Everyone is welcome at the museum, even babies from 0 to 2 years old. The proof with this musical awakening workshop at the MEG.
The MEG wants to wear baby. To do so, the Geneva Museum of Ethnography organizes a Wednesday or Sunday of each month, a workshop dedicated to toddlers under 2 years old and their parents.
This is a musical awakening workshop: in pairs, two speakers – Anouck and Morgane – invite young and old to visit and discover the permanent exhibition of the MEG. Forget the long explanations, and historical dates: everything happens in sounds, noises, songs and movements.
In the middle of this dark exhibition room, the scene is not very banal: on the floor, seated on colored carpets, babies can touch, tap, shake, exchange instruments of all kinds. They listen, fidget or stop short at the sound of a new noise. Some look here and there, seem to be looking for the source of the sound. So they get up, look, explore, stop for a moment against the large windows, leaving a little saliva there.
Little hands touch everything and they are invited to do so.
Morgane is the facilitator of the workshop and we could gladly nickname her Mary Poppins. In his bags, placed in different places in the large room, bits of wood, noisy utensils, whistles, fabrics, musical pouches. She shakes them, rubs them, squeezes them or drops them before handing them to the children. And when Morgane opens her mouth to push the song, it’s the attention of babies and parents too, that she manages to attract.
To participate in the next workshops, in March or April, you must register. More information on their website.