“Farm Kid’s
World” is a new family-oriented playful exhibition at the Estonian Open Air
Museum. Its goal is to bring children out of the virtual world into nature and teach
them eco-friendly thinking by introducing to an ordinary day on an Estonian
farm. Visitors to the exhibition gain new knowledge through personal
experience, actively moving and playing, and seeing the world through the eyes
of a farm child of former times.
The barn-shed is open to visitors from Thursday to Sunday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., and during school holidays: from 21 to 27 October, from 23 December to 5 January, from 24 February to 2 March, and from 14 to 20 April.
You can’t
even imagine how exciting it is!
The
exhibition consists of two parts. Those with enough energy and the whole day at
their disposal can get acquainted with “Farm Kid’s World” in its entirety. At
the main gate of the museum, the adventure trail “Shepherd’s Trail” begins,
which consists of ten stops and leads to the living Kolga farm, offering many
interesting activities along the way. Those who make it to the end of the trail
can meet animals and birds in the barn at the farm, enjoy an interactive
exhibition “Every Little Step Counts” and, of course, have fun at the farmyard
where you can test your talents in performing various farm works.
Curators of
the exhibition “Farm Kid’s World”: Tanel Veeremaa, Dagmar Ingi, Maret Tamjärv
Exhibition
content working group: Elvi Nassar, Hanna Dovha, Eliis Vaino
Artists and
designers: Ruumilabor OÜ, Identity OÜ, Laika, Belka & Strelka
The
exhibition is executed by: 3park OÜ, Joonlaine OÜ
Concept and
implementation of the “Sacred Forest” (part of the “Shepherd’s Trail”): Elo
Liiv (Kunst ja Pärimus OÜ)
Sponsors: Ministry
of Culture, Estonian National Heritage Board, Eesti Kultuurkapital, EAS,
Laternamatkad OÜ, Saarevõrk OÜ
The barn-shed on Kolga farm is a unique
and distinctive example of rural architecture, but, unfortunately, the original
structure was destroyed in a fire on the museum grounds in 1980s. The
55-metre-long building from Hiiumaa has now beet fully restored to its former
glory and will be housing the museum’s farm animals as well our environmental
education centre.