Leena Hannula

3.10 In or Out – Is Cultural Education a Privilege? (Paper)

Leena Hannula – Urajärvi Manor Museum, Asikkala, Finland

Abstract:

The forgotten museum seems to be a paradigm. Museums typically contain objects, documents and are often surrounded by an environment connected to the museum’s profile. What happens when the museum is run by local people? In Finland the oldest mansion museum, Urajärvi, was renovated but soon closed. Afterward, local people decided to provide cultural history education to local schoolchildren. This led to the creation of a project A Day in the Mansion House, in which children can approach and engage with their local history.