COVID Altering Operations: Museum Staff Visits Schools
BY ALEX DADAMU
Among other sectors within the Tourism Industry badly crippled by the COVID-9 Solomon Islands National Museum is one of them.
With international Tourist not forthcoming these days, the Museum Management are arranging tours to High School in and around Honiara city to make awareness to students about the importance of the National Museum.
Eddie Mae, a staff from within the Museum Management confirmed to Tourism Media that already they have visited four schools, three in Honiara and one in the outskirts of the city.
“Because of this pandemic, we do not have any tourist from oversea coming to visit our museum, only students from schools in and around Honiara have visited, some mainly for the purpose of doing school research and assignments. So we are doing this approach to visit schools within Honiara.
“Currently we have visited Saint Nickolas High School, Mbokona Vera, Naha and Marara High School,” Mr. Mae said.
“Our main focus of this school awareness and visit is to present the importance of museum to our students.
Mr. Mae said their main target audience is students who are in form 4 form to from 6 Arts who will be doing their school research or Assignment in based on History lessons.
He in the meantime, stated that the feedback from the students was positive.
“The feedback from the students and staff is that they now understand the importance of Museum, especially our culture and our tradition. Not only that but the services that are available at the museum,” Mae said.
It is understood that efforts have been made to overcome the situation caused by COVID – 9 pandemic because it (COVID – 9) is altering the way they operate.
