Inter/Act | Natural History Museum of Los Angeles
The Inter/Act space showcases the discoveries and deep connections that students have made through the exploration of the Museum's collections and resources, thereby forging new paths to understanding through the lens of natural and cultural history
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The Roundtable is a national award-winning education program!
In winning AAM’s 2009 EdCom Award, the Roundtable is recognized by the American Association of Museums as providing exemplary creativity and innovation in museum education programming.
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Inter/Act: Where Learning is Made Visible
Inter/Act is a flexible exhibition space located on the Museum’s Level 1. The space displays educational projects of the Museum’s Education & Arts Roundtable, an educational partnership fostering deep and engaging learning processes through artists-educators-and-Museum collaborations. Inter/Act showcases student responses — both their work and their processes — to program topics that are both relevant to them and to the Museum’s collections and resources. It is a space where learning is made visible.
A variety of student exhibitions are held in the Inter/Act space throughout the year--the results of arts-rich, interdisciplinary learning projects. Once on display, students gain enormous satisfaction and a more meaningful connection to the Museum when they return to Inter/Act with teachers, family and friends to witness their work on view in a Museum space. The creative output that students generate as part of Roundtable projects varies greatly depending on grade level, project concept and partner collaboration, for example:
- Stuck 2 featured a three-act play about Ice Age mammals written and performed by 1st Graders.
- Claiming Our Space displayed the handmade landmarks that 4th Grade students found personally meaningful after exploring historical land use in Los Angeles.
- In Our L.A. Basin: A World of Wonder, high school students explored the ecological history of the Los Angeles Basin and created a site-specific sculptural installation addressing themes of water conservation, land use, and environmental responsibility.
Explore Inter/Act during your next visit to the Museum or read about our current exhibitions online.