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Making a Festive Exhibition of Yourself, 16th December 2014 - 4th
January 2015
With Christmas literally on our doorstep and schools on the verge of
breaking up for the festive period, this time is always important for museums
such as Tullie House. Families are often looking for things do both before and
after Christmas Day itself. So with this and our Shed exhibition project in
mind, a family exhibition about Christmas seems an excellent fit.
When planning any activities, families or otherwise, it is important
to consider engagement. This can vary depending upon the audience you are
catering for and with families, interaction and the provision of fun things to
do is paramount. Families often like interaction where they get involved and
afterwards, a legacy for their work is often a great means for each family to
look back at the activity and say “We did that!!!” Additionally, when working
with families, we must think of the children, but also toddlers, teens and of
course adults, whether they be parents or grandparents. Any combination of
these people can form a visiting family. It’s therefore important that we try
and engage with all family members with each group. It’s not always an easy
task.
So our Christmas exhibition will allow families to work together to
produce something, in this case an exhibition, that they can take pride in.
This will be done through a series of family workshops, one for our Tullie
Toddler group, the other two for visiting families over the Christmas School
Holidays. The families will also have the opportunity of displaying their own
Christmas objects. These could range from old presents, decorations or a turkey
roasting tin!!! Whatever they choose, we’re hoping there are stories linked to
the objects; each family will have the opportunity to share those stories not
only with each other in the workshops, but also on the labels they create about
their own objects. Stories are something we can all relate to and families are
often full of them.
For other families visiting in between the workshops, they can also
contribute by adding Christmas artworks to our exhibition banner. As with the
workshops, we’ll ask them to draw something important to them and to tell us
why that object is so special to them.
In taking part in these activities we’re hoping to give the families
a great opportunity to find out some behind the scenes tips and secrets about
how we put on an exhibition, whilst at the same time, giving them a fun family
visit to Tullie House.
If you would like to book a place on one of the family workshops, call
us now on (01228) 618700. We look forward to seeing you.
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