Year 7 Night at the Museum – YourLibrary@MLC

Last updated 7 April 2019

If you have any questions or requests for assistance regarding your research, please contact your Teacher Librarians.

This guide has been written to help you prepare for the Year 7 Night at the Museum. It is divided into three (3) sections:

A good museum exhibition will interest people by using:

Look at the following video that shows a previous Night at the Museum:

Questions to consider:

How eye-catching is each display?
What has the person done to make it eye-catching?
Are any colours better at helping to make it eye-catching?
What text, visual and sensory (smell, taste or touch) objects have been included in the display?
How has the information been displayed?
How are the objects positioned in the display?
Are there any interactive parts to the exhibition that you can see?

Use the following sections and questions to guide the creation of your museum exhibition.

Planning your exhibition

What will be the main theme or subject of your exhibition?
- Make sure you narrow this down to one aspect of the civilisation you have selected. e.g. Fashion of Ancient Egypt, Art of Ancient Greece
What do you want people to walk away from this exhibit understanding?
How do you want people to interact with your exhibit?
- Should they just walk through?
- Look?
- Pick up objects?
- Listen to recordings of voice or music?
- Participate in some other way?

Researching your theme or subject for the exhibition.

Where will you look for the information you need?
What information will you include in your exhibition?
What artefacts or models could be incorporated into your display?
- For some suggestions on items you could make, select your civilisation below.
- Make sure any items you want to make can be realistically made within your time frame

Constructing your exhibition.

What will your exhibition look like?
- It may be useful to draw a plan
What materials, supplies and equipment do you need to construct the exhibition?
- Where will you get these items from?
List all the tasks that need to be completed
As a team, divide the tasks among yourselves
Create a timeline for when each task needs to be completed by.

Further hints and tips

Don’t forget to label your artefacts

Use simple, concise language.
- Read your labels aloud to test readability.
Keep the length of each label to a minimum – do not put a book on the wall.
- Some people aim for around 150 words per label
Font size
- The size and style should be easily readable
Colour is also important eg. Red print on black background is hard to read.

For more information about font sizes have a look at page 3 of this document.

Click on your chosen ancient civilisation to find some suggested display ideas.