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Abstract enThe Project titled “Employing the museums for educational goals” was actualized with the contributions of University of Marmara, Department of Elementary School, The Association of Supporting Contemporary Life, The Association of Contemporary Drama, The Association of Turkish Volunteers for Education, and The Association of Touristic Guides under the direction of Archeological Museums in İstanbul and Technical University of Yıldız, Program of Graduate Study leading for Museums.One of the goals of the Project defined by Marmara University was to “learn dressing styles and their functions in Istanbul throughout the history”. Educational targets were described in order to attain this goal. The practical work in the Project were realized in three steps: before the visit of museum, during the visit of museum and after the visit of museum. The practical work consisted of teaching activities such as writing composition, drama, work sheets, art education, completing stories. In addition, pupils visited the Archeological Museums in Istanbul.Thirty-two pupils of 5th grade attending Zahide Zehra Garring Elementary School which was a governmental school located in İstanbul took part in the study. A research design with an experimental and a control group was used in order to assess the effects of the program. When the results of the survey were evaluated, the statistical analysis had revealed that students of experimental group were more successful than the students of the control group in relation to the level of knowledge about archeological museum and the level of knowledge about clothes which was the main topic of the research. It was suggested that the program would be employed with different topics to children of different age groups in further research.

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