The Royal Tyrrell Museum picked another armful of trophies, this time from Interpretation Canada for their education programs.
The Tyrrell earned a bronze medal in the Personal Interpretation category for their Junior Palaeo Investigators program and a bronze medal in the Non-Personal Interpretation category for its Passport to the Past, part of the Dinosaur Adventure Hour program.
“It is nice to be recognized for the work that the museum does,” said Earle Wiebe head of education at the Royal Tyrrell Museum, “recognized among other interpreters across Canada, it recognizes the whole process.”
The Junior Palaeo Investigators program is aimed at Grade 2 and 3 aged students and is designed for school groups. Wiebe explains students learn how palaeontologists use clues from the past to learn about ancient life.
“It is very interactive and engaging program where they are looking at evidence,” said Wiebe.
The Passport to the Past is used during the Tyrrell’s Summer public Dinosaur Adventure Hour program for kids ages 3-6 and is used to track their experiences and what they learned from the program as they go through the museum galleries.
“It is a really neat well developed booklet that was produced here by our design studio and education team,” said Wiebe. “It looks like a passport but for kids, it as lots of pictures and stickers.”
This is certainly not the first time the Tyrrell has been recognized by Interpretation Canada, In fact they have won four awards in the last two years alone. Wiebe said it is a collaborative effort.
“It is a team effort in both of these cases. The education team works closely with the design studio and our fabrication department for material for the program,” he said. “It is not just a one or two person project, it is many people putting it together, so everybody gets recognized for these projects.”