Museums around the world – big and small!

Virtual History Museum @historygrid for Quarantine Station virtual world

It’s no secret that I like museums. I use the collections and resources of many museums for teaching history and share the fruits of (my) bounty when I come across gems that I think that others will enjoy.

I am currently writing a teacher’s companion for the Australian Curriculum – particularly looking at the world history overviews. This is quite a distinguishing feature of the new curriculum, especially in the secondary years (7 – 10). In my own research, I have been drawing upon many resources from museums, big and small. I thought I would like to document some of these little finds. I like the idea of taking a world tour through a collection of countries with my kids using the exact science of spinning Google Earth and choosing a random place.

The first one, though, is from Antigua …