Storyplace Roadshow
Storyplace Roadshow is a moving series of learnings and connections drawn from the permanent collections of objects profiled on the Storyplace website with the physical institutions that care for them. Existing and newly commissioned stories on the Storyplace platform will engage with the NSW Curriculum, and professional development opportunities produced by Museums of History NSW (MHNSW) will draw on the needs and knowledge of regional institutions.
Roadshow Professional Development
Storyplace Roadshow is a series of touring workshops centring on the different processes behind Storyplace – collection care, research, documentation and digitisation, as well as using objects for school education activities.
For Storyplace Roadshow, a new partnership has been forged with MHNSW, who are delivering professional development material in-person and via video resources. These workshops will be iteratively presented around the state, allowing reciprocal knowledge-sharing between MHNSW and the regional/remote small-to-medium museum sector. View the video resources below (more to come):
Teaching history in museums through sensory activities
The learning team at Museums of History NSW shows how sensory activities can be used to engage school students in the stories and histories in museum collections and sites.
Teaching history in museums through roleplay
The learning team at Museums of History NSW shows how roleplay can be used to engage school students in the stories and histories in museum collections and sites.
Teaching history in museums through objects
The learning team at Museums of History NSW shows how museum objects can be used to engage school students in the stories and histories in museum collections and sites.
Storage on a shoestring: why collection storage matters
Storage on a shoestring: getting started
The Storage on a Shoestring videos were produced by MHNSW’s Collections Care, Digital and Regional teams.
Storage on a shoestring: housing collection items
The Storage on a Shoestring videos were produced by MHNSW’s Collections Care, Digital and Regional teams.
Roadshow Learning
The Storyplace Roadshow will realise a long-wished-for opportunity to integrate the stories of regional places, people, and communities into school curriculum learning through utilising regional museum collections. The project will see some changes made to the Storyplace website that will connect both existing and newly commissioned stories and to the NSW School curriculum.
Itinerary
- Tamworth, NSW: presented at the Tamworth Astronomy and Science Centre – Wednesday 20 September, 2023
- Albury, NSW: presented at the Albury LibraryMuseum – Tuesday 6 – Wednesday 7 March, 2024
- Northern Rivers, NSW: presented at Alstonville RSL Sub Branch Hall with Crawford House Museum – Wednesday 20 March, 2024
- Central West, NSW: presented at Central Tablelands Collections Facility – Wednesday 29 May, 2024
- Port Macquarie, NSW: presented at Colonial Meeting Rooms, St Thomas’ Anglican Church, Tuesday 30 July, 2024
- The Riverina, NSW: presented at Museum of the Riverina – Botanic Gardens Site, Wagga Wagga,- Wednesday 28 August, 2024
- Maitland, NSW: presented at Maitland Town Hall – Tuesday 10 September, 2024
- Lake Macquarie – postponed – new 2025 date TBC
A Storyplace and Museums & Galleries of NSW touring project supported by Museums of History NSW and proudly funded by the NSW Government.
