BACKGROUND TO MK Y2Y CONSULTATION

Millennium Kids (MK) is working with the Western Australian Museum and the Commissioner for Children and Young People to offer young people an opportunity to have a say about how the Museum presents it’s exhibitions and collections through an innovative series of workshops and training activities. It’s all part of a new initiative to consult with young people about the future directions of the Western Australian Museum.

Millennium Kids will be scouring the region for inspiring people with stories to tell or exhibit to inspire young people in the lead up to the workshops.

The MK Team have already consulted with a number of people who have some fabulous exhibition concepts around the things that inspire them about the local region.

On the 1 April a team of thirty interested young people will be trained as facilitators who will lead the one day workshop on 2 June with one hundred young delegates.

Photographs of Albany Times Past - IMAGES COURTESY ALBANY HISTORY COLLECTION, ALBANY PUBLIC LIBRARY

Tuesday, April 14, 2009

Inspirational Trees

By Ethan and Arian - Woodbury Boston Primary School

Our inspiration is a tree stump and it inspires us because its so big and old.
We would like to find how it came to be and what it would look like today if it was alive.
We've heard that there used to be a foresting settlement around the area in Torbay.
There even used to be a port and a railway track we would like to learn more
about that. We would like to exibit this in photo, pictures and movies.

6 comments:

Caitlin said...

Thats an awesome idea for an inspiration. It would be interesting how far it dates back and what it may have been amongst. Great idea guys :)

Caitlin from Albany Senior High School

Nathaniel said...

I think it's a great picture of a pretty big tree and I would like to see how it ends up being xhibited.

kyle said...

I realy like yours because 1 your topic is realy great idea and I would never think of somthing so cool and 2 I love the environment myself.

Kyle
Woodubry Boston Primary School

Anonymous said...

Yeah, I love the environment as well. It's really amazing when you've seen it for a long time, and it still surprises you after all that time.

Carl Evers
Woodbury Boston Primary School

Anonymous said...

Well done guys,
great thinking of the invironment!
good idea!

Lucy Wareing,
Albany primary.

xhIBIT alBANY said...

Below are the comments received at the xhIBIT alBANY Workshop 2 June 2009.

- I would like to find out more about foresting in Torbay as well.

- This is a great idea

- Trees are a great part of history and older trees need to be preserved instead of chopped.

- This is a good inspiration because each tree has a different history.

- Great idea guys. Trees are great
That must be an old tree.

- Nice idea – it’s a great different way to make an exhibit
Old trees are interesting.

- What would it look like human – wow huge!

- Awesome tree

- Histories are great to find out about

- Great idea Love to know about the history of trees

- I like this idea, there would be a lot of history and stories behind this tree.

- This is a great idea. I love trees and they are very important to us. But how are you going to make this exhibit interesting?