Waterloo Region Children's Museum becomes TheMuseum
(1995 - 2015) Official site Opening September 2003
The cultural growth and evolution of KW is definitely on the upswing. For example, the former Waterloo Region Children's Museum was simply a shopping list for a number of culturally enlightened Waterloo Region folks starting back around 1995.
Waterloo Regional Children's Museum opened in the fall of 2003 as place for schools and parents to bring their children as a see and do place.
Four and a half years later The Toronto Star ran in the Entertainment Section an article outlining the many exciting things happening at the Children's Museum.
Where You'll Never Hear "Don't Touch"
In addition to a Chagall exhibit for young people, The events listed by The Toronto Star in 2008 included:
"At the Circus: Children don capes silk-screened with the colours and features of the painting, and play or dance in front of it, watching themselves on a television screen. "It's a way for them to get inside a painting," said Trieschmann, "to add themselves to an existing piece of work," by role-playing.
The Blue House: Children create their own model of a house using this work as inspiration.
The Concert: Children press buttons to play different musical instruments included in the painting. "We want kids to create music and reflect the feeling of the piece," Trieschmann said.
Flowers: Children create their own floral arrangement using artificial flowers.
Green Violinist: Children touch a computer screen to "paint" a picture of their face"
In 2010, the Waterloo Regional Children's Museum changed it's name and became TheMuseum. It is interesting to note that TheMuseum still holds the URL for the Children's Museum http://www.thechildrensmuseum.ca/
It also started to change it's target audience from a mostly children's culture venue to a dual theme attraction with the exhibits aimed at both children and adults and increasingly so to adults.
Twenty years after the museum concept began, the current January 2016 banner clicks include a sample of "TheMuseum" exhibits:
Light Illuminated: Celebrating Light and Light Based Technologies
The Havana Dialogues
The Beer+ Series
Kitchener Tri-con: Animae, Comics, Gaming and all Geek Love
Dinosaurs | The Edge of Extinction (to January 10)
Ice Age Mammals (opens January 23)
Don't be surprised to see TheMuseum out grow their current footprint by 2025 or perhaps sooner.
(1995 - 2015) Official site Opening September 2003
The cultural growth and evolution of KW is definitely on the upswing. For example, the former Waterloo Region Children's Museum was simply a shopping list for a number of culturally enlightened Waterloo Region folks starting back around 1995.
Waterloo Regional Children's Museum opened in the fall of 2003 as place for schools and parents to bring their children as a see and do place.
Four and a half years later The Toronto Star ran in the Entertainment Section an article outlining the many exciting things happening at the Children's Museum.
Where You'll Never Hear "Don't Touch"
In addition to a Chagall exhibit for young people, The events listed by The Toronto Star in 2008 included:
"At the Circus: Children don capes silk-screened with the colours and features of the painting, and play or dance in front of it, watching themselves on a television screen. "It's a way for them to get inside a painting," said Trieschmann, "to add themselves to an existing piece of work," by role-playing.
The Blue House: Children create their own model of a house using this work as inspiration.
The Concert: Children press buttons to play different musical instruments included in the painting. "We want kids to create music and reflect the feeling of the piece," Trieschmann said.
Flowers: Children create their own floral arrangement using artificial flowers.
Green Violinist: Children touch a computer screen to "paint" a picture of their face"
In 2010, the Waterloo Regional Children's Museum changed it's name and became TheMuseum. It is interesting to note that TheMuseum still holds the URL for the Children's Museum http://www.thechildrensmuseum.ca/
It also started to change it's target audience from a mostly children's culture venue to a dual theme attraction with the exhibits aimed at both children and adults and increasingly so to adults.
Twenty years after the museum concept began, the current January 2016 banner clicks include a sample of "TheMuseum" exhibits:
Light Illuminated: Celebrating Light and Light Based Technologies
The Havana Dialogues
The Beer+ Series
Kitchener Tri-con: Animae, Comics, Gaming and all Geek Love
Dinosaurs | The Edge of Extinction (to January 10)
Ice Age Mammals (opens January 23)
Don't be surprised to see TheMuseum out grow their current footprint by 2025 or perhaps sooner.