museum, museum pedagogy, museum education, virtual museum, toys, museum archivaltoy

The Museum Has a Future Studio (2011) is a real space for acquiring new knowledge, developing the skills, invention, imagination and critical historical thinking of its visitors. The entertaining form and visual design of the Studio complements Malvína, the ubiquitous cat that knows everything about the museum. One of the impacts of the COVID 19 pandemic has been that the unique form of education in the museum has been temporarily interrupted and moved online. The authors have created an alternative virtual educational and entertaining programme for children, parents and teachers. The existing successful cycle How They Used to Play... was replaced by Bye-Bye Boredom! – Museum Online in the series Storytelling from the Museum. Every Friday from March to June 2020, the authors entered people’s homes by appearing on the screen with a new story about toys from the museum collection and they introduced a video tutorial on how to make your own paper toy. The project also aimed to promote intergenerational dialogue through games and toys. The programme focused on creative activities inspired by toys from the museum collection.