Zsuzsanna Langschadl-Antal
contact person of museum pedagogy
- +36 70 353 2230
- muzeumpedagogia@brigetio.hu
Brigetio Heritage Visitor Center – Treasures of Brigetio Permanent Exhibition Museum Educational Program Guide 2023
Museum pedagogy activities for pre-school and lower primary school students, 40 minutes
Treasures of Brigetio
A summary session on the exhibition material. Through a playful exercise sheet, we will generally touch upon the history of Brigetio, its settlement system, life in the period – everyday life, holidays and “days off”, dress, military, religion.
Brigetio: Weekdays - Holidays - Workshop secrets
During this activity, young children will learn about the daily life of the children who lived in the town of Brigetio: where did they live, what kind of furniture and houses did they have, what did they eat, how did they play?
There was no fridge, no electricity, no supermarket. So where and how did they store their food? What did they use for lighting? Where did they shop? Did they have sweets? And who will help us find out? A lesson with arts and crafts and period games.
„The emperor’s new clothes”
We can find out how the Roman emperor, the citizens, the „barbarians”, the soldiers dressed; what clothes and fabrics they wore in winter and summer, did they have shoes, and how did the girls beautify themselves (hair dresses, accessories, cosmetics, hairstyles), how did they see beauty? You can ask for a lesson with a game or a craft activity.
Disease, health
Rufus is a little boy from Brigetio. He is very sick: fever, cough. I wonder what’s wrong with him? Is the doctor in today? What will the medicine taste like? We talk about health, diseases, the state of medicine at the time, nutrition, herbs and medicines. Lessons with games or crafts available on request.
• „Dot, dot, comma...” – Arts
Do you like drawing, painting…? Sabina is a curious little Roman girl who surprised the painters in a house. Who and what did they paint? What else did she like? What and how did they decorate in the old days? Getting to know Roman art – a lesson with craft activity.
Museum pedagogy activities for upper primary school students, 45-50 minutes
Treasures of Brigetio
A summary session on the exhibition material. Through a playful exercise sheet, we will generally touch upon the history of Brigetio, its settlement system, life in the period – everyday life, holidays and “days off”, dress, military, religion.
Architecture – housing culture
What is typical of private and formal architecture? How were they designed and built? What is the structure of the house, the city, the road system? Roman luxury? These are some of the questions we will answer as we take a look into the world of the museum.
„In a beautiful body, a healthy soul” – Roman health and beauty
We learn about the Brigetio way of life: what were the diseases and cures of old? What was considered beautiful and what did they do to achieve it? What were the fashions for clothes? Were there differences in the clothes worn by Roman and non-Roman citizens? Uniform, casual and festive pieces. Lessons can be requested with a game or a craft activity.
Gods
Who are they? Are there more than one? Where do they live? What do they look like? What do they do? We will learn about the Roman religion through myths, images and drama play.
„That's beautiful, that's beautiful...” – Fine Arts - mastery
House painter-glazier, metalworker, cold-worker. Or a painter, metal and mosaic artist? Masters or artists? Who’s to say what’s beautiful? Based on the frescoes of Brigetio, we discuss the Roman arts, artistic freedom and the state of art at the time.
„Only those who go into the army...”
Through images, illustrations and descriptions, an activity sheet and a craft activity, we can find out what Roman warfare was like, where and how soldiers lived, what ranks they achieved, how they dressed and what weapons they had.
Museum pedagogy activities for high school students, 45-50 minutes
Treasures of Brigetio
A summary session on the exhibition material. Through a playful exercise sheet, we will generally touch upon the history of Brigetio, its settlement system, life in the period – everyday life, holidays and “days off”, dress, military, religion.
Architecture – housing
What is typical of private and formal architecture? How were they designed and built? What is the structure of the house, the city, the road system? Roman luxury? These are some of the questions we will answer as we take a look into the world of the museum.
Panem et circenses! – Entertainment
The session will give the opportunity to learn about the entertainment options that are considered social events (circus, gladiatorial games, theatre, baths), the responses to technical challenges, the “genre” characteristics.
„Give me, O King, a soldier!”
Through images, illustrations and descriptions, an activity sheet and a craft activity, we can find out what Roman warfare was like, where and how soldiers lived, what ranks they achieved, how they dressed and what weapons they had.
Life stages
Follow the lives of two Brigetio inhabitants from birth to death! Under what circumstances were they born? To what extent did their social situation determine their childhood and youth? Carpe diem!? How did they choose a couple, what were the male and female roles? Retirement with travelling and grandchildren? What about after death?
Funeral customs. We explore the Roman way of life through texts, tombs, inscriptions and illustrations.
Beauty and health
Through illustrations, descriptions, tombstones and finds in tombs, we will examine Roman costume. Women-men, young-old, citizen-barbarians? How did the Romans see foreigners, and vice versa? What was the idea of beauty? What did they do for it? Medicine and the beauty industry: prevention, diseases, cures, nutrition, cosmetics, wellness. The session is accompanied by a worksheet and games.
Fine arts – mastery
Based on the illustrations and the material in the exhibition, we will ask: is the creator a master or an artist; what were the arts of the Romans; who were the clients; what was allowed to be depicted and how; what was considered beautiful and were there Roman muses? A lesson with a craft activity.
Roman religion
Who are they? Are there more than one? Where do they live? What do they look like? What do they do? We will learn about the Roman religion through myths and images.
Art of György Rauscher temporary exhibition – Museum pedagogy activities for high school students
The Woman
The emergence and evolution of the concept of Woman.
How did the social status and perception of women change at the turn of the century and after the World War?
How did the idea of beauty, the ideal of beauty and the relationship to the body evolve?
Women’s roles, images and fashion in the mind and in reality.
Changes in the representation of beauty and eroticism in early 20th century art.
Changes in Rauscher’s images of women.
Lifestyle, living in style
The level of technological development between the two world wars, its impact on everyday life – reconstruction and development – including in the arts.
Typical lifestyle changes and their dissemination, advertising – the importance of poster, film. Society after the war.
Status symbols and desired standard of living – what could mean happiness? To what extent did posters, advertisements, magazines reflect reality?
Rauscher-cover pages: the clientele. What did it mean to be respected, an artist as a job, a job-pay. Artists’ fates.
Another war ahead
How did the Trianon decision affect Hungarian art?
What changes appear in the pictures of the 1920s and 1930s? Why?
Artists’ fates and works in the first half of the century – how did thinking and the image of human/mankind change? Did the relationship to the body and the world change?
Title pages and paintings – eras and styles in Rauscher’s paintings?
Can an object be the starring? Symbolism and new objectivity.
Arts
Art Nouveau before the war.
What new art forms emerged after the First World War? What was their significance?
How did the role of painting, which had been dominant until then, change?
What attempts at renewal were made? Constructivism, Futurism, Avant-garde.
Hungarian and foreign art scene. What characterised each of them? Did they interact?
Separation of art and design: art deco and design.
