Bio:

Ms. Shireen Sabanegh Deputy Director at the Children’s Museum Jordan. She received her BA. In Fine Arts from the Applied Science University in Amman and eventually earned her spot as senior designer at Intermarkets Design Firm in Amman. After her five-year career in the design and marketing field, Shireen decided it was time for a change of scenery and moved to a career in Education, where she was offered to share her passion for art and design with eager students at The Amman Baccalaureate School. During her last year as a teacher she was hired by The Children’s Museum Jordan as a free-lance content developer to help them set up the programs department at the Museum and that is when she discovered her true passion. Shireen headed the Museum’s Education Department full time since 2008 up to December 2014 before becoming Deputy Director and also plays a leading role in all exhibit development projects at the Museum and this is where she feels that art and education meet to create memorable experiences. She can be contacted at shireen.Sabanegh@cmj.jo.

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The Creation of the Biodiversity Exhibit

When the Children’s Museum Jordan (CMJ) began creating its first locally designed and fabricated exhibit, we did not realize what a journey this would be. The fact that our exhibit was about biodiversity in Jordan was also a huge challenge, as the topic needed to be reflected in a manner easy enough for a child to grasp; not easy! In this session, we will share the process and lessons learnt in localizing content and starting an exhibition design and fabrication industry from scratch in our country.