What is Stories of the World?
Stories of the World is a unique and innovative UK-wide
programme led by the Museums, Libraries and Archives
Council (MLA) in partnership with the
London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games
(LOCOG).
The programme puts young people at the heart
of the curatorial process to present exciting new museum
exhibitions across the UK. It will connect museums’ objects and
collections with relevant communities in the UK and abroad
responding to the London 2012 Cultural Olympiad’s aim of “welcoming
the world”.
Sounds Global
A National Museums Scotland’s
project we're working with young people to create responses to
the new Performance and Lives
gallery which is a multi-sensory experience looking at
musical instruments, performance and ceremony around the world.
The young people's installation will be displayed in the
National Museum of Scotland from July to September 2012. They will
also plan a public programme of events and activities during the
summer months.
Our Stories of the World Ambassadors
In March 2011, Charlotte and Shannon met up with other young
people from across the UK, taking part in this project at a UK
Youth Steering Group in Birmingham.
Here’s what they’ve been doing so far:
- Meeting curators to find out about the gallery
- Getting behind-the-scenes to see objects and some of the new
gallery spaces
- Working with Visitor Operations staff and other young people to
get to know each other better, improve relationships, make the
museum a friendlier place.
- Researching the objects that will go in the Performance &
Lives gallery – thinking about how these can be used in the Sounds
Global project
- Planning a Murder
Mystery event for young people at the museum.
Want to be part of Sounds Global?
We are looking for more volunteers to take an active role
in the Stories of the World project. If you are
interested, find out more here or contact Christine McLean, Community
Engagement Manager (c.mclean@nms.ac.uk; tel: 0131 247
4199) or Laura Bennison, Community Engagement Officer
(l.bennison@nms.ac.uk;
tel: 0131 247 4435).
Launch Weekend July 2010
We took part in the UK Open Weekend 24-25
July 2010 to launch our Stories of the World: Sounds
Global project and begin the two year countdown to the London 2012
Olympic Games.
We kicked off Sounds Global with a lot of noise and two
days of rhythms from around the world from Tigerstyle,
a Bhangra hip hop DJ set with live Punjabi percussion by
one of the biggest names in Bhangra and Pete the Beat from the
Baobab Gateway.
Tigerstyle DJ set © Jenni Sophia Fuchs