A Museum For Me Workshop
Taller Un Museo para Mí
Happy New Year!
And special greetings to everyone who joined
A Museum for Me at the
British Library on #museumforme
13 November 2021 – see the video!
¡Feliz año!
Y saludos muy cordiales a todos los que participaron en el taller Un Museo Para Mí en la British Library el 13 noviembre 2021 – ¡véase el video!
Mirta Osorio, Marta Hinestroza, Martha Elsesser, Amparo Restrepo
Mujer Diáspora Taller ‘Un Museo para Mí’ British Library, 13 noviembre 2021
Taking up the space …. celebrating culture, community, and honouring the testimonies of the diaspora
Al escenario … cultura, comunidad, y solidaridad activa con la diáspora en sus testimonios
A Museum for Me is A Museum for Everyone ...
If there were a museum made just for you, or by you, what would it contain? What stories would it tell? Here in A Museum for Me Workshop you are the curator -you decide…
'Un Museo Para Mi' es Un Museo para Tod@s
Si hubiera un museo hecho solo para ti o por ti ¿Cómo sería? ¿Qué historias te gustaría contar? Aquí, en el taller “Un museo para mí” tú eres el curador, y tú decides …
Desde las bibliotecas hasta las calles ... es mi museo ... es mi derecho
‘Un Museo Para Mí’ ofrece oportunidad y espacio para conocer los derechos humanos, realizando actividades en los museos y en plena calle.
Desde Tumaco ... mi vida, mis sueños, mi museo ...
Desde tu casa ....tu museo
Get learning! Learn about the concept of A Museum for Me, and see how to work with or without a kit to create your own museum / theatre / timeline / exhibits / calendar / guidebook and more
Get inspired! Watch our videos of museums and stories from young and old in the UK and Colombia, each one unique
Get creative! Download kits for making mini-museums, theatres, historical timelines, calendars, and more – and don’t forget to take a photo afterwards and send it to us! @MVRColombia Ready to start? Here’s how:
¡Conócenos! Conoce el concepto y el proyecto ‘Un Museo para Mí’ y cómo puedes montar museo / teatro / línea del tiempo / exposición / calendario / guía crítica y más
¡Inspírate! Ve los videos de museos y escucha las historias de jóvenes y gente mayor de Colombia y del Reino Unido, ¡cada persona es un mundo!
¡Pónte a la tarea! Descarga maquetas para hacer tu propio mini-museo, teatro, línea de tiempo, calendario ilustrado – ¿por qué no tomarle foto y mandárnoslo después? @MVRColombia
¿Quieres participar? Es sencillo:
Learn – Conoce
Watch – Mira
Draw – Dibuja
Inspiration – Mujer Diáspora – Inspiración
Martha from Diaspora Women talks us through her museum and its memories
Read about Mujer Diaspora’s work with Colombian exiles in the Learning Space
Inspiration – Ruta Pacífica – Inspiración
During lockdown, families in the Valle del Cauca region Colombia made mini-museums in their homes
Read about the work of Ruta Pacífica in the Learning Space
Inspiration – Corporación Zoscua – Inspiración
Families from Corporación Zoscua also made mini-museums at home during lockdown
Inspiration – Casa Latina – Inspiración
Children of the diaspora at Latin America House, London
Children at the Saturday morning Spanish-language school at Latin America House London / Casa Latina created mini-museums with their parents; some featured memories of grandparents in Colombia, others their favourite sweets, toys and games
Inspiration – Museo Nacional de Colombia – Inspiración
Taking up space…
Ocupando el espacio…
museums made in workshops with victims of the armed conflict are put on display at the National Museum of Colombia, and are soon supplemented by the museums members of the public, young and old
Conoce nuestro trabajo de vinculación comunitaria en Colombia ...
¡Feliz aniversario!
To mark the first anniversary of the opening of “A Museum for Me” exhibition at the National Museum of Colombia [and a year of lockdown!], we celebrated by launching a new version of our original mini-museum kit, plus 6 new products – you can download the whole range below!
