We educate people about education.
MOTAL’s goals are to:
preserve the past, raise social awareness of how education shapes our children, build respect for the teaching profession, promote citizens to action, and inspire change in educational practice.
We have established a positive record of successful exhibitions and inventive leadership in a unique niche within the museum world.
Exploring the past, present, and future of learning
MOTAL creates exhibitions and activities about learning for the general public. Our recent exhibitions have shown how education has been made accessible to previously overlooked populations.
Since our first traveling exhibition opened in Long Beach in 2007, interest among educators, community leaders, and the public has grown. Designed to raise social awareness of the power and future of education—educating people about education—our engaging, interactive, and creative exhibitions travel the country encouraging citizens to action, building respect for the teaching profession, and inspiring change in educators.
MOTAL is home to a growing collection of educational artifacts with stories waiting to be shared. These artifacts will be preserved for research and a continuous record of the changing world for future generations.