Museums are the most direct way to learn about and understand the past. This creates unique opportunities and challenges when exploring a complex history and making it accessible for all ages and levels of knowledge. Using the creation of the GPO Museum and its exhibits, this special guided tour will demonstrate the tools and methods employed in museums to ensure everyone can connect to the past and the people who lived in it, no matter what your previous knowledge might be.
The tour delves intohow museums must balance condensing complex subjects into widely accessible topics while being accurate to the past’s events and recognising individuals can have their own ideas of what is true. In this way, museums endeavour to ensure that objectivity is maintained and the perspectives of all involved are respected.