A Museum for Me Kit (original)
Now enjoy creating your very own mini-museum and filling it with your personal stories and memories
Un Museo Para Mi
(original)
Crea tu propio mini-museo y llénalo de tus historias y memorias
Museum for Me Lockdown edition
Make a permanent record of what life is like in these extraordinary times
Un Museo para Mi Edición Cuarentena
Hazte una memoria permanente de tu vida en estos tiempos inesperados
Bring your stories to life with your very own theatre!
Un Teatro Para Mi
Llena el escenario con tus historias en este teatro para tí
Diario de mi Visita
My personal timeline
Looking back helps me to look around me and look ahead
Mi Linea del Tiempo
A Museum for Me and my Human Rights
Get to know your human rights under international law; take this guide and map with you on your next museum visit
Un Museo Para Mí y Mis Derechos
Conoce tus derechos humanos por ley internacional – usa esta guía y este plan en tus visitas a los museos
A Calendar for Me 2021
Un Calendario para Mí 2021
2021 pasará, pero los recuerdos se quedan. Guárdalos aquí
An Eternal Calendar
Un Calendario Para Siempre ….
Inspiration – @MVRColombia – Inspiración
Get to know us at A Museum for Me
Conócenos en
Un Museo Para Mí
Miren el calendario 2021 que elaboramos junto con nuestras contrapartes en Colombia y el Reino Unido
Homework / Classroom activities
Take time to create Museum for Me exhibits – you can display them on the wall, in a scrapbook, or upload to a web-page. Download a template (on left) or just scroll down the side-bar (below)
Send photos of your creations to @mvrcolombia – see them exhibited here!
Want more?
¿Quieres adentrarte más en los temas?
Follow this lively debate as students from the UK and Colombia discuss issues of museums, representation, and the meaning of “A Museum for Me” with museologists, creatives, academics and activists at IBLAW21 – Iberian and Latin American Week 2021 at the University of Liverpool.
Conoce el equipo ‘Un Museo para Mi’
Meet the team at 'A Museum for Me’
Camilo Sánchez, National Museum of Colombia
‘A Museum for Me’ craft kits are designed by Camilo, an Industrial Designer from the Pontifical Xavierian University, Colombia with a Master of Arts in Museology from the University of East Anglia, UK. Since 1999, Camilo has worked in museums and cultural centres as exhibition designer and museology consultant, developing projects in museums around Colombia and abroad, and teaches exhibition design at several Colombian universities. Camilo is currently managing the complete renovation of the National Museum of Colombia, and works with the University of Liverpool to design and develop ‘A Museum for Me’ products. Camilo is also Colombian correspondent of FIHRM-LA (Federation of International Human Rights Museums, Latin America) and Deputy chair of ICOM Colombia (International Council of Museums).
Disfruten una visita virtual a ‘Un Museo Para Mí’ en el Museo Nacional de Colombia
Español
Cuáles son los objetivos del proyecto?
Con quién trabajan?
Qué-tipos-de-actividades-realizan?
Por qué tiene importancia el Proyecto?
María Mónica Fuentes Leal, Museo Nacional de Colombia. María Mónica es educadora de museos desde hace 5 años e internacionalista con enfoque en procesos culturales y de memoria. María Mónica dirige el programa de fortalecimiento de museos comunitarios del Museo Nacional de Colombia, y gestiona el proyecto ‘Un Museo Para Mí’ a nivel nacional, repartiendo materiales entre 23 museos comunitarios y varias ONG quienes trabajan temas de memoria y representación con niños, jóvenes y adultos.
English
What are the aims of the project?
Who do you work with?
What kind of activities do you carry out?
Why is the project important?
Prof. Claire Taylor
University of Liverpool
Claire is Principal Investigator on the international, multi-agency research project ‘Memory, Victims and Representation of the Colombian Conflict’ (@MVRColombia), funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) of Great Britain. @MVRColombia generates a range of cultural, artistic, academic, social and political interventions as part of the process and product of its research. ‘A Museum for Me’ is one its impact and engagement projects supported by Global Challenges Research Fund (GCRF) of the UK Council for Research and Innovation (UKRI).
