Identity
The Museum’s objectives are:
The preservation of the cultural heritage in Education and Training. At undergraduate and graduate levels, the research and study of the History of Education, Pedagogy, Conduct, and Training in Greece from antiquity to the present day in relation to the Balkans, Europe, and the world. The planning and implementing of research/educational museopedagogical programs. The production of educational, scientific, and research material. Organizing scientific lectures, workshops, training seminars, symposia, conferences, exhibitions, and other scientific events. Encouraging awareness in the educational community and the bodies outside the community. The collaboration with schools of Primary and Secondary Education and institutions of Education. The collaboration with other Museums, universities, and Research Centers at a national, European, and international level.
History
The Museum of Education belongs to the Department of Secondary Education. It was founded in 2003 by the Department of Philosophy, Pedagogy, and Psychology and served educational and research needs. The Museum began to form in 1993 upon the recommendation of Professor Theodoros Papakonstantinou, while the permanent exhibition on the development of Education in Greece was inaugurated in 2004. Since 2013 it has been operating daily with educational programs addressed to primary and secondary education schools and carried out activities corresponding to the exhibitions. As an academic institution, it performs research, educational, training, and social work in Museum Education and the History of Education.
Types of audiences
Primary and Secondary Education Students Undergraduate and graduate students, Greek and foreign researchers, elderly visitors, refugees and migrants, visitors of all ages.
Collections & Exhibitions
The collections and exhibitions of the Museum include:
School class of the past simulation: desks, blackboard, writing slates and styluses, bell, school bags, school aprons, caps. Physical education equipment. Musical instruments. Original instruments of the Laboratory of Experimental Pedagogy from the 1920s: instruments of body measurements, tools for measuring emotions, instruments of psychometrics. Collection of textbooks and books dating from 1771. Diploma from the Great School of the Nation, 1882 Secondary School Graduation Certificate of the Greek School of Trapezous, 1902 Baccalaureate of the Greek Girls' School of Monastir, 1906 third grade Certificate from Varvakeio Lyceum, 1874.
Events & Activities
Planning and executing educational museopedagogical programs. Carrying out research programs. Organizing scientific conferences, lectures, workshops, training seminars, exhibitions, and other scientific events. Participating in collective museum activities. Offering guided tours of the Museum's collections.
Accessibility
Accessible to physically challenged people.
Terms of Operation
Daily 09:00 – 13:00
Director: Dimitrios Fotinos, Associate Professor of the Department of Secondary Education
Decision of Establishment
Government Gazette 1164/issue B/14.08.2003
