THE children of Port Kaituma, last week, benefited from a National Museum-outreach in which they were taught about the functions of the unit as well as the value of the nation’s artifacts.

The outreach was held at the primary schools and the lone secondary school in the area and, according to Anthropological Assistant, Kizzie Kit, the outreach involved educating the students about the history of the museum and to complement knowledge-sharing in the classroom.

“The purpose was to really bring awareness of the National Museum to the students,” she said.

From Monday to Thursday of last week, the team visited the Port Kaituma Primary and the Port Kaituma Secondary schools, as well as a primary level private school in the area.
Kitt said in 2020, the teams from the museum plan to visit several other areas across the country. She recalled that in 2017, a team from the museum journeyed to Matthew’s Ridge on a similar event. On that occasion, the officials took part in the Department of Culture, Youth & Sports’ outreach at the community while in 2018, the museum hosted a children’s taxidermy camp, which involved teaching the children the art of preserving animals.

“The programme was well coordinated and well received,” Kitt said of last week’s event. She said the items, which were taken to display during the tour recently, were securely placed in boxes. She said the items, which were taken, depict Guyana’s rich social and national history.

The National Museum was established in the year 1868 and the unit is usually on the agenda of school tours and visits from members of the public.