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

Monday, April 20, 2009

My Exhibit: Swords


Hello, I'm Carl age 10 and this is one of my swords. I like playing games with my swords, it's fun. I play games, like I pretend I'm getting the bad people. My swords make me do weird things like I swing my hand around just like I would if I was swinging a sword. If I exhibited it in the museum I would put it in a glass case and have information about it on a wall.

Leave a comment for Carl about his inspiration! Do you think Swords were brought over to Australia from England by the first settlers? Let us know!

5 comments:

kyle said...

i absulutly love your's its so medievil and voilent.





Kyle
Woodbury Bosten Primary School

Anonymous said...

hi carl,
great idea,
i would love to know more about swords, at the moment i dont know anything!!
cant wait to see what your exhibit turns out like.
well done.

lucy wareing,
albany primary.

Nathaniel said...

hi carl I've always liked swords they give you a sought of zen feeling, a bit of and adrenalin pumping.

Anonymous said...

I think that swords are a great thing to xhibit I cant wate to see how it ends up looking at the musiem. From Ethan at woodbury bosten primery school.

Anonymous said...

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

- Nice idea Carl I love swords
Cool, love the idea.

- Swords are old fashion so for that I like your idea.

- You’ve got a good point. I like this idea. Great job.

- Cool Carl.

- Could you put real swords in the exhibition.