Entering the “Old Classroom” exhibition hall, a recreated classroom is located on the right. Two rows of school desks, where students once sat, are located. The desks are made of green wood. Each desk seats two and has a center space for a glass inkwell. Each student is also provided with a quill pen and a navy and white collar. Among the desks, you can also find old wooden pencil cases and schoolbags. The first, so-called “donkey” desk on the right, is intended for unruly and lazy students. Next to it stands a rotating blackboard permanently mounted on a wooden frame. Right next to the blackboard are three bags filled with peas. Kneeling on peas was one example of corporal punishment used to discipline students. In the central area, a large teacher’s desk sits on a wooden podium, displaying a reproduction of the school journal for grades and notes, along with school supplies such as a wooden set square, ruler, wooden abacus, and a pen with a penholder. Behind the desk, a blackboard with chalk writing hangs on the wall. In the right corner of the room, there’s a corner where students practiced hygiene, complete with a wooden school sink with a cutout for a basin and a towel holder.
