MÉTA-BABY

Interactive museum experience for parent-baby (0-3 years) pairs.
A series of 5 events Using objects from the Museum of Ethnography, we explore the 5 early stages of parenthood through storytelling, discussion and creativity. 

The workshop is only available in Hungarian!

Duration: 10:30-12:00 (90 minutes) 

Fertility, pregnancy 
How difficult/easy is it to adjust to parenthood and having a baby during pregnancy? What was the desired experience like and how did the reality compare? 
Exhibition concerned: ZOOM - A Change in Perspectives

Birth and childbirth 
What are the experiences of the birth mother and the father who becomes a parent? Why can the period around childbirth be significant? How does identity change? 

Nursery 
How are the boundaries of the newly formed family respected? What did you want in the early days, who helped you how and with what? Would you have liked to have received comforts?

The first months 

How do you experience the physical closeness of a baby? How easy/difficult did you find it to read the baby's cues? 

Changes in the parent-baby relationship 
What are the beauties and challenges of toddlerhood? How does it feel to experience your baby's growing autonomy and independence? 

How is a MÉTA-BABY experience structured?  

 1. We get in the mood for learning about the objects of the Museum of Ethnography by practicing nursery rhymes and playing lap games together. We explore the exhibits with the help of a museum educator. 

 2. DISCUSSION 
We can join a friendly discussion group with questions and helpful answers from a professional (educational psychologist, parent-infant/toddler consultant) in the bright workshop space of the Ethnographic Museum.  

 3. In the process, we learn about the additional layers of the artworks we discover in the exhibition. Each session is accompanied by professional art historian, parent-infant/toddler consultant.