{"id":1224,"date":"2016-09-14T00:37:54","date_gmt":"2016-09-13T23:37:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.ifla.org\/public-libraries\/?p=1224"},"modified":"2016-09-14T00:38:19","modified_gmt":"2016-09-13T23:38:19","slug":"fun-palaces","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ifla.org\/public-libraries\/2016\/09\/14\/fun-palaces\/","title":{"rendered":"Fun Palaces"},"content":{"rendered":"

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This is a great idea which has already blossomed into a worldwide campaign and celebration of culture, and is starting to take off in the UK.<\/p>\n

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\nA Fun Palace<\/a> is a free, community event with arts and science activities inspired and made by the people who live locally. You don\u2019t need to be an expert in anything to make a Fun Palace – you just need to want to make something happen (however tiny) with and for the people that live around you. Fun Palaces happen in many different types of spaces – swimming pools, universities, shopping centres, theatres, tech spaces, woodlands, libraries and art centres to name a few. They are led by many different types of people too.
\nThe celebration culminates in an annual weekend of action (the first weekend of October each year – this year it’s 1 & 2 October).\u00a0In 2014 and 2015 there were 280 Fun Palaces created by over 5000 Fun Palace Makers across 11 nations, with 90,000 people taking part. In 2015 Lambeth Libraries in London had 11 Fun Palaces across the borough. They put up posters on library notice boards asking two simple questions with room to write answers below:<\/p>\n