linked to the anniversary of important events in national history, but also Romanian culture and civilization.

May 9th, The Independence Day of Romania , Europe’s Day - On this occasion, the Cotroceni National Museum organized, on the 9th of May, 2008 a series of events dedicated to the occasion, in the museum pedagogy program „Notice, Listen, Learn“, launched at the beginning of 2007.
The theme contest May 9th, The Independence Day of Romania, Europe’s Day was designed for highschool students in the 6th district. 9 teams participated in the contest: „Tudor Vladimirescu“ Highschool, „Marin Preda“ Highschool, the „Costin Kiriţescu“ Economics College, „Grigore Moisil“ Highschool, „Petru Maior“ Technic College, „Eugen Lovinescu“ Highschool, „Elena Cuza“ National College, „Gheorghe Airinei“ Postal Communications College, „Iuliu Maniu“ Industrial School.

May 9th, The Independence Day of Romania, Europe’s Day debates gathered together academics and students of the Foreign Relations-European Studies Department, „Spiru Haret“ University. Guests: univ. prof. PhD Ioan Dragoman, univ. lect. PhD Ludmila Rotaru, univ. lect. PhD Cristina Păiuşan Nuică, univ asist. Alexandru Munteanu Lucinescu, and the general (ret) Corneliu Şandru, Second World War veteran and hero.

     The Cotroceni National Museum, the 6th District Hall and the Education Department of the Bucharest Municipality organized on Wednesday, November 26th, 2008, starting from 10 a.m., a theme contest dedicated to the anniversary of 90 Years since the Great Union and the National Day of Romania. The assignments dealt with the First World War period and to the Great Union.
     Each of the 6th districts of Bucharest were represented by 2 or 3 teams: „Ion Neculce“ Highschool, „Jean Monet“ Highschool and „Ion Luca Caragiale“ National College from the 1st district, „Şcoala Centrală“ Highschool, „Cantemir Vodă“ National College and „Spiru Haret“ National College from the 2nd district, „Matei Basarab“ National College, „Benjamin Franklin“ Highschool and the „RATB School“ from the 3rd district, „Traian Vuia“ Highschool and „Octav Onicescu“ National College from the 4th district, „Gheorghe Lazăr“ National College from the 5th district, „Tudor Vladimirescu“ Highschool, „Petru Maior“ Technic School and „Elena Cuza“ National College from the 6th district.
     Jury members were academics from the History Department of the University of Bucharest: univ. conf. PhD Florentina Niţu, univ. lect. PhD Manuela Dobre, univ. lect. PhD Cristina Gudin.
     Results: 1st Prize - „Tudor Vladimirescu“ Highschool; 2nd Prize - „Spiru Haret“ National College; 3rd Prize - „Gheorghe Lazăr“ National College.
     The award winners received prizes from the 6th District Hall and the Cotroceni National Museum, while the other participants received diplomas.

       The Cotroceni National Museum, in partnership with Burda Romania, organized on Saturday, August 1st, between 10 a.m and 4 p.m, in the garden of the Palace, a workshop entitled Origami - The Paper Palace, with Bogdan Ionescu, who taught children how to make paper toys.
       The workshop is a first step to the Origami International Festival, to be held in the same garden of the Palace, on the 25th and 26th of September.
       Origami is a traditional Japanese art of paper folding that has known different styles and techniques. It encourages pacience, the skill of maintaining a physical and spiritual balance, and helps children acknowledge the basic notions of righteousness and truth.
       Bogdan Ionescu, only 11, is one of the origami enthuziasts, and his passion started in 2003 when he received as Christmas present two books about this art. Selftaught, he learned the diagrames, and has lately started to create his own. In June, Bogdan Ionescu has met His Excellency, the Japanese Embassador in Romania, Mr. Yoshinobu Higashi, who was taken in by his paper works.
       Bodgan was invited to hold origami workshops for Ioana magazine and the Carturesti bookshop at the first edition of Kihi-Kiha&co Fair.
      Bogdan sees his new passion as a method to relax, to create a new, imaginary world. He presents his new hobby to children, as an alternative to a world where games, imagination and skill are overcome by computers.

On Tuesday, October 20th 2009, at 4.30 pm the Cerchez Room of the Cotroceni National Museum hosted the launching of „Characters and personalities in history“ - Encyclopaedic Dictionary, by prof. Doru Dumitrescu and prof. Mihai Manea.
In attendance Adina Renţea - director of the Cotroceni National Museum, representatives of the Ministry for Education, Research and Innovation, of the European Council in Bucharest, the Bucharest Inspectorate of Education, the Didactic and Pedagogic Publishing House, teachers.

