Museum and gallery pedagogy in educational processes

Muzejsko - galerijska pedagogija u novije vrijeme doživljava sve značajnije promjene. U izložbene prostore nastoji se privući što više posjetitelja, djece i odraslih. Muzeji i galerije postaju sve zabavnija mjesta u kojima se pored stalnog postava organiziraju različita događanja interesantna za različite uzraste. Senjski muzej koji nam je bio polazna točka dječje inspiracije široko je otvorio vrata za sve manifestacije mladih. Oni su često posjetitelji muzeja ili pak ponekog tematski određenog odjela koji su im bitni kao nadahnuće ili ilustracija u njihovom obrazovnom procesu. Djeca Dječjeg vrtića "Travica" redoviti su posjetitelji muzeja, ponekad cijelog prostora a ponekad odjela. "Protrče" i ponesu poneku sliku u sebi koju će transponirati na papir kada za to dođe vrijeme. Kroz likovni rad djeca komuniciraju i iznose svoje osjećaje, misli i doživljaje. Stoga ih treba ohrabrivati, poticati u njihovoj kreativnosti i osigurati ozračje u kojem će se osjećati ugodno. Treba ih slijediti u realizaciji ideja sa što manje intervencija i nametanja drugačijeg mišljenja. Treba pustiti kreativnosti da ih nosi, a to se upravo u likovnoj aktivnosti DV "Travica" i dogodilo. Oni su se igrali. Pored spomenutog rezultata interakcije djece i muzeja, ovaj rad će ukratko predočiti povijest samog muzeja, građu i postav koji je izuzetno zanimljiv i atraktivan za posjetitelje.Museum – gallery pedagogy is changing significantly lately and there is a certain endeavor to bring as many visitors to exhibition areas as possible – children, as well as adults. Museums and galleries are becoming more enjoyable places, where, besides permanent exhibitions, different events interesting to various age groups are being held. The Senj Town Museum, which was our starting point, opened its doors gladly to many manifestations for young people. They are the museum’s regular visitors as they attend different themed events which they find important for their studies. Children who attend “Travica” kindergarten often visit the museum – sometimes they visit the exhibition and sometimes they attend themed events so they can ‘take’ different images in their heads which will later be transposed to paper. Through artwork, children communicate and express their feelings, thoughts and experiences. Children need to be encouraged, their creativity stimulated, and the environment in which they learn pleasant. Children should be followed in their idea realisations with as little interfering or opinion imposition as possible. Creativity should be the 'leader', and that’s just what happened during the art activity in the kindergarten ,Travica’ - they were playing. Besides the already mentioned results gained by the interaction between the kindergarten and the children involved, this thesis will also present the museum’s history, its collection and material which are very interesting and inviting to visitors