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Scotland Street School Museum is located in Glasgow, Scotland is the only one of its kind in the world. Jump to: navigation, search Glasgows location in Scotland Glasgow (or Glaschu in Gaelic) is Scotlands largest city, situated on the River Clyde in the countrys west central lowlands. ...
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History
The museum presents the history of education in Scotland as a genuine school experience. The museum, designed by Charles Rennie Mackintosh between 1903 and 1906, is also an essential destination for Mackintosh enthusiasts and all those interested in the history of design. At the museum you can learn the story of Scotland Street Public School and the developments in education in Scotland through a combination of displays, audio-visuals and reconstructed and restored classrooms. Charles Mackintoshs Scotland Street school in Glasgow Charles Rennie Mackintosh (June 7, 1868 – December 10, 1928) was a Scottish architect, designer, and watercolourist who was a designer in the Arts and Crafts movement and also the main exponent of Art Nouveau in Scotland. ...
The Museum The three classroom reconstructions show the changing face of the schoolroom from the Victorian era through the Second World War to the classroom of the fifties and sixties. The barrel vaulted cookery room, cloakrooms, and ceramic-tiled drill hall are restored to Mackintosh's original 1906 designs. You can learn about Mackintosh's stormy working relationship with the School Board and explore in more depth his design and detailing. You can listen to and read former pupils' recollections of their schooldays. Decade by decade, their memories cover topics such as classroom discipline, evacuation and the Second World War, school attire, special activities, playground games and the changing face of the local area.
Alongside the temporary exhibition and activities programme, you can follow the interpretation and activity trail around the school or find your family's old school photograph on our education collection's database.
You can try out your design skills in the Mackintosh room on touch-screen computer and hands-on interactive displays and experience the classes of yesteryear in our 'Back to School' role playing programme.
An audio-visual room has an introductory video about the school as well as showing educational and historical archive films. You can see an online documentary film of Scotland Street School, which features oral histories from former pupils and teachers, archive footage and classroom re-enactments, at the Best Laid Schemes website. [1]
Exhibitions
Patterns of Childhood: Samplers 1640-1900 An exhibition focusing on forty samplers selected from Glasgow Museums' collections, including the Burrell. It traces the history and development of these charming examples of needlework from the 17th century to 1900.
The Classrooms at Scotland Street School Museum The three classroom reconstructions at Scotland Street School Museum show the changing face of the schoolroom from the Victorian era through the Second World War to the classroom of the fifties and sixties.
See also Jump to: navigation, search The city of Glasgow, Scotland, has many amenities for a wide range of cultural activities, from curling to opera and from football to art appreciation; it also has a large selection of museums that include those devoted to transport, religion, and modern art. ...
External links - Glasgow Museums & Art Galleries
- Glasgow Museum of Transport
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