The use of Museums for Educational Purposes Using Drama Method

AbstractMuseums with rich artefacts inside them set the stage for understanding culture, art and history, therefore contribute for education. Instead of visiting like a spectator only, museums should be reviewed as locations to interact with items in display. Museums as being buildings rich in historical and cultural items where a community can display its past, culture and way of life, are new places that can be used for educational purposes in Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC). The goal of our research project is to draw attention to the importance of teaching by using drama-methods in museums, to emphasize the effective and diverse use of museums for education. In our applied activities, we followed a methodology where personal observations, interviewing individuals and the review of documents were used. For this reason our study can be categorized as a factual study rather than a conceptual one. Within the framework of our study, in order to gather our data we used review- of- literature. In addition to this, our study was also based on the interviews made with people in activities. We also followed a keen observation of the performed activities and tried to make an accurate evaluation of them. We believe, the information gathered in our study and in our sample activities would especially be useful for the teachers. Greater importance should be attached to school-museum relationship. Greater education should be provided to the teachers about importance of the museums. We should make better use of our museums for educational purposes with more sample activities about their importance and there should be a greater support for museum-education. The teachers should go through an applied-education to learn and to understand the use of museums in education