30th anniversary of museum activities |27 August 2021
Participants during the round table discussion (Photo: Louis Toussaint)
How can museums be more inclusive?
A round table was organised yesterday by the National Museum to discuss the museum’s activities around Seychelles.
This forms part of the celebrations of the 30th anniversary of the National Museums Education Activities.
The museum staff and past participants came together to discuss the way forward with the museum activities and how museums can become more inclusive.
“We will not only talk about the activities of the National Museum but activities around Seychelles. Our role is to see how to promote the educational activities in all the museums,” noted Beryl Ondiek, director of the Museum at the opening of the round table.
The participants also discussed on how with the ongoing pandemic they can use technology to bring museum towards people and even outside Seychelles.
To recall, the museum’s education activities are the longest running non-school based educational programmes for children in the country. Conceptualised by museum curator Stella Doway, the kids’ club officially kicked off on August 25, 1991, although it was known as ‘Sunday Activities’.
Children were able to learn about the history of Seychelles and its culture through a myriad of activities including expeditions, nature, trails, storytelling, guided tours, etc.
The National Museum’s education programme is open to children aged from six to 15 years old although the numbers of participants are capped at 40.
We sure look forward to many more innovative activities so that our children can still learn and discover our history.