Schulgeschichte:n
Who was allowed to go to school, and who wasn't? What was taught and what does your personal dream school look like?
The permanent exhibition SCHULGESCHICHTE:N (translation: school history/school stories) in the historical rooms of the Museum of Cultural History Magdeburg explores these questions over an area of around 200 square meters. It provides insights into the development of schools over the last 200 years with a focus on Magdeburg. Visitors are invited to exchange personal experiences in various areas and to imagine the schools of tomorrow.
The design in the room and in the graphics is based on a design grid, which is inspired by lines and boxes from exercise books and on which modules and content are arranged. The atmosphere of a lively schoolyard provides the inspiration for moments of exchange. On the one hand, this subtly reflects the regulated structures in which pupils still move around today, and on the other hand, school can be experienced as a lively and inspiring place. The boxes are visible as patterns on the modules and the “exercise book lines” as orange round tubes on the walls and in the room, which structure the entire exhibition. An interplay of blue tones creates thematic areas with a modern, inviting and timeless aesthetic.
Interactive formats, such as the object wall with digital station, allow visitors to playfully discover similarities and connections between different objects whose affiliation is not obvious at first glance. At the interactive “dream school table”, on the other hand, visitors can playfully put together their own visions for the school of the future in an analogue way.
From a large-format projected slideshow with insights into the museum's extensive collection, to biographies with explanatory illustrations and an audio station, to an interactive map table on which visitors can plot their own school journey, there are various approaches and levels for immersing yourself in the school history and stories.
