Hong Kong Palace Museum | Learning Resources

Teachers’ Guide: YUAN MING YUAN — Art and Culture of an Imperial Garden-Palace

Unlock the wonders of learning and discovery with this teachers’ guide! Enrich your school group visits with thematic routes and suggested pre- and post-visit activities.

This teachers’ guide is part of the “HKPM Jockey Club Education Programme” organised by the Hong Kong Palace Museum and solely sponsored by The Hong Kong Jockey Club Charities Trust.

Exhibition: The Hong Kong Jockey Club Series: YUAN MING YUAN — Art and Culture of an Imperial Garden-Palace (Gallery 8: 20 March – 12 August 2024)

For P1–P6; S1–S6

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The Stories Behind: Teaching Chinese History Through Objects

Co-developed by our museum and the Education Bureau, this teaching resource aims to inspire innovative teaching and learning by equipping educators with carefully curated card sets, accompanied by informative content on selected exhibits, as well as a plethora of appealing educational activities. With this guide, educators are empowered to make good use of its content to design engaging school-based guided tours that integrate the two realms of museum and classroom learning.

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The Stories Within: Teaching Chinese History Through Objects

Co-developed by the Hong Kong Palace Museum and the Education Bureau, this teaching resource offers exciting learning content from the Museum's opening exhibitions that bring to life aspects of the Chinese history curriculum. Teachers can use this resource in the classroom, for extended learning activities, or on visits to the Museum. 

The Power of Objects: Old, Yet New - Ways of Engaging Students in Museums

Find out more about early museum learning and object-based learning methods in the online talk by internationally renowned expert Dr Sharon E. Shaffer.

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