Auckland Museum First to Host Cirque Founder’s AQUA

World Water Day: Auckland Museum First in Line to Host Cirque Founder’s AQUA Experience

Messages from today’s World Water Day will take on a new life in June this year when Auckland Museum becomes the first international museum to secure the multi-sensory experience AQUA.

The brainchild of Cirque du Soleil founder Guy Laliberte, The AQUA Experience has so far only been seen in Canada where it was created.

A spectacular show with floor-to-ceiling 360-degree projections, interactive digital screens and a freestanding fountain, the experience also has messages to communicate about freshwater resources and access to them around the world.

Auckland Museum’s lifelong learning team are offering schools the opportunity to include The AQUA Experience in regular class visits and developing related content to support the national curriculum.

The messages presented about water in The AQUA Experience are in keeping with the mandate of another of Laliberte’s initiatives, the ONE DROP foundation.

ONE DROP is a non-governmental organisation that was founded in October 2007 to develop projects in which water “plays a central role as a creative force in generating positive, sustainable effects for local and foreign populations and in the fight against poverty”.

The AQUA Experience

A 35-minute guided experience. Opening at Auckland Museum on June 24. Tickets are on sale now – visit www.aucklandmuseum.com for more information on AQUA and World Water Day.

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