I have been going to St Fagans since I was a little girl so when I found out that this was going to be one of our research areas I was more than excited. For me it is one of the best museums in Wales, it produces a lovely atmosphere and has so much to do that you could easily spend the day there. As far as an outdoor classroom it has to be the best, not only do the people who work in the museum dress up in the era of the building they are working in but they also have old fashioned shops and a school where the children are encouraged to participate in a Victorian themed class.
For me the best part of the museum is the huge manor house situated at the back of the museum, you get to tour the house which shows you into each room and has boards and sheets of information about the people who owned the house previously. There is also a museum at the entrance to the park where students are encouraged to dress up in old fashioned clothes.
From this trip we were able to come up with a number of useful ideas, with the main one being sustainable development, each house is from a different era and you are able to see how standards of living have advanced throughout time. The museum also contains a house which was created in 2000, it is called ' house for the future' and contains technology for what they thought at the time the world would look like now. Interestingly in some instances they did predict correctly, the house however has now been closed so that they can update it to predict another 10 years of technology. This gave us the idea of looking into advances in technology and how quickly the world is changing.
Overall this trip was incredibly useful, not only did we have a fun day out but we also came up with some useful ideas for our podcast.
No comments:
Post a Comment