The Museum of Anatolian Civilizations in Ankara provides children with a tangible version of history in hands-on workshops. The workshops were launched to expand children’s appreciation for museums and cultural entities after they learn about them. In an effort to change the old museum mentality that suppressed children into silence when they were introduced to artifacts in a museum, children can now enjoy learning about history as well as culture by minting coins, laying mosaic tiles and excavating.

Read article (Today’s Zaman, April 21, 2007)

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