Celebration of the Gyeonggi Children’s Museum’s first anniversary

Createdd 2012-09-06 Hit 2511

Contents

1. Special Exhibit

∙ Title: Inventive artists – Where did Paik Nam-joon take the TV?
∙ Date: September 26, 2012 (Weds.) – March 3, 2013 (Sun.)
∙ Venue: 1F Special Exhibition Gallery
∙ Outline: Introduce children to the works of Paik Nam-joon and other artists who have creatively opened a new art world designed for children. Allow children to explore diverse art tools at the artist’s workshop, experience the artist’s new world of fine arts works, and understand the artist’s creativity.

2. International Seminar

∙ Theme: The role of future-oriented children’s museums
∙ Date: October 8, 2012 (Mon., 10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.)
∙ Venue: Children’s museum auditorium
∙ Outline: Marking the first anniversary of the museum, the seminar invites directors of children’s museums from Europe, Asia, and the US to speak about their respective children’s museum history, contribution to cultural development, and future development. Thus, we aim to promote the global profile of Gyeonggi Children’s Museum.
∙ Overseas speakers: Carole M. P. Neves, Director, Office Policy and Analysis, Smithsonian Institution
Leslie Swartz, Senior Vice President, Research and Program Planning, Boston Children’s Museum
Joerg Ehtreiber, Director, Graz Children’s Museum (Austria), Dr. Nina Lim-Yuson, President and CEO, Museo Pambata (Children’s Museum, Philippines)

3. First Birthday Party and My Children’s Holiday Games

1) My Children’s Holiday Games

∙ Date: September 25, 2012 (Tues.) – October 1, 2012 (Tues.)
∙ Venue: Gyeonggi Children’s Museum Outdoor Plaza
∙ Purpose: In celebration of its first anniversary and the Chuseok holiday week, Gyeonggi Children’s Museum provides diverse special events at the outdoor plaza.
∙ Outline: In conjunction with the museum’s special gallery multicultural education program, Let Me Introduce My Friend,” we celebrate the Chuseok holiday week. We offer diverse traditional games and games of multicultural nations celebrating their national holidays similar to Chuseok (covered in about 13 programs during the 7-day period).

2) First Birthday Party


∙ Date:
September 26, 2012 (Weds.) – Tentative
∙ Venue: In front of the kinetic formation at 1F
∙ Purpose: The museum marks its first anniversary, as it reviews and celebrates the past year’s achievements through various events for multicultural homes and marginalized homes along with My Friend’s Holiday Games.
∙ Outline
Event 1
: 2012 report on achievements, Teunteuni Song Choir (children’s advisory group)
Event 2: Doljabi event (Provincial governor, CEO, Director, Children’s Advisory Group, children from multicultural homes, marginalized children, Kkumnamu young journalists) and cake cutting