Why?
The purpose of Children’s Season 2011 is to inspire, engage and educate children through experiential exhibitions and education children’s programmes. This event is a local/ community event in Singapore, which is organised and supported by local government agencies - jointly organized by the National Heritage Board and Museum Roundtable. Nowadays, fewer people travel overseas for holiday because of the numerous natural disasters happening in other countries – Earthquake and tsunami in Japan, flood and drought in China, and volcano eruption in Chile. Thus, parents wanting to give their children a fruitful holiday experience would bring their children to participate in the children’s events in Singapore.
Who?
The stakeholders of the event include organisers who are National Heritage Board and Museum Roundtable; Singaporeans who are the participants and spectators; official outdoor media – SMRT.
When?
By organizing the event during the school term holidays, May – July 2011, it is looking forward to serve their event audience whom are children accompanied by their parents. This period is when they are not busy with school and when parents are most willing to bring their children out for fun. There were quite a number of families at the event that I went, consider it to be a weekday. Most of the children were age below 12 years old.
Where?
The locations are mostly at museums like National Museum of Singapore; Peranakan Museum; the Changi Museum etc. The PlayDome is designed akin to playground with colourful decorations. It wants to influence mindsets on children that the museum can be their playground of dream and fantasies, which can also modify the impressions on the adults that museums in Singapore do not only open to tourists, but also utilize the resources for the locals.
This event will feature two anchor events at the National Museum of Singapore and Singapore Art Museum as well as children’s exhibits and programmes.It is a whole new world beckons as National Heritage Board and Museum Roundtable transform its museums into playgrounds of fun, inspiration and education for Children’s Season 2011. It provides a variety of unique hands-on activities, games, roving acts and storytelling performances for the children to have memorable experiences at the museums.
The Children’s Season 2011 consists of several events at different types of museums. Further information can be found from: Children's Season 2011
I went to one of the many events listed which is located at National Museum of Singapore – The PlayDome: “Kaleidoscope of Dreams”with admission fee of S$9.