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HOME BRIEF HISTORY DEPARTMENTS EVENTS CALENDAR PHOTO GALLERY AWARDS USEFUL INFORMATION CONTACT		MUSEUM PEDAGOGY Since one of the main functions of a museum is education, the National Cotroceni museum continues to organize an extensive program in museum pedagogy. It aims at familiarizing young generations of students with the national heritage and the importance of its preservation and usage over time. This being said, our institution has answered positively, from the beginning, to any proposals coming from different educational institutions. At the beginning addressed to universities, the museum pedagogy program was diversified in order to include both elementary and highschool students. In the case of university students, the program functions as an internship. Thus, through lectures and courses held by out specialists, the students get acquainted to museums, discover their importance in education today, understand the input of conservation and restoration, of using the national and world heritage, and get to know the structure of a museum. The Cotroceni National Museum participated as partner - by offering free access in the museum- in the first two editions of Studentiada, an event organized by the students of the Polytechnic School of Bucharest, which proved to be a very popular project. As for elementary and highschool level students, a new museum pedagogy program Notice, listen, learn was launched in 2007. It entails visits to the museum and lectures for the students. They can be taught with the help of documents, photographs, bibliographies that deepen the understanding of the subject. Different cultural activities that involve students are another direction of the museum pedagogy program, in the temporary exhibitions of the Cotroceni National Museum. The museum has organized theme contests for elementary and highschool students, linked to the anniversary of important events in national history, but also Romanian culture and civilization.

May 9th, The Independence Day of Romania , Europe’s Day - On this occasion, the Cotroceni National Museum organized, on the 9th of May, 2008 a series of events dedicated to the occasion, in the museum pedagogy program „Notice, Listen, Learn“, launched at the beginning of 2007. The theme contest May 9th, The Independence Day of Romania, Europe’s Day was designed for highschool students in the 6th district. 9 teams participated in the contest: „Tudor Vladimirescu“ Highschool, „Marin Preda“ Highschool, the „Costin Kiriţescu“ Economics College, „Grigore Moisil“ Highschool, „Petru Maior“ Technic College, „Eugen Lovinescu“ Highschool, „Elena Cuza“ National College, „Gheorghe Airinei“ Postal Communications College, „Iuliu Maniu“ Industrial School.


May 9th, The Independence Day of Romania, Europe’s Day debates gathered together academics and students of the Foreign Relations-European Studies Department, „Spiru Haret“ University. Guests: univ. prof. PhD Ioan Dragoman, univ. lect. PhD Ludmila Rotaru, univ. lect. PhD Cristina Păiuşan Nuică, univ asist. Alexandru Munteanu Lucinescu, and the general (ret) Corneliu Şandru, Second World War veteran and hero.



Theme contest „Memories of a Nation - Romanians“ December 1st, 1918 - December 1st, 2008: 90 Years since the Great Union December 1st - Romania's National Day
The Cotroceni National Museum, the 6th District Hall and the Education Department of the Bucharest Municipality organized on Wednesday, November 26th, 2008, starting from 10 a.m., a theme contest dedicated to the anniversary of 90 Years since the Great Union and the National Day of Romania. The assignments dealt with the First World War period and to the Great Union. Each of the 6th districts of Bucharest were represented by 2 or 3 teams: „Ion Neculce“ Highschool, „Jean Monet“ Highschool and „Ion Luca Caragiale“ National College from the 1st district, „Şcoala Centrală“ Highschool, „Cantemir Vodă“ National College and „Spiru Haret“ National College from the 2nd district, „Matei Basarab“ National College, „Benjamin Franklin“ Highschool and the „RATB School“ from the 3rd district, „Traian Vuia“ Highschool and „Octav Onicescu“ National College from the 4th district, „Gheorghe Lazăr“ National College from the 5th district, „Tudor Vladimirescu“ Highschool, „Petru Maior“ Technic School and „Elena Cuza“ National College from the 6th district. Jury members were academics from the History Department of the University of Bucharest: univ. conf. PhD Florentina Niţu, univ. lect. PhD Manuela Dobre, univ. lect. PhD Cristina Gudin. Results: 1st Prize - *„Tudor Vladimirescu“* Highschool; 2nd Prize - *„Spiru Haret“* National College; 3rd Prize - *„Gheorghe Lazăr“* National College. The award winners received prizes from the 6th District Hall and the Cotroceni National Museum, while the other participants received diplomas.