The pupils who learnt to be curators – Elsa, George, David and James from year six and Aaron from year five – will pass on their skills to a new set of pupils before they leave. In this way, the museum will continue and change each year.
Elsa explained the exciting role: "Being a curator means I will be working hard behind the scenes, touching things I wouldn't normally be allowed to and seeing things really close up."
"I really like creating things, so designing the displays has been my favourite bit so far," she said.
Aaron also found the challenge an interesting one. "Now I am a curator, I want to show younger children next year how to be one," he said.
"My favourite thing was finding out about the animals (mine was a lizard) for our first display – I did lots of research which is very important if you are a curator."
The young curators' work has been recognised by local Councillor Margaret Snaith, Executive Member for Recreation and Heritage.
"I would like to say congratulations to all the children at Wicor Primary School that have been involved with the project," she said "What the have achieved is truly commendable."
"The children are developing the kind of foundation in Museum Studies that you would normally expect at a much higher level. I hope the project has inspired them to look at museums in a new and positive light."
