Museum on wheels

About this project

<p>The aim of the project&nbsp;is to provide high quality cultural education to young people in remote areas of Lithuania, promoting the availability of cultural and educational activities.<br> It is planned:<br> • To create a traveling innovative exposition (traveling bus “Museum on Wheels”) based on the collection of the Lithuanian Museum of Educational History. The mobile exposition will be able to reach the places of Lithuania remote from the cultural centers. The educational activities supplementing the exposition will increase its cultural and historical value;<br> • Visit 200 settlements in all regions of Lithuania, paying more attention to counties where there are currently no operating museums: Šalčininkai, Alytus, Kalvarija, Kazlų Rūda, Pakruojis and Visaginas;<br> • Involve over 4,000 young people between the ages of 12 and 29 in the project activities - pupils and students from schools, colleges and other educational institutions.<br> <strong>Project benefit:</strong><br> During the project, the Travelling Museum Bus will be created to operate in small, remote areas of Lithuanian regions where there is a lack of cultural activities, no museums. In the mobile exhibition, local children and young people will be attractively acquainted with the history of education, which emphasizes the multinational heritage of Lithuania, viewed from different perspectives - social and ethnic groups, cultures and gender equality.<br> In cooperation with the project partners „Newschool“ from Norway and the software company PLLC „Indeform“ (Lithuania), an innovative, visually attractive and easy-to-use educational program will be created to enrich the knowledge of Lithuanian history and educational history.<br> The team of educational guides trained during the project will invite children and young people to participate in educational activities that allow not only to gain deeper knowledge, but also to understand their educational experience as part of the historical process, to communicate and learn from the older generation.</p>

Bilateral cooperation results

During the project, a bus was purchased, which was adapted for the mobile "Museum on Wheels" activities. It was equipped with special equipment and presented a interactive exhibition "The history of Lithuanian education" specially designed for small settlements and remote areas of Lithuania, where there are often no opportunities to participate in cultural activities, especially in museums. This interactive educational exhibition provided local youth with an inclusive narrative of the history of education, highlighting the multi-ethnic heritage of Lithuania from various perspectives, including different social and ethnic groups, cultures and genders. In cooperation with "Newschool" (Norway), innovative educational activities were created, aimed at deepening the participants' understanding of the history of Lithuania and the country's educational history. Partnership with leading software company Indeform Ltd. (Lithuania) enabled the technological aspects of the exhibition to be visually appealing and user-friendly. Project successfully engaged 6299 young people in remote rural areas, offering them a deeper understanding of the history of education in Lithuania. The mobile exhibition and interactive activities inspired participants to view education as a dynamic, evolving process shaped by different social, ethnic, and gender perspectives. Many young visitors gained a stronger sense of belonging to their educational heritage, linking national history with their own experiences. Dissemination of the project results will be carried out by participating in the KULTUROS PASAS (CULTURE PASSPORT) program in Lithuania. Cooperation with the Norwegian partner in the future is not foreseen, because the partner in 2023 announced the start of the liquidation process.

Project partners

• Newschool AS Donor project partner· Norway
• JTC "Indeform" Project partner· Lithuania