In case families would rather wash their hands with soap and water rather than hand sanitizers, the staff built outdoor sinks.
The museum purchased extra sets of the exhibits’ interactive pieces, so while one child is playing with a set of Legos, a museum staff member can disinfect and swap the next set for the next group of playmates. The work has required imagining what it might take to make families feel comfortable in the future-and going above and beyond to make it happen. Pathways are marked with social distancing reminders. The staff has installed hand sanitizing stations at every exhibit, touchless fixtures in the bathrooms, and UV filters in air conditioning vents. When Knock Knock unlocks its doors again, it will still be the same magical space children first fell in love with-but with a lot more done behind the scenes to keep it that way. The most unsung task, according to Claffey, is the one the team has been working on nonstop since closing last March: getting the museum ready for reopening day, whenever that may be. If you’re a member that used to come visit us all the time, it’s almost like you’ve been missing your friends,” Claffey says, adding, “I’ve been in this business for over 20 years now, and this is the busiest I’ve ever been in my life.” “People liked seeing staff in the videos. Each of the videos correlates to one of the museum’s 18 learning zones-recreating a slice of Knock Knock in a family’s home. Staff members share art lessons, science experiments, fitness activities, story time sessions and more.
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The museum has partnered with organizations like Front Yard Bikes, Fathers on a Mission, Our Lady of the Lake Children’s Hospital, Big Buddy and the Gardere Initiative to provide STEAM kits and remote learning experiences.Īnd last spring, it launched its “Knock Knock At Your Door” series, a free digital library of more than 150 original videos. Smaller in-person camps staged in the museum’s lobby have provided safe learning experiences for kids. The staff has found fuel in plenty of other projects. The museum hasn’t been entirely silent, though. Seeing smiles on their faces, getting to have those ‘aha’ moments-that’s our fuel,” says executive director Peter Claffey. Knock Museum, Knock Shrine, Co.“We love working with kids every day. Café Le Chéile, our acclaimed Café adjacent to the Museum, looks forward to reopening in line with the Government’s easing of restrictions for indoor dining in the not too distant future. Audio Guides are available to tour the exhibitions.
Knock Museum is an accredited member of the Museum Standards Programme for Ireland. You can keep making history by contributing your own memories and stories of Knock to our ‘Memories of Knock’ collection which is a wonderful compilation of personal stories of faith and devotion. In the Blacksmith’s Forge in the Museum, which is a reconstruction of Tom Mullen’s Forge, Cloonbulbin, Bekan you can hear the sounds of the blacksmith at work and see the varied collections of tools he used and made. One of the most-favoured exhibits in the Museum is the life-size thatched house which is a replica of the Byrne homestead where five of the witnesses lived. It offers a fascinating insight into village life in Knock and into the historical and social context of the Knock Apparition.
The model is filled with wonderful details of the Parish Church, as it was then, in a large field bounded by a stone wall and the thatched houses of the villagers, many of whom witnessed the Apparition. One of the most recent additions to the collection is the large-scale model of Knock village as it was in 1879. The award-winning Museum walks people through the history of Knock, beginning with the story of the Apparition in 1879, the way of life at the time for those who witnessed it, and key events that have shaped the history of the Shrine. Whether you are coming to Knock individually or with your family, Knock Museum is a wonderful way to spend time and explore the rich and fascinating history of the Shrine. Knock Museum is now open daily with free entry
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