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Egypt Centre shortlisted for Family Friendly Museum Award 2016

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Egypt Centre be the jewel in the crown!

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For the first time Swansea’s Egypt Centre, museum of Egyptian antiquities based at Swansea University, has been shortlisted for the Family Friendly Museum Award run by Kids in Museums – the biggest museum award in Britain and the only one where children and families pick the winners.

The Egypt Centre beat almost 100 other museums to make it to the ten-strong shortlist and the only one in South Wales

Over the summer the shortlisted museums are road-tested anonymously by families, using the Kids in Museums Manifesto as a guide to their family friendliness.

Carolyn Graves-Brown, Curator of the Egypt Centre said “ We have created a new under 5’s area for our younger visitors where families with small children play together, in a safe environment, with toys and musical instruments. They can have a go at puzzles and colouring sheets as well as dress up as ancient Egyptians together with both children and adult costumes available. We even set up an online gallery to show off art work left behind by our youngest visitors”

“ A variety of books for children are also available here including our own in-house produced story book based on a real ancient Egyptian story The Jumping Prince. This is also used when we run Under 5’s story time events. Parents and children sit together, listening to the story, playing musical instruments, preforming specific actions and rhyming together”

“ In addition we are extremely proud of our award winning young volunteers programme as no other museum in the UK is run by young people so completely. Young volunteers can start from the age of 10 and volunteer each Saturday as well as during school holidays. They maintain the galleries, provide guided tours and demonstrate all the public activities we offer. The unique service they offer is very popular with family groups as the child volunteers create a more child friendly and welcoming atmosphere, provide peer learning to younger visitors and greatly enhance the sense of fun and excitement”

To become an undercover museum judge please email award@kidsinmuseums.org.uk

Find out more about the Award at http://kidsinmuseums.org.uk/awards/

Follow the Award on Twitter @kidsinmuseums #FFMA16

  Kids in Museums Manifesto: http://kidsinmuseums.org.uk/manifesto/

Kids in Museums is an independent charity dedicated to making museums open and welcoming to all families,

in particular those who haven’t visited before.

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