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This Is Your Museum Speaking

This animated short features a night watchman who, with his dog Fang, discovers that museums are not just a collection of dusty old artefacts. With humour, the film shows how the past is very much alive and connected to our present.
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This animated short features a night watchman who, with his dog Fang, discovers that museums are not just a collection of dusty old artefacts. With humour, the film shows how the past is very much alive and connected to our present.

Arts History All subjects
Outside the Box All channels
  • director
    Lynn Smith
  • animation
    Lynn Smith
  • producer
    David Verrall
  • executive producer
    Derek Lamb
  • editing
    Lynn Smith
    David Verrall
  • sound editing
    Normand Roger
  • music
    Normand Roger
  • re-recording
    Hans Peter Strobl
    Adrian Croll
  • voice
    Sandy Sanderson
    Mary Briggs
    Budd Knapp
    Gerald Budner
    Don Arioli
    Peter MacNeill
    Greg Van Riel
    Janet Perlman
  • music recording
    Roger Lamoureux
  • script
    Lynn Smith
  • post-sync effects
    Ken Page
  • unit administrator
    Diane Bergeron

Education

Ages 9 to 11
Study Guide
Guide 1
School subjects
English Language Arts - Journalism History and Citizenship Education - Culture and Currents of Thought (1500-present) Social Studies - Communities in Canada/World Technology Education - Society and Technology
Students research a museum in their community and visit/prepare a report-history, pieces, importance to community. Students can contact museum and arrange an interview (in person or over the phone/Skype) with an employee; they prepare questions beforehand regarding person’s duties; report/research variety of museum jobs. Students research museums in their community/province/Canada/world and report (oral or written) value to society; pick one piece and research, tell story, importance to humanity.
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