Education curriculum primary school
Music enriches and connects. Mathieu Kessels knew this almost 150 years ago. His vision of production, which was in line with the industrial innovations of the time, ensured affordable musical instruments. In doing so, he made music and music practice accessible to a wide audience.
The Kessels Museum manages the heritage of Kessels Music Instruments Factory and is now making it accessible. It is a great challenge to make the enriching and connecting power of music accessible and experienceable for a wide audience; from specialists and music connoisseurs to families with children and school groups, and to do so in a way that is fitting for Tilburg Music Makers' City.
In the future, the museum plans to further expand the upper floor with special sections for children, but until then we can already offer an educational programme. The museum is included in the offer of Museum Treasures, where we put away a suitable programme for the upper or middle years of primary education.
Purpose of Education Programme
From Kessels ' history and heritage, one can learn about this Tilburg history and about music and musical instruments. Both the preparatory lesson, the museum programme and the concluding lesson at school are cross-curricular and subject-based. There is a clear short description of the core and goals of the programme. This includes a description of the relationship between the various components and an overview of which core objectives are covered. These are: cultural heritage and music education, nature and technology, and man and society; these subjects offer numerous handles. The aim was to develop and offer the programme in such a way that it has a clear headline and start with and without preparation and/or processing.
Components of Education Programme
- An (optional) preparatory lesson and/or suggestions to briefly introduce the visit.
- A museum visit programme; where the programme consists of 3 different parts. The group is divided into 3 groups and rotates.
Museum treasures
North Brabant is rich in museums with the most diverse collections. What all these museums have in common is that they are a treasure trove of objects worth preserving for one reason or another. But what exactly is value? That is what the Museum Treasures project is about. Schools that have registered for Museum Treasures will receive the teaching materials including the voucher for the free museum visit in the first week of the new school year.
What is Museum Treasures?
With great success, Erfgoed Brabants has been organising Museum Treasures since 2006. This educational project was developed as part of 'Treasures of Brabant' and is subsidised by the province of North Brabant. With Museum Treasures, primary school pupils from groups 5 to 8 visit a museum in class. For corona, 70 museums and 50,000 pupils participated! Using the teaching material, the museum visit is prepared at school.
Before visiting the museum, pupils are first made to think about what actually makes an object valuable. An object is valuable not only because it is literally worth a lot of money, but also because it is very rare, for example, or because it has a special story to tell. What is heritage? This introductory lesson is followed by the museum visit. On the basis of a targeted assignment, pupils work in groups to find an object that represents a certain value. And why is it important to preserve things? After completing the Museum Treasures project, pupils will look at old objects (heritage) in a different way.
All information about the project, the application procedure and the rules of the game can be found on the site of Erfgoed Brabant.
Kessels Museum is also included in the Museum Treasures offer of Erfgoed Brabant. This offers all groups 5 to 8 of primary schools in North Brabant the opportunity to visit the Kessels Museum free of charge.
