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A MEMORANDUM received from Mrs. M. Harrison, acting curator of the Geffrye Museum, London, E.2, deals with the present-day problems of the creative use of leisure in an industrialized society— the education of children of a non-academic turn of mind, and the bridging of the gap that still tends to lie between school and the actualities of life. It is suggested that the solution lies in the establishment of centres specially equipped to show the individual, on a scale within his grasp, his place, meaning and purpose within the contemporary world. These centres could present in an appropriate manner a variety of visual material culled from industrial, commercial and public sources. They could also provide for courses of instruction in art and craft work and in contemporary social studies, educational film shows, facilities for study, and a scheme for loans to schools, with the view of encouraging further the individual's practical interest in, and investigation of, his or her surroundings in relation to the world at large.
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Museums as Contemporary Educational Centres. Nature 155, 571 (1945). https://doi.org/10.1038/155571a0
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