Students to co-design children's museum at Museum of Ethnography

Children in Budapest will have the unique opportunity to shape a new children's museum at the Museum of Ethnography, acting as co-designers in its creation. This initiative employs the Arkki methodology, an approach that has empowered children in various international development projects.

Previously, this method was used in developing a new concept for the Helsinki Architecture and Design Museum between 2021-2022. It was also applied in UNICEF's child-friendly city program in Ho Chi Minh City, involving 275 children, and in designing schools, public spaces, and urban areas across Europe and Asia.

The Budapest workshops will be led by Zsuzska Mészáros, co-founder of Arkki Hungary. Mészáros, an architect and master pedagogue specializing in visual culture, also teaches at the Fazekas Mihály Practice Primary and Secondary School in Budapest. The program at the Museum of Ethnography will launch two groups on September 18: one for students in grades 1-3 and another for grades 4-6, with sessions held on Friday afternoons.

This semester-long course comprises 16 sessions, each lasting one and a half hours, running from September 2026 to January 2027. Arkki Architectural School, a nonprofit organization, is offering this program with a 25 percent subsidized fee, thanks to the support of the Museum of Ethnography. Interested participants can register at www.arkki.hu/kurzusok/tervezz-kiallitast-kurzus.