博物馆绘本与价值传递——绘本《了不起的故宫宝贝》创作谈

Museum Picture Books and Value Transmission: On the Creation of Picture Books “Great Treasure of the Forbidden City”

当今博物馆理念发展变化中,越来越强调博物馆与当下和未来的联系。以此为基点,在“一切皆教育”的理念下,博物馆教育的形式不断丰富、变化。世界各地博物馆在针对儿童进行博物馆教育传播时,普遍延伸出以绘本阐释博物馆文化的新方式,通过图画与文字配合讲故事,强调文化阐释中的情感表达与价值传递。故宫博物院的儿童绘本《了不起的故宫宝贝》,呈现出博物馆绘本以核心价值设定、重点藏品选定、故事情节构建以及绘图细节沟通为主的编创步骤。其中,教育人员主导的以“价值传递”为核心的绘本创作理念至关重要。以绘本为媒介,博物馆为受众提供诸多教育机会以外,还可以延伸出有声剧、舞台剧、动画片、动画电影等多种博物馆教育传播新形式。博物馆通过绘本实现价值传递,促进人的成长和发展,是永恒不变的教育内核,值得博物馆同仁进一步尝试和探索。

As museum theories are constantly evolving nowadays, more emphasis has been placed upon the role of museums in bridging the present and the future. As a result, the idea of “everything is education” becomes more prevalent among museums, leading to continually enriching and changing forms of educational practices. Aiming at young children audiences, museums worldwide naturally adopt picture books, which emphasizes emotions and values through the combination of visual and verbal narratives, as a new way of interpreting museum culture. Old Objects, Inspiring Stories, the latest picture book series by the Palace Museum, presents how to create museum picture books through major steps of determining core values, selecting right objects, constructing story plots and discussing drawing details. Among them, the idea of creating a picture book that is led by museum educators and centered on “conveying values” is a prerequisite to success. Through the medium of picture books, museums can not only provide audiences with various potential educational opportunities, but also explore new means of education and communication including audio books, stage plays, animations and animated films. Picture books make it possible for museums to convey values that contribute to individual growth and development—the eternal essence of education, thereby deserving more attempts and studies by museum professionals.