The Art Lab, DAG Museum’s travelling pop-up museum for schools launched in April 2022

Over two weeks the classroom is transformed into a museum as students explore history through artworks from DAG’s museum collection

Starting with close looking, without captions for context

Caption reveal

Students choose one artwork they want to learn more about and feature in their exhibition

The Art Lab Journal with resources and guides in English and Bengali

Research day where the focus is on digital literacy with first generation learners

Analysing findings

Icebreakers and music breaks

Exhibition planning

Choosing a curatorial approach—retell historical events through multiple perspectives or reconnect events to form new narratives

Production mode

Dismantling the modular panels to make their own exhibition

Remixing the art and the exhibition

Final touches

Presentation day with students from other schools and classes

Open House for parents and families

Taking over the pop-up museum and making it their own