About Advent
Unlike conventional children's museums, Advent specializes in creating mini-museums that travel around the world.
The Advent team is a group of passionate education reformers who believe that meaningful exposures to the real world should be provided to every child. Interactive exhibitions built on rigorous real-world content is one of the best ways to give children a knowledgeable, unforgettable, exciting, and fun enjoyable adventure in their early childhood.
We create original installations, or adapt existing exhibits into interactive form, and ship them to places around the globe for children to experience, starting from cities in China. Features of Advent's mobile mini-museums include:
Connect
with the real world
Engage
with narratives to follow
Inspire
with questions to explore
Enlighten
with wisdom worldwide
2019 Summer @ Shenzhen, China
Ongoing Exhibition
December 2019 to March 2020
Su Tungpo: The National Idol Exhibition
Launched in Shenzhen, China in December 2019, the "Su Tungpo: The National Idol" Exhibition takes the ups and downs of great Chinese poet Su Tungpo's life as clues to show the audience why Su Tungpo was a "national Idol" - he was widely loved by the people when he was young and appreciated by the courtiers; however, after his downfall in middle-age, he was able to face life's obstacles optimistically, a role model worth learning from.
Through 10 immersive exhibition areas and 20 interactive games, the exhibition enables children to become familiar with the interesting and fun side of Su Tungpo and experience the beauty of poetry.
Recent Works
Surviving the Planet
Life Science
What do animals need to live on this planet? How do they obtain these surviving essential? This exhibit explores different ways animals eat, drink, and secure safety. Children are assigned a task to save an animal of their choice with knowledge learned from the exhibits.
Build Grand, Start Small
Architecture
How are homes built? This exhibition aims to address children's desire to design and build. Children need to first learn how to draw plane diagrams to blueprints that will be transformed into a 3D shape, then learn about the different building materials and structures.
Upcoming
Quantum Physics for Babies
Science
Chris Ferrie is a Canadian physicist, mathematician, researcher and children's book author. Ferrie is the creator and author of the children's book brand Baby University, a series of board books and picture books that introduce complex subjects to children. Chris' early work "Quantum Physics for Babies" was recommended by Mark Zuckerberg on his Facebook post.
Recent Destinations
Shenzhen
Located in the MixC World, a destination mall in Shenzhen, China
Changchun
Located in an orphanage school in Changchun, Jilin Province. Partnering with ADREAM foundation (ranked as the most transparent foundation in China by Forbes China), Advent's exhibits have travelled to orphanage schools in over 20 cities in China.
Dongguan
Located in an international school sponsored by Huawei. Students and teachers also use the accompanying curricula to gain deeper understanding of the exhibition materials.