The students were divided into groups and were asked to walk in the Museum and locate the objects they have seen or heard that were used at mutual-learning schools. The investigation necessarily guided them to identify evidence coming from different areas. From there on, many choices were available. In our case, due to the available authentic material, was preferred to pass from the general to the local educational History for investigating relevant issues. Of course, there were available choices in order to raise the interest on these issues or
to excite the curiosity and imagination of the students. For example, the observation of photographs (not necessarily of the same period) with a school class from a known region, where the presence of the similar multiposition desks is evident, leaded them to ask questions relative with their lived school experience. Finally, using inter-thematic approach, they started to make assumptions on what would the existence of such desks in a school
of another era mean and their assumptions were confirmed or rejected based on their historic (and not only) knowledge.