About Tropenmuseum Junior
Tropenmuseum Junior is part of the Tropenmuseum. It is a museum especially targeted at 6- to 13-year-olds. Ever since its foundation in 1975, it has made interactive exhibitions for children. Over the years, Tropenmuseum Junior has developed its own museological working method, which serves many of our museum colleagues as an example. Convinced that true understanding comes from active involvement, the museum aims to stimulate children mentally and emotionally by informing them about the world. The exhibitions, offering immersive experiences, are aimed at making children curious and open to different cultures, helping them to grow up into tolerant, respectful world citizens.
An overview of all the exhibitions of Tropenmuseum Junior.
Due to the fact that the Tropenmuseum Junior staff does their own research, the knowledge they have acquired of other cultures is always up-to-date; this is incorporated into well thought through, interactive educational programmes. On a yearly basis Tropenmuseum Junior attracts at least 30,000 visitors. On school days children can visit the museum with their class and teachers; at the weekend and during the holidays they can come with their families.
Each of the exhibitions runs for two and a half years, and all the school programmes have always been fully booked. On average on non-school days 80% of the general public programmes have been fully booked.
The methodology and quality of the exhibitions in Tropenmuseum Junior are held in high regard internationally and are an example to the museum field world-wide. Read more about the method (pdf.) of Tropenmuseum Junior and its vision on Tangible and intangible heritage in interactive exhibitions (pdf).
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