Enjoyable Museum

The first session of the creative workshop "Enjoyable Museum" has started its work for children of 8–12 years old in the Kaliningrad Amber Museum.

Its participant are students of the Kaliningrad school No 33. For ten days children will take part in exiting games, quests, master classes, creative lessons, and practical work, educational stories, and adventures. Children will have a unique possibility to partake in creation of a puppet play: they will learn the roles, paint the scenery, make puppets, think through the costumes, and even make their own changes and additions to the text. The play, whose script was written specially for the project by the Kaliningrad writer Valentina Soloviova, will be shown to everyone at the final performance.

On the first day children got acquainted with the museum's display, did puzzles, made amulets with amber, and began to work on decorations for the play.

Day schedule:
10.00–10.10 "Jolly warm-up"
10.20–11.00 Educational and playing lessons
11.00–12.00 Creative workshop "Preparing a puppet play"

Sessions:
Second session: 1–13 July
Third session: 5–18 August

A child can participate only with an accompanying adult.

Participation of organised groups with an accompanying person is possible.

Groups – up to 10 persons.

Inquiries: 53 82 19. e-mail: prosvet@ambermuseum.ru

Programme:

Day 1: "This is our museum!"
10.00 – 11.00 "This is our museum": tour of the permanent display, making a talisman bag
11.00 – 11.30 Reading the play script aloud, getting familiar with all acting characters
11.30 – 12.00 Creative workshop "Preparing a puppet play": making the scenery

Day 2: "Coloured eyes of the Earth"
10.00 – 10.20 Games to develop acting skills
10.20 – 11.00 "Coloured eyes of the Earth": a tale about minerals, making an adornment with amber
11.00 – 11.30 Reading the play script aloud, casting
11.30 – 12.00 Creative workshop "Preparing a puppet play": making the scenery

Day 3: "Fairy-tales from the amber casket"
10.00 – 10.20 Games to develop acting skills
10.20 – 11.00 "Fairy-tales from the amber casket": finding out about myths and legends of amber, making a souvenir
11.00 – 11.30 Reading the play script aloud, role-reading
11.30 – 12.00 Creative workshop "Preparing a puppet play": making the scenery

Day four: "Travel to the Old Russ" 
10.00 – 10.20 Russian national games
10.20 – 11.00 Travel to the Old Russ: learning about Russian traditional paintings, a master class in Mezen painting\
11.00 – 11.15 Reading the play script aloud, role-reading
11.15 – 12.00 Creative workshop "Preparing a puppet play": making the scenery

Day 5: "City-fortress"
10.00 – 10.20 Games to develop acting skills​
10.20 – 11.00 "City-fortress": learning about the history of Königsberg and its fortification, quest "Mystery of the fortress" on the rampart
11.00 – 11.20 Reading the play script aloud, role-reading
11.20 – 12.00 Creative workshop "Preparing a puppet play": making the scenery

Day  6: "Amber Adventures"
10.00 – 10.45 "Amber adventures": a quest at the museum's display
10.45 – 11.15 Reading the play script aloud, role-reading
11.15 – 12.00 Creative workshop "Preparing a puppet play": making puppets

Day 7: "The world of mosaics"
10.00 – 10.45 "The world of mosaics": learning about kinds of mosaics, master class in making mosaics
10.45 – 11.00 Reading the play script aloud, role-reading
11.00 – 12.00 Creative workshop "Preparing a puppet play": making puppets

Day 8: "In an amber artist's workshop"
10.00 – 10.30 Getting familiar with an amber artist's workshop, an exciting tale about how the Baltic gem was treated in different epochs
10.30 – 11.00 Reading the play script aloud, role-reading
11.00 – 12.00 Creative workshop "Preparing a puppet play": making puppets

Day 9: "The Field of Miracles in the Amber Land"
10.00 – 10.30 A game based on the famous TV games
10.30 – 11.00 Reading the play script aloud, role-reading
11.00 – 12.00 Creative workshop "Preparing a puppet play": making puppets

Day 10: Final rehearsal
10.00 – 10.30 Warm-up. Exercises aimed to develop acting skills
10.30 – 11.20 Creative workshop "Preparing a puppet play": finishing making puppets, making an invitation to the play
11.20 – 12.00 Final rehearsal

Day 11: "See you, dear museum!"
10.00 – 10.10 Children and guests are gathering
10.10 – 10.20 Photo show "How it happened..." with comments of the participants
10.20 – 10.50 The play
10.50 – 11.15 Certificates awarding ceremony
11.15 – 11.30 Chocolate lottery
11.30 – 12.00 Tour to the viewing point