On May 12, the opening ceremony of "Museum Week for schoolchildren - Museums and Ecology" program was held at the National Art Museum of Azerbaijan.
Firudin Gurbanov, Deputy Minister of Education, Sevda Mammadaliyeva, Deputy Minister of Culture and Tourism, Samir Nuriyev, director of Administration of the State historical-architectural reserve “Icheri Sheher”, Gunay Afandiyeva, First Secretary of the National Commission of Azerbaijan for UNESCO, teachers of secondary schools and students attended the ceremony.
It was reported that the Ministry of Education was implementing the "Museum Week for schoolchildren - Museums and Ecology" program with the support of the National Commission of the Republic of Azerbaijan for UNESCO from May 12 to 18. The program will cover 15 museums operating in Baku.
The purpose of the program is to familiarize students with the sustainable development concept, environmental and ethnographic aspects of collections fund of museums. During familiarization, special attention will be paid to the eco-ethnographic relations and the relationship between the man and the environment will be studied in paintings included in collections fund of museums.
The special interactive routes were assigned and the environmental themes were chosen by methodologists of the Republican Ecological Training and Experience Center for a new program.
After the official opening, schoolchildren got acquainted with expositions at the National Art Museum of Azerbaijan.
It should be noted that every year the International Museum Day is celebrated on May 18. The year 2015 was declared the year of "Museums and sustainable development of society" by the International Council of Museums (ICOM).
08.07.2015 - 16:52
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