Children Mobile Museum launches interactive 'Ideas Box'

AMMAN — The Children's Museum in Jordan has completed preparations of the "Ideas Box", a new educational station of the Children's Mobile Museum, which aims to enrich the learning experiences of children across the Kingdom, the Jordan News Agency, Petra, reported on Thursday.

The Ideas Box, developed by Libraries Without Borders, is an interactive multi-media centre and a portable library made out of four boxes that can be expanded and set up to provide access to a range of educational programmes and applications stimulating the creativity of its users.

The box has 27 computers and tablets, a cinema screen, a film projector as well as chairs and tables for children, in addition to a library containing a number of books and stories.

"The new addition will positively influence the educational experience of the mobile museum's visitors, both children and adults," said Sawsan Dalaq, Children's Museum director.

For Teresa Castilho, Jordan regional manager of Libraries Without Borders, the inclusion of the Ideas Box to the mobile museum "means reaching more children in several areas, which is one of the main goals of Libraries Without Borders in its efforts to promote knowledge". 

The Children’s Museum Jordan is a non-profit educational institution launched by Her Majesty Queen Rania in 2007. It offers over 180 indoor and outdoor interactive exhibits and educational facilities, such as the Library, Art Studio, Thinker Lab and Secret Garden, along with year-round educational programmes, events and shows. Since its opening, the Children’s Museum Jordan has received more than 2.5 million visitors.