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Last week – some of you might have seen that on Facebook – we had a symposium on sound and public space in Tallinn. Our speakers were journalists, artists, innovation designers and sound architects who presented a wide variety of their projects.

While we don’t want to bore you with long accounts of what was said, we would very much like to show you some of the work that was shown to us.  

We have not exactly lost count of all our openings (this was the fourth), but the MOCAK (Museum of Contemporary Art in Krakow) opening was definitely a bit different than the rest.  

‘How can you make art accessible and understandable for kids?’ was a question we asked Jane Meresmaa-Roos, one of Kumu’s museum educators. Her approach was to ask questions which the kids could not simply answer with ‘yes’ or ‘no’ thereby stimulating their imagination. Another one was to make the materials used in art more familiar by letting the kids experience them: Is stone cold and how warm is wood? What sound does glass make and how much does a bronze statue weigh? How hard is it to throw a leaf made of paper and how easy is it to mold clay? 

‘Good things come to those who wait’ – our exhibition app is finally and officially in the stores!

It took us a while, but after all this is our first exhibition application for smartphones and there are definitely things you only learn during the process of developing. Anyway are we smarter now, have an app and it’s free!

There is an iPhone version as well as an Android version. 

The story of a museum is written not only by its objects and exhibitions but also and foremost by its visitors. Without its visitors, as Jane put it, a museum is ‘just a room with beautiful paintings, sculptures and installations’. To fill it with life, you need people who are willing to experience what a museum has to offer. To bring the museum’s objects to life, you need someone who can tell their story. One of these people is Jane Meresmaa-Roos, who works at Kumu’s Art Education Programme.