Visit to National Museum

I took a copy of National Museum's Festive Guide and got to know that the Museum has planned an inaugural Children's Seasons from 1 May to 6 July 08. There were various workshops, exhibitions and events (some free, some not) lined up and I must say that the programmers are doing a good and active job in encouraging visitorship because some programmes were really useful and interesting. Furthermore, they are relatively cheap.. i mean economical too!

Today, after running an errand in Chinatown, we brought Rynae to the Museum for the first time, with an intention to try out an 'interative installation' - the Murmurs Playground. Surprise surprise. The Museum was no longer the same as what I remembered it by. Besides being greeted by a flowery, giant-sized David replica at the front door, we noticed that the once old, solemn and boring venue has turned out to be so modern and arty-farty! There was an interactive exhibition in the basement that has some cutleries, gloves, safety hats etc attached with magnet and being stuck onto a giant metal wall. Audiences are allowed to remove and reorganise these items themselves, anyway they wish. Following pictures were taken at the mentioned site.

Next, we procceded to The Murmurs Playground, an installation by angGie seah for toddlers 30 months to 4 years old. It is constructed with an aim to encourage the toddler to 'speak' through the process of play using the senses of hearing, sight and touch. Made up of a series of tasks, this installation enhances the early stages of the speech development or murmurings of a child. Educational as it sounds, we weren't able to apprehend its objective of speech encouragement though. I mean.. there's nothing to talk about actually! Just run about and play only what....

An artist impression of The Murmurs Playground.

The Tumbling Maze.

Musical Chef.

Lolli-Poppy. Drawn as standing lollipops in the artist impression, these soft sculptures that create a sound when pressed are being modified to be mounted on the wall.

Gigantic bean bags and drawing area.