ON A FLYING CARPET AROUND THE DZSÁMI

During the session, we will learn about the construction periods of the mosque using the models built by the children, and we will also orient our models with a compass. We will look at pictures and talk about the characteristics, similarities and differences of Christian and Muslim architectural and decorative art. Finally, we will paint a “real” flying carpet.

• Age group: 7-11 years
• Duration: approx. 90 minutes
• Location: Bishop’s Treasury
• The session price: 1,800 HUF/person

For groups of more than 25 people, some sessions may require group division, the details of which will be provided upon registration.

WHAT WOULD YOUR COAT OF ARMS LOOK LIKE?

A playful museum education activity about Christian animal symbols for kindergarteners.

The children participating in the activity set off with Bonifác, the Cathedral’s “resident”; his griffin cub, to search for animals that strayed from Noah’s Ark. Along the way, they also discover the Cathedral itself. In the second half of the program, a movement game and creative activity related to the topic help deepen the information and experiences gained during the tour.

• Age group: for middle and large groups, or first graders
• Duration: approx. 90 minutes
• Location: Cathedral and Bishop’s Treasury
• Price of the activity: 1,800 HUF/person

For groups of more than 25 people, some activities may require group division, the details of which will be provided upon registration.

“STONE UPON STONE…” – PLAYFUL ACQUISITION OF THE PÉCS CATHEDRAL

During this activity, children take a walk around the cathedral, while getting to know the materials, shape, and dimensions of the building up close. After that, we build a wooden model of the three construction periods of the cathedral. Finally, the children can build a four-tower cathedral themselves out of cardboard boxes. We also talk to the older ones about the construction itself, measure, and identify the geometric shapes and directions visible on the building.

• Age group: 4-8 years (kindergarten and 1st grade), and 8-10 years (2nd-4th grade)
• Duration: approx. 60 minutes, or 90 minutes
• Location: Cathedral area and the Cathedral Lapidarium
• Price of the activity: 1,800 HUF/person

For groups of more than 25 people, some activities may require group division, details of which will be provided upon registration.

Pig-eyed, pig-nosed – “monster hunting”; in the Cathedral Lapidarium

During the activity, we take a short walk through the Cathedral Lapidarium as characters from a fairy tale. During the playful tour, we talk about the artworks on display here, their materials, and the production techniques, according to the children’s age, we try to determine what they depict, and we get to know some of them more closely. Afterwards, we look for copies of them in the present-day cathedral, and then in the craft workshop, the children can make their own monsters out of clay.

• Age group: 5-8 years
• Duration: approx. 45-60 minutes
• Location: Bishop’s Treasury and Cathedral Lapidarium
• Price of the session: 1,800 HUF/person

For groups of more than 25 people, some sessions may require group division, details of which will be provided upon registration.

THE BRAVE LION AND THE INNOCENT LAMB – PLAYFUL ACQUISITION OF CHRISTIAN ANIMAL, PLANT AND COLOR SYMBOLISM

During the session, which is partly based on movement games and partly on creation (making a coat of arms), children can gain knowledge about the animal and plant depictions found primarily on Christian monuments and works of art, and the symbolism of the colors used here.

• Age group: 6-10 years
• Duration: 60-90 minutes
• Location: Bishop’s Treasury
• Price of the session: 1,800 HUF/person

For groups of more than 25 people, some sessions may require group division, details of which will be provided during registration.

BECOME A CHURCH PAINTER TOO!

Based on the sights of the Cathedral and the Cathedral Lapidarium, children will learn about the former and present-day interior decoration of the cathedral. They will gain knowledge about the operation of Romanesque and Gothic period decoration workshops: the tools and materials used, the techniques applied, and the characteristics of the Romanesque and Gothic styles. During the activity, children can put themselves in the shoes of contemporary masters and, in a playful way, decorate the interior of a “church” in the museum pedagogical workshop.

• Age group: 6-10 and 10-14 years
• Duration: 60-90 minutes
• Location: Cathedral Lapidarium
• Price of the activity: 1,800 HUF/person

For groups of more than 25 people, some activities may require group division, the details of which will be provided upon registration.

ADVENTURE IN THE TREASURY

A challenging task awaits enterprising investigators in the Bishop’s Treasury: using secret codes, audio recordings and maps, they set out on the trail of the hidden treasure chest and the treasures that have mysteriously disappeared. During the game, participants can get acquainted with the objects kept in the Bishop’s Treasury, and then fill the empty treasure chest with the help of countless fun and thought-provoking tasks.

• Age group: 8-14 years
• Duration: 60 minutes
• Location: Bishop’s Treasury
• Price of the activity: 1,800 HUF/person

For groups of more than 25 people, some activities may require group division, the details of which will be provided upon registration.

GARDEN OF MIRACLES – play morning

The approximately 4-hour program focuses on the history of creation and the protection of our natural environment. We approach the topic through a story (suitcase theater), exciting games and special creative tasks. We recommend it for school and kindergarten groups. It can be a meaningful program on a non-teaching workday, project day or spiritual day. Available from April to September or depending on the weather.

• Age group: 6-12 years
• Duration: approx. 4 hours
• Location: Bishop’s Treasure 
• Price of the activity: 1,800 HUF/person

For groups of more than 25 people, some activities may require group division, the details of which will be provided during registration.

THE TALE OF THE CHALICE– museum pedagogical activity on the Eucharist

The aim of the activity is to deepen children’s knowledge of the Blessed Sacrament and the ceremony of communion. To this end, it uses the goldsmiths in the exhibition of the Treasure House, the story and the creative activity. After the children familiarize themselves with some of the objects in the exhibition using a magnifying glass, they make “metal objects” from paper plates and paper cups, and then listen to the chalice’s “report” about the last supper at the set table. Upon special request, the activity can also include wafer baking.

• Age group: 6-10 years
• Duration: approx. 90 minutes; wafer baking approx. +60 minutes
• Location: Bishop’s Treasury
• Activity price: 1,800 HUF/person

For groups of more than 25 people, some activities may require group division, the details of which will be provided upon registration.

IS AN OSTRICH EGG AN ODD ONE OUT? – an interactive, playful introduction to the museum

The activity aims to clarify such fundamental questions as “What is a museum?” “Why is it needed?” “How and why did museums develop?” “What can be exhibited in a museum?” and “Who works in such an institution, and what is their task?” with the help of the Treasury exhibition.

At the beginning of the activity, the children are introduced to one of the most unusual objects in the exhibition, the ostrich egg. The younger ones work together to invent the “story” of the egg, while the older ones work on the object in four groups (museologists, curators, exhibition designers/directors and marketers) in a role-play.

After this, we talk about the “ancestors” of museums, then the younger ones (8-11 years old) make their own little “miracle chamber” out of paper boxes, which they can take home and collect and store their treasures in, while the older ones (12-15 years old) make the class treasure chest together.

• Age group: 8-10 years old and 11-15 years old
• Duration: approx. 90-120 minutes, 90 minutes for 12-15 year olds
• Location: Bishop’s Treasury
• Price of the session: 1,800 HUF/person

For groups of more than 25 people, some sessions may require group division, details of which will be provided upon registration.